Superdelegates still behind Obama
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 07:06AM The New York Times reports that even with Barack Obama's nightmare week, the superdelegates still seem to be in his corner -- at least for the time being. In fact, he picked up a few more, including Joe Andrew, the former DNC chair (appointed by President Clinton), who actually flipped from Clinton to Obama.
In some respects, the flare-up with Reverend Wright may end up helping Senator Obama in an odd way, because it has lowered expectations for Indiana next week. If Obama can merely keep Indiana close, and win North Carolina, it will be seen as a moral victory given the circus sideshow of the past week. It would show that he can take his lumps and move on -- something both Clintons have proven time and again.
And if he manages to somehow win Indiana -- and overcome all the obstacles thrown at him this week -- it would certainly doom the Clinton campaign. Hillary must win Indiana -- and probably by a comfortable margin -- to show that she's still viable. Anything less and it's over.
Reader Comments (2)
Latest polls show Clinton with a 6 point lead in Indiana, and she closed the gap in NC to single digits... interesting
Never in a million years did I think we'd actually care how the Indiana and North Carolina primaries were going this year... but sure enough, I'll be tuning into Fox and Drudge Report tomorrow every 15 minutes for updates on the numbers.