Clinton Superdelegate Sees Obama Presidency

There's something about foreign media that gets the tongues of otherwise guarded American political figures wagging when it comes to the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. A Scottish journalist notably quoted Barack Obama's foreign policy adviser Samantha Power when she called Hillary Clinton a monster. Clinton fund-raiser Niall O'Dowd compared Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright to white supremacist David Duke on Irish radio last week.

Today, Ben Smith of The Politico reports that Democratic Representative and superdelegate Emmanuel Cleaver of Kansas has joined the ranks of those speaking freely to foreign media. During an interview on Canadian public radio, Cleaver, a Clinton supporter, predicted a general election victory for Barack Obama. "If I had to make a prediction right now," he said, "I'd say Barack Obama is going to be the next president. I will be stunned if he's not the next president of the United States."

After expressing what he calls the Democratic party line that it's "good for America" if the race goes all the way to the convention, he added that he truly believed that if that happened it would be the "tragedy of tragedies." Of his support for Clinton, Cleaver said, "Even though I don't expect the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the Indianapolis Colts, I cheer for the Kansas City Chiefs."