If a substantial number of superdelegates were to endorse Obama, they would NOT be anointing him

[milkyway]

the winner.

An argument made frequently is that if a substantial number of supers were to endorse Obama, they would be derailing the electoral process before all the voters have been heard. They should let the electoral process play out.

In fact, the opposite has already happened. According to demconwatch.blogspot.com, Clinton currently leads by 34 superdelegates. Her lead with supers has been the only thing keeping her candidacy alive for the past month. Most of the Clinton supers endorsed her early in the campaign, giving the appearance that Clinton was the clear leader. But once voting began in Iowa, Obama has always been the leader in pledged delegates. It was only Clinton's 100+ advantage in supers that masked the true results, with mainstream media outlets like CNN misleading viewers--by giving a delegate total that included both pledged delegates won through voting and superdelegates, with no distinction made between the two--into thinking Clinton was the frontrunner.

This race was pretty much decided with Obama's remarkable run of 11 straight victories after Super Tuesday, all by at least 17 points, culminating on February 19 in Wisconsin and Hawaii. Yet Clinton's lead with supers helped disguise this.

If, for instance, 20 supers would endorse Obama this week, the media would declare the race over, while the Clinton camp would complain the supers should let the voters' voices be heard. But those 20 Obama supers still would not negate Clinton's current lead with the supers, largely built when her supers tried to anoint her before the first votes were even cast.

And most ironic of all, Clinton wants all the voters' voices to be heard...only to then try to convince the supers to not listen to them and give her the nomination instead.

[LakeSamish706]

1. And in addition to all the good posts in you OP... It would seem that Obama may come out...

of Texas looking pretty damn good as well. Texas has a very weird political system when it comes to Primaries/Caucasus... But it would seem that the Clinton people had good reason to want to delay any outcome from that state.

[milkyway]

2. a.m. kick