Josh Marshall has it right when he calls out Evan Bayh for being stupid, when he suggests that electoral votes should count in the super delegates decision.

He does not go far enough though.

All the arguments, whether popular votes, delegates, etc. should be irrelevant to the super delegates decision.

They are a 20% swing vote, and their concerns should be as follows (in order of descending importance):

1. Who will be the best president of the United States of America
2. Who is best for the party.
3. Who is most likely to be elected.

Now it’s clear that things like delegates, popular vote, and fund raising, etc. are factors in those concerns, but they are not the concerns themselves.

They are the trees, not the forest.