So, the news cycle has noted that Rush Limbaugh is urging Republicans in states yet to have Primaries to go over and vote in the Democratic one. It's called tactical voting, and it's an old trick children. They've also been discussion the upcoming role of the superdelegates in the Democratic primary, and to what extent the superdelegates should heed the expressed "Will of the Peepul".
Evidently, the media haven't put the pieces together.
My dad is an old Democrat. He lived through the Depression. He's from the era when local Democratic and Republican party leaders could still meet and talk in a civil fashion, and might discuss their mutual plans for elections. Back when some of the Republicans would see a crackpot idiot who called themselves Republican, and wouldn't automatically vote for him. He also spent most of his life in New York, where the Democratic Machine was a beast of Legend, and can hardly be called dead even now.
From what I've heard, crossing party lines is nothing new. For some districts, it was a matter of necessity, as otherwise there might not be enough "Republican" volunteers to monitor all the precincts. (Yes, this technically makes it easier for vote tampering, but dude, if your party can't even find one volunteer per precinct? There's not much point in the tampering.) Other times, it was a bit more vicious. When the Democrats outnumbered the Republicans badly enough, they might show up to the caucus meetings, see who was the least electable giant twit running, and throw a huge block of support behind him.
Sound familiar, Rush? Well, not really. To be fair, Hillary isn't a twit. If she gets the nomination, McCain will have a struggle, and it's going to be dirty. But Hillary is relatively conservative as Democrats go. If she wins, the Republicans will be able to live with it and work with it. So, they're trying to pack the polls to load them the way they want.
So, this brings us to the Superdelegates. As I understand it, the bulk of them are those who have been elected to major offices (House, Senate, Governorship) as Democrats. In theory, one could pack the superdelegates, too. Lieberman might have qualified, if he didn't have to call himself an independent these days. But it's an awful lot harder to even try. You have to get someone flying false colors nominated and elected to a serious office to do it. This is not usually possible; they face challenges for the nomination under their false colors, and in the general election risk having to deal with any upstart flying true colors.
This means the Superdelegates really are Democrats. Unless there's a candidate with the kind of cross-the-board approval that (if I remember my history right) only FDR and Washington have ever approached, it's impossible for the other party to pack the polls so thoroughly that the superdelegates can be ignored. It means that the Superdelegates are veteran party hands, who have seen at least some of the dirty tricks that can be pulled by both sides.
And when they see Hillary getting pushed by the Republicans... well, that's not certain to sway them. Hillary isn't a lightweight or a flake. But it's going to make them think. Rush's maneuver has the chance to get Hillary a few dozen more delegates... but also may cost her hundreds of superdelegates.
And I don't think Rush is secretly fond enough of Obama, nor smart enough to try something that subtle.