Is it time somebody dropped a dime?
Racking up win after win, it’s a brave person who levels any criticism against Barack Obama’s campaign tactics, but I’m going to be brave. Whilst his team has done a wonderful job winning both votes and delegates, they appear to be losing the race to secure the superdelegates.
As England for Obama recently revealed, the Obama team is asking supporters to send them their own personal stories about why they’re backing Barack. It’s not clear quite how they plan to use these to sway superdelegate’s votes, but they are already behind in this race, and conventional wisdom has it that it will be the superdelegates who eventually decide who will be the Democratic nominee.
It’s worrying then to read this article about Texan superdelegates, which highlighted David Hardt of Dallas’ experience:
“So far in Texas, Clinton leads Obama among the 35 superdelegates 13-5, with 17 remaining unpledged — including Hardt, which explains why he received calls from both Clintons and was given a face-to-face meeting with former first daughter Chelsea. He has yet to hear from Obama.
“I’m still waiting for the call, though,” Hardt is reported to have said.
Perhaps it’s time somebody from Obama’s team dropped a dime or two?