Obama supporters, like myself, understand that it would be perfectly legal for the party superdelegates to award the nomination to someone who did not win more states, votes, or pledged delegates. We're merely pointing out that some of us will leave the Democratic Party, if they choose to subvert the will of the majority.

As for his misunderstanding of the Texas primary/caucus, Obama's win was not a subversion of the will of the majority any more than the Iowa caucuses were. Everyone was allowed to participate. I, however, was not asked to be a superdelegate. So, his analogy is not even remotely accurate. Hope this clears it up for him.

I am generally an appreciative reader of John Dickinson's reports on the campaign.In this instance, however, I think he badly misstates the relevant question(s). For me, and I think for many others, the question is not whether the superdelegates may, under the rules, favor Sen. Clinton, even if she is trailing in pledged delegates, popular votes, states won, and prospects of building the party and attracting voters who might favor progressive candidates in other races to the polls (and to work for their election). The question is whether they should.

My own view is that if the superdelegates succeed in wresting the nomination from Sen. Obama under conditions like those suggested above, they will demoralize the coming generation of potential progressive activists and deal a body blow to the Democratic Party for the coming generation .

Sadly, Senator Clinton, with her increasingly desperate and divisive campaign tactics, is well on the way to achieving this result. I have tried to believe that the Democrats were blessed with a multiplicity of excellent candidates; as the race has narrowed to two, and Senator Clinton has revealed some of her less admirable qualities, I am increasingly uncertain that I could support her in the general election.

---The Wise Bard

Agreed. I usually like Dickerson's stuff, so I was suprised at how wrong he was on this one. To imply that me voting in the caucuses is like a superdelegate giving the nod to Clinton after she has lost number of states, pledged delegates, popular vote, etc., was way off mark.