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Mori Dinauer interviews an anonymous superdelegate:
Mori Dinauer: Have you been contacted personally by either the Clinton or Obama campaign?Mr. Super: I have been contacted by both, actually, on a regular basis. They both have been very professional and very gracious. The life of a DNC member is very average. We're not as exciting or as influential as people make us out to be. [We're not] these huge Washington fat cats. But life is different these days. It's definitely an exciting time, compared to what our normal existence is like. MD: You've said that most superdelegates are more accurately described as "undeclared" rather than "undecided," noting that "A super without a preference is like a sports fan without a favorite team."MS: It's not our role to create pressure. It is our role to make the will of the people more decisive than it may appear to be. So in other words, if Clinton were to pull out a razor-thin victory in delegates down the stretch, I think it would be the role of supers to move into her column and create that decisive spread. I'm using her just as an example, not to show preference.Read on for more of Mr. Super's opinions on when we'll have a nominee, how we can ensure a simpler nominating process next time, and why the leaders of the Florida and Michigan Democrats are being dishonest.--The Editors
