Potemkin Village

Al Giordano is circling the word that a flood of 40 superdelegates switching to Obama is possible within the next 24-48 hours. Stories like this constantly make their way around the blogosphere, and obviously none of them have happened to this point. However, there are a few reasons I believe Giordano’s story holds some credence. For one, his story cites his anonymous sources (who DOESN’T have anonymous sources?) as telling him that the flood of superdelegates are mostly Californian. Many of the superdelegates coming forward for Sen. Obama over the past couple weeks have been from none other than the great state of California. Poll numbers have shown popular support for Sen. Obama in CA surging over the past month or so, and some Rasmussen polls have suggested that if the California and New Jersey primaries were held again today, Obama would trounce Sen. Clinton nearly effortlessly. CA and NJ are two of the most liberal states in the Union, and this trend of leftist individuals turning towards Mr. Obama suggests that maybe the talk of a superdelegate flood could maybe be a little more than just talk.

Also, remember that 40 Clinton superdelegates SWITCHING to Obama would mean he would widen the gap by 80 delegates. (Clinton loses 40, Obama gains 40)