According to the Los Angeles Times, if Hillary Clinton doesn't doesn't make big gains in the remaining Democratic primaries, some previously committed superdelegates say they'll switch their votes:
Two of the five superdelegates aligned with Clinton who spoke at the annual California Democratic Convention here said they would reconsider their support if rival Barack Obama maintained his lead in elected delegates and the popular vote after the last contests on June 3.
While hardly reflecting a groundswell, the superdelegates' comments underscored the concerns among some of these officials about the drawn-out Democratic race. It follows the embarrassing defection Clinton's campaign suffered Thursday when former Democratic National Committee Chairman Joe Andrew switched his support from her to Obama, and warned that the negative tone of the campaign was becoming a "catastrophe" that would help Republicans.
As Ezra Klein points out, it's impossible for Clinton to overtake Obama in pledged delegates and highly improbable that she'll eclipse him in the popular vote, even if Michigan and Florida are counted. Once the race is in the superdelegates' hands, that could spell doom for the Clinton campaign.
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