This request came to me from Chris Hughes, Facebook co-founder and a coordinator of online organizing for the campaign.
The request was contained in an email from Chris to the AtlantaforObama08 online campaign group and was forwarded to one of my groups (UtahForObama) by group administrator Misti Fowler. Misti was responding to questions and suggestions by other group members about contacting superdelegates to lobby them on Obama's behalf.
The full email is after the jump...
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 13:39:50 -0500
To: Atlanta for Obama 08
From: Chris Hughes
Subject: [AtlantaforObama08] A Note on Contacting Superdelegeates
Atlanta for Obama,
Congratulations on a HUGE win last night. You all should be very, very proud of yourselves.
If I may make one comment on superdelegates. We're all very committed to seeing Barack Obama become the nominee of the Democratic party. Every one of us wants to contribute to make that dream a reality.
When it comes to winning the support of superdelegates, the best strategy is not to flood them with calls, letters, and emails. Oftentimes that can do more harm than help. The campaign has a very well-developed and focused plan to win over each one of these superdelegates' support. Please refrain from sending additional messages directly.
What you can do that would be inordinately helpful to the campaign is get on the phone and start reaching out to undecided voters in the upcoming states of Louisiana and Washington. You can phonebank directly from your own home:
http://my.barackobama.com/...
Thank you so much for your support and understanding!
Chris
(my emphases)
So far the campaign has not sent out an official global email on this, but considering the source of this email I'm pretty confident it reflects the campaign's current approach on superdelegates. If anyone encounters contrary information, please post it.