by KYW's Larry Kane

There is a small army of volunteers spending the last days of April in Indiana and North Carolina. But there's another battle going on.
 
On the surface, it is hard hitting verbal warfare. Hillary Clinton is charging she has the most votes. That's true if you count outlawed Florida and Michigan.

Barack Obama is playing up his triple play of delegates, states, and popular vote. 

Meantime, back on Capitol Hill and in states across the country, the so-called superdelegates who will decide the outcome, are weighing the options, and in contrast to the candidates, quite maturely.

After all, a rush to judgment means a possible split in the Democratic party that could doom the party for decades. The key word here is "electable." The second key is timing. If a decision is made prematurely, before all the primaries are over, the division in the party would be even worse.

But if the superdelegates start chiming in when the primaries are over on June 3rd, analyze the whole picture and vote for who is most electable based on real figures and political instinct, the Democrats could still have a chance. 

An early call could result in chance that millions of Democrats will find another place to go on November 3rd, or vote for the growing-in-popularity Republican John McCain.

The tension is building for superdelegates, but many of them believe that for now, it's time for calm and quiet.
 

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