Obama Favored To Win "Invisible Primary" For Superdelegate Support.

From the Frontrunner
The Wall Street Journal (4/29, Calmes,) reports despite his "loss in Pennsylvania and other campaign bumps, Barack Obama is heavily favored to win what will be the final and decisive contest for the Democratic presidential nomination -- the 'invisible primary' for the convention votes of party leaders." Obama "has taken the lead among elected officials" who serve as Democratic superdelegates, "and Monday got the endorsement of New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman, though Sen. Hillary Clinton will counter Tuesday with a commitment from Gov. Mike Easley, whose North Carolina holds the next primary. Sen. Clinton still leads by double digits among nonelected national and state party officials, but her edge has been narrowing." If Obama "doesn't stumble, enough elected Democrats are expected to back Sen. Obama after the last primaries June 3 to give him the delegate majority needed for nomination."

Morris Says Clinton Is Hoping McCain Will Beat Obama.
On Fox News' Hannity and Colmes (4/28) Dick Morris predicted that Sen. Obama's is "going to get the Democratic nomination. That's done. ... As soon as June 3 comes, [DNC Chairman Howard] Dean and [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi, mainly Pelosi, will make those House members take a stand one way or another, and by a few days after that, a few weeks after that, Obama will be over 2025. I think that Hillary obviously is playing out the clock because she believes in it. Obviously she's hoping she can force a huge mistake and maybe that will turn stuff around -- hoping against hope, and she's a smart lady, and Bill Clinton is smarter, and these guys played the game four and eight years down the road, and I think a big part of the reason that she's waging such a negative campaign against Obama is she wants McCain to win, just like in 2004 she wanted Bush to win so that she could run for president four years later. ... That nomination in 2012 is going to be worth having."