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Undeclared Superdelegates: the Bestiary

Politico unveils the motives of the 'undecided' kingdom

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 31, 2008 12:17 PM CDT

(Newser) – More than 460 Democratic superdelegates have yet to throw support behind a candidate. Politico reports that few if any are truly undecided, and offers a taxonomy of the undeclared:

Crypto-Obamans—Superdelegates like Nancy Pelosi, who haven't come out for a candidate, but are assumed to

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