Barack Obama said the other day that Democratic party superdelegates should throw their support to him if he wins the most states and pledged delegates.
"My strong belief is that if we end up with the most states and the most pledged delegates from the most voters in the country," Obama said, "that it would be problematic for the political insiders to overturn the judgment of the voters.
Obama said superdelegates "would have to think long and hard about how they approach the nomination when the people they claim to represent have said, 'Obama's our guy.' "
Today, however, Obama's cheif strategist David Axelrod sang a different tune.
AXELROD: I think that the role of the superdelegate is to act as, sort of, a party elder. These are elected officials from across the country and they're supposed to exercise their judgment as to what would be best for the party. And as they look at this, they need to decide who would be the strongest candidate for the party...
LAUER: David, you're not answering. Should those two senators vote for Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton?
AXELROD: I think they and all the superdelegates should vote according to what they think is best for the party and the country. And I think that we need the strongest possible candidate against John McCain.
So, which should it be?