Ok so that didn't work either (in this ROM super user is a system app and you need root to uninstall system apps. Oh the irony), but I can tell you what did.
I booted into clockwork, and cleared cache and dalvik. Rebooted, still no root access. I then rebooted into clockwork again and flashed the stock ROM file
withoutwiping and that did the trick. I had done this to clear up some issues in a different ROM so I thought it might help before I totally wiped the system out. Thanks for the input though. It was greatly appreciated.