This isn't a formal endorsement from Speaker Pelosi -- it's better. She's now saying that superdelegates should back whomever wins the most support from primaries and caucuses. As long as that happens, Barack Obama will win the nomination.
Pelosi's Delegate Stance Boosts Obama"If the votes of the superdelegates overturn what's happened in the elections," said Pelosi, "it would be harmful to the Democratic Party."
Although Pelosi offered her assessment without directly referencing Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., her comments lend considerable support to the Illinois Democrat.
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Political prognosticators give Clinton more of a chance of catching, or even surpassing, Obama in the national popular vote but Pelosi argued that superdelegates should follow the pledged-delegate, not the popular-vote, leader.
"But what if one candidate has won the popular vote and the other candidate has won the delegates?" asked Stephanopoulos.
"But it's a delegate race," Pelosi replied. "The way the system works is that the delegates choose the nominee."
(h/t: nevadadem at Daily Kos)
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