The Wall Street Journal reports Democratic Party leaders, fearful that the ever increasingly negative campaign between Hillary and Obama has become too toxic and prospect of Democratic deserters voting for Senator McCain, have begun to take Obama's side and pressure Hillary to give up:
North Carolina's seven Democratic House members are poised to endorse Sen. Obama as a group -- just one has so far -- before that state's May 6 primary, several Democrats say.Obama was endorsed by Minnesota freshman Senator Amy Klobuchar Sunday night, giving him another superdelegate supporter:
"My endorsement reflects both Barack's strong support in my state and my own independent judgment about his abilities," Klobuchar said.Klobuchar endorsement follows Friday's endorsement of Obama by Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey. Casey's endorsement was an unexpected boon for Obama. Casey had repeatedly declared that he would remain neutral in Pennsylvania's April 22 primary.
The Clintons remain determined to fight on, all the way to the convention, if necessary. Former president Clinton met privately with about 16 California superdelegates Sunday and urged them not to decide between Hillary and Obama prematurely and "deny voters in upcoming states the chance for their votes to count:"
Don't let anybody tell you that somehow we are weakening the Democratic Party. Chill out and let everybody have their say.Obama is playing the good cop as Democratic Part leaders call on Hillary to quit, telling reporters:
My attitude is that Sen. Clinton can run as long as she wants.Obama can afford to appear magnanimous here. As long as his campaign is picking off more of the 350 remaining undecided superdelegates and Party leaders pressure the Clintons to withdraw, the Democrats' fuzzy delegate math, offers little hope to Hillary.
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