I've thought about this analogy today while I was waiting for delayed flight, and I want to share. In my mind, this primary election season is like a game of Monopoly. Barack Obama owns a good deal of the medium and smaller value properties, Hillary Clinton owns a much smaller number of the larger value properties. There is a third player, The Superdelegates who have a significant number of key properties. This player wants to get out of the game, but would like to decide who to cash out to in a way that will tip the balance of power, and avoid a long protracted (say 10 hour) game. If the properties are sold to the right player (Obama), the game will end quickly. Otherwise it's unclear who will win, but the game will go on for a long time, given that the other player (Clinton) has a lot of cash and small number of important properties. If Clinton wins this game due to the Superdelegates selling to her given her weaker position, it will hurt our chances in the all important next game.
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