An interesting, informal experiment is to go to a list of the superdelegate endorsements:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2008_United_States_Democratic_Party_Superdelegates#Seated_superdelegates

and order the endorsements by date (click the “Endorse Date” button).

Although many endorsements do not carry a date, there is clearly a pattern from those that do: HRC is endorsed nearly universally *before* the Iowa Caucaus and gradually we come to a state where Obama is now nearly universally endorsed (by those superdelegates exercising the privilege). It’s a breathtaking transition for its smoothness.

What to make of this? There is a real momentum.

As FlyOnTheWall blogged, it’s possible to show that no real candidate momentum exists on a state-by-state basis as each state votes predictably according to its demographics. (A minor quibble is that some states have open primaries which would tend to foul some of the statistics but the case is well-made nonetheless.)

However, the superdelegate endorsements show that there is clearly momentum *with the superdelegates.* These individuals can take their time, digest the campaign messages, not be held sway by 3 am phone calls or Canadian Government leaks or rumors of Obama’s religion (regardless of the fact that shouldn’t be an issue anyway).

Plausible deniability....

someone's fudging. BEING SPUN!! IS EXCELLENT NEWS!!! FOR HILLARY!!!!

Jesus, does anybody with a brain think it's plausible that there is a little clown car full of superdelegates who are going to wait to come out until AFTER an event in which, in fact, Clinton posts a big win?

Why on earth would they be MORE willing to come out after such an event than before? Obviously, if they didn't have enough conviction to come out before, they're not going to have enough after Obama loses, are they?

What would he be waiting to roll them out for if they did exist? I wish he had 'em. And if he does, he'd better let 'em loose.

I heard 50 Cent(while sipping on a bottle of 50/50 Vitamin Water) was gonna roll out the 50 delegate/50 million marketing blitz.

The MTV crowd would really love that.

Personally, I wish they would have just settled for 40 delegates/40 million. That way they could have Jay-Z roll it out at the 40/40 club.

The MTV crowd would really really love that.

The storyline behind the 50 supers and the Feb. fundraising was that the Obama camp planned on dropping them late this week after winning on Tuesday as a way to push Hillary out of the race. By that logic, we should expect to hear something about this a week from now, after smashing victories in Wyoming and Mississippi. What better way to underline that these states count than a bunch of supers saying the results pushed them into the Obama camp? Which, of course, is great news for Hillary.

Brokaw is a secret admirer of Hillary. he's spreading rumors to damage Obama. LOL!!!

FYI, yesterday would have been a perfect day for Obama to release his Feb. number if it were really good. If anything, I believe his figure is closer to $35 than to $50 MM. Lose faith and hope fast now, you Obamabots! You deserve it!!!

"Lose faith and hope fast now, you Obamabots! You deserve it!!!"

That is just nasty, and not all that helpful.

But I guess you're right....I have to admit now that Hillary's "Anti-Hope" strategy has been working all along! How inspiring!!

Thanks Schmedly for inspiring me again!!! I think I will make another donation to Obama today!....But first I need to hop in my Jag and go pick up a Latte.

I'm wrong. Your boy raised $55 MM in February! Very impressive. Paris Hilton has a lot of money too. Phil Gramm raised a lot of money. Rudy had a lot of money. Money does not buy love!

Over on Obama.com, there's been 3 super-delegates announced in the last 2 days.

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html

http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

Please note that Hillary's SD lead is now down to 39.

While there might not be a block of 50 announcing all at once, the trickle of good news is constant.

Victory, be it 3/6/08 or drop by drop, tastes just as sweet.

Oh, since Obama says it's not true, it must not be. I mean, he's not a real politician, is he? He wouldn't lie about anything, would he?

http://www.newslampoon.com

well, seemingly it was important enough to Harold Ickes running Hill's campaign in 2000 that they chastised their opponent for dragging his heels on releasing his return.

As far as releasing it on April 15th- why shouldn't the voters in Wyoming and Mississippi have the benefit of knowing this information? Is it that Hill thinks she won't be able to appeal to lunch bucket Democrats if they know how many millions she and Bill have?

$55,000,000.00

There probably WAS a stash, contingent upon his doing better in Ohio or Texas. They could've taken that as a mandate, and run with it to put her out of her misery.

Instead, Ohio did what Ohio does (cook the books) so she could win - convincingly.

Does anyone know where Jim Traficante is now?