Will voters in North Carolina and Indiana bring some finality to the Democratic race for President? Don’t count on it. All indicators look to a split decision (www.realclearpolitics.com). The poll of polls shows a 7-point lead for Obama in NC and a 5-point lead for Clinton in Indiana. Unless Barack Obama can pull a rabbit out of his hat and close the gap in the Hoosier state, it’s likely we’ll have another Groundhog Day—signaling another month of endless campaigning. However with only a handful of smaller states with fewer delegates left, the handwriting may be on the wall. Which brings us back to the superdelegates.
The one thing Wednesday will bring is the opening of the spigot for superdelegates. Many if not all have been waiting patiently until the majority of Democratic voters in the nation have had their say. By Wednesday, that will have happened and I predict they will begin stepping forward and start endorsing Obama, even as the mainstream media paint a picture of an African American who is having difficulty closing the deal with white voters. Guess what? As soon as he’s the nominee, he can focus on that challenge and Maureen Dowd has some suggestions. Until then he must first focus on his task at hand.
So my call for tomorrow is not tricky: NC for Obama and IN for Clinton by a whisker. Then it’s Groundhog Day.
