I've got your 50 superdelegates right here

Actually, 64.  

These are all individuals who have absolutely no reason, based on their own elections, or how their states voted, to hold back their endorsement of Barack Obama.  Who are they?  Governors, senators, and at-large DNC superdelegates from states that Obama won decisively.  No supers from states that Clinton won, even from those she won narrowly (Indiana, New Mexico) or in a split decision (Texas).  No supers from states that Obama won narrowly (Missouri).  No members of Congress, even those from blue districts in blue states, as they have their own re-election issues to address.  And not even party leaders like Gore and Carter.

So who are we left with?  A complete list after the jump.
 

Using the Politico superdelegate roster as a guide, below is a list of undeclared superdelegates using the criteria outlined above:

Alabama
DNC Joe Turnham
DNC Nancy Worley

Alaska
DNC Blake Johnson
DNC Cindy Spanyers

Colorado
Gov. Bill Ritter
Ldr. Roy Romer
Sen. Ken Salazar
DNC Pat Waak

Connecticut
DNC Nancy DiNardo

Delaware
Sen. Joe Biden
Sen. Tom Carper
DNC John Daniello
DNC Harriet Smith-Windsor

D.C.
DNC Anita Bonds
DNC Donna Brazile
DNC Larry Cohen
DNC Christine Warnke

Georgia
DNC Richard Ray

Hawaii
Sen. Daniel Akaka
DNC Marie Dolly Strazar
DNC Joshua Wisch
DNC Beverly Withington

Idaho
DNC Keith Roark

Iowa
DNC Scott Brennan
Sen. Tom Harkin

Kansas
DNC Larry Gates
DNC Helen Knetzer

Louisiana
DNC Claude "Buddy" Leach
DNC Chris Whittington
DNC Elsie Burkhalter

Maine
DNC Jennifer DeChant
DNC Sam Spencer

Maryland
Sen. Ben Cardin
DNC John Gage
DNC Belkis Leong-Hong
DNC Heather Mizeur
DNC Gregory Pecoraro
DNC John Sweeney
DNC Susan Turnbull

Mississippi
DNC Wayne Dowdy
DNC Carnelia Pettis Fondren

North Carolina
DNC Muriel Offerman
DNC David Parker
DNC Carol Peterson

South Carolina
DNC Gilda Cobb-Hunter
DNC Wilbur Lee Jeffcoat

Utah
DNC Helen Langan

Virginia
DNC C Richard Cranwell
DNC Alexis Herman
DNC Joe Johnson
DNC Jim Leaman
DNC Jerome Wiley Segovia
Sen. Jim Webb

Washington
DNC Ed Cote
DNC Eileen Macoll
DNC Sharon Mast
DNC David McDonald
DNC Dwight Pelz

Wisconsin
DNC Awais Khaleel
Sen. Herb Kohl
DNC Lena Taylor
DNC Paula Zellner

Wyoming
DNC Nancy Drummond
DNC Cynthia Nunley

Why should they wait,when these individuals have no personal election agenda to consider this year?  I'll give you four reasons why they should not:

1. Declaring now would shift Clinton's "remote possibility" scenario into mathematical impossibility. Based on Kos's current count, a declaration for Obama by these 64 supers would leave him needing 112 to secure the nomination and Clinton with 328.5--almost a 3 to 1 deficit.  Assuming the remaining 202 superdelegates split 50-50, Clinton would need 227 "pledged" delegates from the remaining primary states--out of a total of 217 available.  Game over.

2. Every dollar spent by Clinton to forge on is going to cost Obama two dollars that would otherwise be available for the general election.  He will have to match her dollar-for-dollar on campaign costs to play defense, and then he will have to fork over another marginal dollar to--gasp!--repay her increased debt.  How is this good for the party in November?

3. Declaration by these superdelegates would provide air cover to members of Congress to come out and do the same--particularly those members in red districts who may fear backlash in November.  By essentially ending the game now, these Congressional superdelegates are seen as hopping on the bandwagon rather than tipping the scales.  

4. It's time to shut the door decisively on the Florida and Michigan nonsense.  Sure, we should seat their delegations, but no way should they affect the outcome of this race. Ending the battle now would cement the notion that moving the goalposts to include Florida and Michigan would be equivalent to overturning the will of the voters.

I had hoped that Hillary would climb down honorably, but today's "white Americans" comment portends at least two more weeks of race-baiting party bashing.  It's time to end this thing.  These are the people with good reason to do so now.