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...those party leaders and elected officials, including those who by virtue of their positions go to the party convention as "superdelegates." But superdelegates are notoriously fickle. As a big Democratic fund raiser puts it, "They are the Claude Rains of politics; whichever way the wind blows, the superdelegates will follow." And right now, the Clinton campaign is spending enormous effort holding onto the ones they have, with both Clintons staying in constant contact with delegates feared to be wavering...
...voters may well favor Clinton over Obama. But his superdelegates are already joining the Obama movement. Even before the former North Carolina Senator dropped out of the race on Jan. 30, at least two of his congressional backers had shifted their endorsements to Obama, and more are expected to follow...
...odds at exactly even. I was about to bet $100 that the first touchdown scorer had gone to a good school when my old Stanford roommate, Ben Wu, decided to run the numbers. According to Wu and perhaps this Excel document he sent me that I can't follow, there's only a 46.1% chance that the first touchdown will be scored by someone who went to a Top 100 school. Which did not stop me from placing my bet. Because real gambling isn't about the odds; it's about the personal narrative you want to project?which...
...winning machine, that it’s human. Not human because—have you heard?—Brady sometimes brings flowers to his girlfriend. No, the tension exists because the Patriots are vulnerable, due to their apparent invincibility. More vulnerable, and thus more exciting, more fun to follow, because they have the most to gain by winning, and to lose by losing. Giants fans will rightfully argue that their team is more vulnerable, more exciting, because it actually has lost. Until this season, every Eli Manning deep throw provoked was an exercise in abdominal fortitude. Before it stormed...
...ages, Obama is counting on a youthquake that reverberates upward. On the short road remaining to Super Tuesday, the race may come down to this: Will the youthful ranks of Obama's movement grow virally as the election goes national? And will a public long trained to follow youthful trends be swept up in the tide...