Voting their conscience is one thing, overturning the people's choice is another. I think she is saying that they shouldn't be necessary forced on an individual basis based on who their constituents voted for, but as a whole she has been clear that they shouldn't override the people.

The NPR interview was also very telling. Regarding the letter from Hillary's donors: "Unimportant"

She totally caved. Ugh..I am so disgusted. Nancy please pick a postition and stay there.
3 days ago:

The Speaker believes it would do great harm to the Democratic Party if superdelegates are perceived to overturn the will of the voters. This has been her position throughout this primary season, regardless of who was ahead at any particular point in delegates or votes.”

Then she gets a nastygram from Top Hillary Donors
with this gem:

We thereforE urge you to clarify your position on super-delegates and reflect in your comments a more open view to the optional independent actions of each of the delegates

Nancy's current comments did not need to be so involved. All she had to do was say
YES MASTER

Well, she also says Hillary can overtake Obama.

She's playing a balancing act, but not playing it very well.

It does sound like after June 3, leaders of the party are going to step in and say, "It's over."

Well Pelosi caved.

Looks like it is a foregone conclusion that Hillary will be the nominee.

The system is rigged.

Obama is going to get ROBBED.

Look even at what Cuomo said on CNN to Campbell Brown yesterday. He said that both candidates should pledge to agree to accept the VP position if they are not the nominee. What type of sucker punch is that? It is all about face saving.

If Obama accepts the second place on the ticket they can save face, if he agrees to that bargain make no mistake he will NOT be the nominee. This is a shakedown for real.

They really want Obama to relinquish frontrunner status so that they do not have to show their true colors.

The Clintons are vowing to expose everyone's dirty launder if Hillary is not the nominee.

Trust me. You heard it here first. Obama is going to get robbed.

He is not the establishment candidate and Hillary is bought and paid for. Our system of government and politicians are too corrupt to allow for Obama's candidacy. He will not be beholden to special interests and that is simply not allowed in our fascist government.

Obama is a huge threat to the corrupt powers that run Capitol Hill and the Presidency. Billary sold their sold to the devil for 50pieces of silver long ago. Obama can't be bought so he must be co-opted or all chances of him being a nominee must be wiped out forEVER.

Thus we will here more and more racist militant black nationalist cronies stories about him. They can only smear him by association because he is indeed clean.

The powers that be are desperate and the letter to Pelosi is just the most tip of the iceberg to how truly desperate they are having documented it in a letter.

Are Americans going to stand for this? Are we going to allow these corporate meisters, bankers and elite ruling classes to continue to run our government or will we once again vote our RACIAL fears? In 04 it was terrorism FEARS ...but fear it is.

We need to vote our hopes not our fears.

Pelosi caved.

damn.

You forgot to mention the most important part!

"they [superdelegates] also then should get involved in the campaigns and make their power known there,"

For the people that have difficulties reading between the lines:

She is telling the superdelegates to declare their endorsements as soon as possible. That's the strongest declaration of a prominent democrat since the start of the campaign.

From the comments I'm reading, it seems people don't get it: she is making Obama a favor. A huge one!

I see this in one of two ways:
1. Pelosi caved to the pressure of the donor letter, which wouldn't really be too surprising.

2. She is intentionally towing this line to stop the perception that people are calling for Hillary to drop out of the race. Any comment perceived to be indicating Clinton should drop out is immediately seized by her campaign and used as a rallying point.
Hmm.

OK, just watched it AGAIN.

She adds a little addendum to the "vote your conscience" line.

If the supers decide to do that, they need to do it NOW and join a campaign.

I read that to say: "No stealing the election at the convention."

It's interesting some see this in a totally opposite way. I guess Pelosi did her balancing act better than I thought.

The supers should vote their consciences. That's the reason they were created separate from the elected delegates. Otherwise, they have no reason for being. Having said that, we have to dump the leadership we have in Congress. It's been one cave after the other with this crowd. they are so afraid of offending this group or the other, that they constantly shrink from doing the right thing that they were elected for...shut off this war. They have backed down to Bush on issue after issue. They failed to filibuster the Alito nomination out of fear of Republicans invoking the 'nuclear option'. Kerry's failure to fight in Ohio is another example. We need a leadership with some spine.

Pelosi did partially cave, but all of the superdelegate movement has been in Obama's direction lately.

Unless Clinton suddenly racks up huge victories in the remaining states, the supers aren't going to be impressed.

She'll probably win PA, but then she'll lose NC by a large margin.