Should the candidate with the most pledged delegates going into the convention be our party nominee?

[jefferson_dem]

Poll question: Should the candidate with the most pledged delegates going into the convention be our party nominee?

Should the candidate with the most pledged delegates going into the convention be our party nominee?

[Ian David]

1. BREAKING: 100% of Republican Super-Delegates now pledged to Ron Paul!

No, not really.

[jmg257]

2. Depends - on the SuperDelegates. Someone came up with this system, and it is what it is.

They will get(have) to have their say - as they see fit.

[tekisui]

3. There really is no worry. SuperD"s would only vote counter to the

leader if the leader was a weak, fringe candidate. We don't have any of those running. They will go with the rightful leader.

[cloudythescribbler]

4. I'd give better than even odds that, come the convention, Obama will have more SDs anyway ...

I think that we will see, between now and April 22, more SDs siding with Obama, more switching from HRC to Obama, and figures like Kucinich, Edwards and possibly Richardson (who all probably want concessions of some kind in return for their support) lining up behind Obama. Richardson has more or less already said so, and might endorse right after Wyoming and Mississippi, if not before. I would be interested to know what happens to their pledged and SDs when they endorse. In any event, Obama most likely gets them, as well as gaining momentum.

It is also interesting that in a CLOSED primary in PA, Obama is said to be running ONLY five points behind. Does that mean he is running significantly better among Democrats (already) than was the case in any of the other major states where HRC won (CA, TX, Ohio, MA, NJ etc)?