Reply #16: They're playing it just right

[TheDoorbellRang]

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.