So most of the super delegates who are hanging out could chose now?

[Quixote1818]

And if they did this race could be over tomorrow? Is that what Howard Dean said today? If so, then why the hell don't they make up their minds now and get this over with?

[jackson_dem]

1. It suggests they prefer Clinton and are waiting for cover to support her...

If they wanted Obama they could line up behind him and end this tomorrow...

[PseudoIntellect]

4. Well, they are lining up behind Obama...slowly.

At any rate, they're surely not lining up behind Hillary.

[GarbagemanLB]

5. That makes absolutely no sense.

[Boz]

7. No it suggest they are caging and cornering a fighting animal and they are cautiously removing outs

and excuses. If they went today she would spend the rrest of the time spouting what she already is, they didn't let you vote.

As soon as voting is done she is done.

[GarbagemanLB]

9. .

[Quixote1818]

11. Hopfully she will lose PA and this will all be over in two weeks. nt

[Blondiegrrl]

12. Is that the same reason she's LOSING superdelegates?

I mean, if they want to support her, you'd think they'd just hang tight a little longer instead of hopping off the Hillary train.

[Shae]

17. ouch

bet they never thought of that.

:rofl:

[Spider Jerusalem]

18. If they wanted Hillary they could have endorsed her already.

That more haven't is an indicator that her support among SDs isn't that deep.

[shadowknows69]

20. Waiting for cover?

Will there be more sniper fire?

[SunsetDreams]

2. Yes they can choose...

but they are going to have to do it slowly regardless, so as to not look like they are trying to force someone's hand.

That would piss off too many people and rightfully so.

I didn't hear Howard Dean today, do you have a link?

[Quixote1818]

6. I heard him on the radio news at the top of the hour. On Air-America. nt

[madfloridian]

8. Here are videos of his interviews today....no transcript yet

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/04/howard-dean-cha.html

He wants them to pick right after June 3 when the primaries end. At least by July 1.

[Quixote1818]

10. Thanks for the link. nt

[splat]

3. Their job is to rescue the party should the frontrunner stumble

It's not like they're playing hard to get, they're supposed to be that last line of defense.

[BenDavid]

13. Cause if they chose HRC then you obama folks would be so

pissed many of you I suspect would have to be committed. I believe those folks are sitting tight and see how this all plays out. I suspect many have doubts about Obama and some have doubts about HRC. That is the way it should be. Hell, who knows there might just be something that will fall against obama within the next 7 to 10 days and it would be a damn shame if something happens to rear its head up and the dems would be stuck with obama....

Let it run its course. All will be decided fairly and to each and every ones liking. Of course there will be those that will be pissed, but hey so what...Forget about it....

[Raine]

15. They are probably worried about

getting the Richardson treatment so they are holding back.

[pot luck]

21. Hillary's about to go negative again?

I normally just lurk here, but this post has prompted me to de-lurk.

Am I the only Obama supporter who has noticed that the Clinton campaign, her surrogates, and supporters have been hinting that Hillary has something that she is about to use to take Barack down? This is the third post I’ve seen on various message boards alluding to this, and Friday night on AC 360 Bernstein flat out said that she had something on him.

BERNSTEIN: And the people I have talked to in the campaign today especially said, if they don't see some real movement in the numbers, both nationally and in Pennsylvania, they need to go into a really negative mode that is a big risk. They have information, they say, that they had hoped would be out there, that reporters would look at, and they haven't, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But this is a negative campaign.

COOPER: David, I mean, there is a risk in any kind of negativity, especially from Hillary Clinton. It doesn't seem -- I mean, in the past, has it worked for her?

GERGEN: I think it worked early on. And, as I have said here now a couple times, I think it's been backfiring recently.

If they have some new information which has not been disclosed, that could conceivably work. If they simply go back into attack mode and go after his character and one thing and another, I think that's going to backfire on them.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0804/04/acd.02.html

Is she bluffing, hoping to cause some doubt among the SD, or is she about to manufacture another scandal?

[LiberalAndProud]

14. For what it's worth, I think they prefer not to unduly embarrass

Senator Clinton. JMHO

[TheDoorbellRang]

16. They're playing it just right

Right now the whole country is concerned about the super delegates "deciding" the nominee, so look what they're doing. They're trickling in one or two at a time -- not enough to make headlines anywhere except at websites like DU. If they came in en masse, it'd be all over the news that they'd decided for Clinton or Obama over the people's choice (by the parameter du jour). Meanwhile, no one seems to be too concerned that 466 of the 794 super delegates have already weighed in on one side or the other (C = 245; O = 221). So what's a few more then, here and there?

If you look at predictions for the last ten contests, Obama as of today only needs around 106 more super delegates to seal the deal. If they keep trickling in by ones and twos daily they stay under the radar, and then a late primary win can be what puts him over the top, rather than a huge bloc of super delegates.

That's my theory, anywho.:-)

[Quixote1818]

19. Great Post.

What you say makes sense. If I was a Super I would do the same thing. They are probably talking to one another on the phone deciding who will come out each day.