Did you catch this:
Megalomaniacal media pundits who sometimes shade reporting to their ... sensibilities ... "complaining" about the 10,000:1 advantage given to superdelegates.
SWEPT UP IN THE WINDS OF SORT-OF CHANGE
Separately, Obama-frenzy in focus:
“She has to win both Ohio and Texas comfortably, or she’s out,” said one superdelegate who has endorsed Mrs. Clinton, and who spoke on condition of anonymity to share a candid assessment." - AS
Daft or candid (for anonymity)? You make the call.
We're supposed to put the fate of the Union in the hands of Texans, again? Sorry, I'm just full-up with Texas. There is no way that Texas is blue in 2008. We've been "robbed" of Michigan and Florida as real testing grounds - these are states that might be described as 'indicative'.
Maine is indicative (for me, a tidal point). There is no way that the people of Maine are behind a Barack candidacy. It's not a bold state and there are parts of it that are downright racist, IMHO, still. They are swept up in the storm, though, for good or ill.
SUPER DELEGATES - FIREWALL AGAINST PARTY HIJACK
By the way, on the "for good or ill" part, isn't the super-delegate system designed to thwart a super popular candidate from dominating and sweeping the party into non-democratic positions? Of course, that would apply to both Hillary and Barack, in their own way, so ...
