Superdelegates: Do your duty. Now.

[MindMatter]

Superdelegates, a lot of people have been wondering why you even exist. We are told that you are the wise leaders who are expected to mainly be transparent in the background, but you are our firewall to prevent the party's self-destruction in the event that the primary season ends inconclusively.

Well, guess what? The Party is self-destructing. Let's review some facts.

1) Obama will end up the primary season ahead of Clinton in delegates.

2) Unless there is a complete collapse in the few remaining contests, he will also end up ahead in popular vote.

3) When you consider the reach of the caucuses, he ends up ahead by well over a million Democrats who took part in the process.

4) He has done all of this, taking the high road consistently, maintaining a collegiality that can bring back millions of average folks who have been voting with the GOP for a couple of decades.

5) He has also amassed a huge base of financial support, a million donors who have the ability to supply at lease another $300,000,000 to the Obama campaign and the DNC to score big victories up and down tickets in 50 states.

So there is no question he will either be our nominee or else you will be presiding over complete chaos come August and complete disaster come November.

6) Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign is without money -- not paying their bills, and a negligible donor base.

7) The Clinton campaign has taken the low road, teaming with Richard Mellon Scaife of all people, Faux News, and Rush Limbaugh to flame the Wright fires.

Superdelegates, we cannot permit a Democrat to SwiftBoat our nominee. I know it is easy to say, "There's nothing wrong with a couple of candidates mixing it up a little. That's just politics." Well, maybe some years, but not this time. The stakes are just too high.

We, the party faithful, have done our part. Now you must do yours. Please, you have a duty to do. The only purpose for your standing as superdelegate is to prevent exactly the situation we now face where the party is ripped into two. Every day that goes by makes the damage worse, and less likely to be repaired in time to beat the Republicans.

I do not want to see Obama forced to use his $50,000,000 war chest to Swift Boat Hillary Clinton. I don't want to have to read about Monica Lewinski, Vince Foster, Whitewater, NAFTA-gate, Bosnia-gate or any other nonsense that could be used to tarnish Clinton. How would that help any of us?

Do your duty. Now.