Ranking the Uncommitted Superdelegates

Kari Chisholm

Over at DailyKos, I've got a post up that attempts to rank the remaining superdelegates -- an attempt to figure out which superdelegates, perhaps in combination with a dozen others, could put an end to this primary election?

As I wrote over there:

For weeks now, there's been all this talk about how this presidential primary campaign might come to an end - if several prominent superdelegates were to endorse either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton as a group. Or even, a larger group of semi-prominent superdelegates (remember the superdelegate surge that was rumored to be happening post-Texas/Ohio?)

Which got me to thinking: Who would those superdelegates be? Which superdelegates are especially influential - with other superdelegates, with the media, with the public?

• Obviously, a lot of folks have mentioned Al Gore. But he doesn't seem particularly interested in the job.
• Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid could play that role, but they seem committed to waiting it out.
• Jimmy Carter has negotiated peace treaties and observed elections all over the world. Maybe we need him to weigh in.

In any case, rather than brainstorm up names, I decided to attempt a Power Ranking of Uncommitted Superdelegates.

So, I poured myself a stiff cocktail, came up with some criteria, assigned some values, and came up with a chart that ranks all 286 uncommitted superdelegates.

Visit my post at DailyKos (or the cross-post at MyDD) for the list and to comment.

By Kari Chisholm April 08, 2008