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Will SuperDuper Delegates Change The Race?

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If 25 or 50 of Hillary's supporters take the super duper leap, it will send the message Obama has been waiting for. If the superdupers declare their switch this week, the rest of the primaries could become an exercise in futility for Hillary.

Perhaps the Clintons will see it as betrayal. But there will be many in the Democratic party who will see the switching as the facing of the inevitable sooner rather than later. This is one way that superdelegates can start the healing within the Democratic party. That will enable Obama and all the Democratic surrogates to start targeting John McCain and the GOP's policies, instead of Rev. Wright, the word 'bitter' and the phrase "more proud" vs. "proud."

I believe that the superdelegates who become superduper delegates will be the smart ones, the courageous ones. They'll catch a little flack, but at this point, they'll be acting as leaders, making the decision that many superdelegates who have not yet declared yet cannot make-- because their state hasn't voted yet, because of their leadership positions, like Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean, Jimmy Carter (though he's telegraphed his preference) and a number of the Presidential primary candidates.

This race is over. The superduper delegates now have the power to end it in the most painless, least acrimonious way possible. Knowing when to cut bait, when to accept defeat, when to change direction-- that is the characteristic of a strong leader. The superduper delegates will be exercising that leadership. That's the way the should be characterized. Even Judas invoking James Carville has inhaled enough coffee aroma at this point to know that calling names, at this point, is pointless and counterproductive.


Bring on the superduper delegates.Their time has arrived.

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I think you're right Rob by Michael Shaw on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 11:28:08 AM
Soper delegates by Keith Hupp on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 11:32:16 AM
This is all such a pile of crap by Jim Freeman on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 3:24:22 PM
Democrats by August Adams on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 8:40:53 PM
WHY STAY IN THE RACE? by WML on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 5:27:11 AM
Actually, There Are Three Reasons by Dennis Kaiser on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 8:02:13 AM
I'm tired of the camp-pains by shirley reese on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 8:08:27 PM

 
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