If 2004 is any guide, Superdeligates will migrate to front-runner

[truthpusher]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23184492/

Superdelegate storm likely to be short-lived
If 2004 is any guide, Democratic officials will migrate to front-runner

No complaints in 2004
The supposedly “undemocratic” nature of the system did not seem to occur to Democratic voters in 2004, when, for instance, superdelegates Sen. Tom Harkin and Al Gore endorsed Democratic front-runner Howard Dean.

Theoretically, the superdelegates could, as Moveon.org says, “ignore the will of the voters.”

What happened with Dean’s superdelegates in 2004 after he finished a disappointing third in the Iowa caucuses is instructive.

Quietly in some cases, openly in others, many of Dean’s superdelegates abandoned him. It was “the bandwagon effect.” They wanted to go with the winner: Sen. John Kerry.

That same phenomenon may be happening now with Lewis and others who have reneged on their pledges of support for Clinton.

Meanwhile, some of the superdelegates are waiting to see what happens when voters cast their ballots in Wisconsin on Tuesday and in the contests that follow in other states.

[FlyingSquirrel]

1. It's already happening..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4612412&mesg_id=4612412

(Warning: Graphic!)

[anamandujano]

2. With a difference of a hundred or so pledged and neither at the 2026 mark,

you can hardly say there is a "winner."

Americans who voted in the primaries, who have Hillary almost even with Obama, are not going to accept the bull crap of the Big Mo and give up that easily.

Obama is not the winner, or even the front runner with that small lead. It's not a commanding lead, it's not 2026.

Spinning him here at DU as a winner is as easy as starting a thread but will not fly with the voters across the country who have their very lives at stake. The country has been crumbling under Bush. We need someone competent. At this point HALF the primary voters say that person is Hillary. They are impervious to the empty slogans.

I would think that the supers would bristle at being told how to vote.

[juajen]

3. \\\Maybe. However, the largest fundraiser for the dem party and congress

was Hillary Rodham Clinton. She gave speeches, attended luncheons and dinners and did fundraisers, and, gave her own money left over from her Senate campaign to help us retake congress. They owe her a lot, and if she loses this nomination, she could still very well be Senate Majority Leader. I believe those super delegates will tread lightly. If not, they certainly should.

[sandnsea]

4. Of course they will

That's why this nonsense from the Clintons is so infuriating. They know full well the superdelegates always go with the candidate the voters choose. They're just trying all means possible to win.