In the Democratic Party’s race for the presidential nominee the primaries don’t really matter anymore. More important are the 260-plus superdelegates who are yet undecided are not bound by the outcome of any state’s vote. It would seem that the rat-race was all for nil. In hindsight the headaches could have been avoided and just let the superdelegates decide the nominee at the Denver Convention this summer. That may be exactly what happens but Barack Obama doesn’t want it that way. He wants to know as soon as possible who the nominee would be, and for good reason. John McCain has ...