Reply #7: I support her right to lobby Super Delegates, Obama does also

[Tom Rinaldo]

I would not support her lobbying pledged delegates, nor would I support Obama doing it. But though there was a little back and forth about this months ago, how one side may be forced to if the other side did first, both campaigns claim they are not going to do this.

The thing is, this isn't something that can safely be done in secret - it would involve talking to people with known associations to the other side for either candidate to attempt it, which let's just say is risky. It is controversial enough when either campaign tries to get a super delegate to change sides after they endorsed.

I think Hillary was making a point about how out of order it is to assume that Super Delegates must vote to follow the lead of whoever has the most pledged delegates, since even the pledged delegates are legally free to change their minds.

This is not somewhere Hillary would want to go even if you do not trust her. That can of worms would more likely work against her than for her. She has no reason to believe that she would get more conversions than Barack would, especially if people got angry at her, as they would, for trying to win conversions of pledged delegates.