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Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign lost no time on Tuesday night to strategically use YouTube to remind the public that it cannot lose its delegate lead  -- despite losing the Pennsylvania primary to rival Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Obama delivered a lengthy concession speech, which the television networks broadcast. But instead of posting that up on YouTube as is its custom with many of his public appearances, the campaign posted the following analysis by NBC News' political director Chuck Todd:

The move is particularly interesting at a time when the focus is now on swaying the superdelegates' minds.

Many of the television pundits noted this evening that Clinton will use Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary victory to persuade the superdegelates to go her way.

Obama's campaign seems to be following up on a tactic it used earlier this year to solicit, sway and use public opinion to woo superdelegates.

"Mr. Super," an anonymous superdelegate who's just started to blog the Democratic primary from his superdelegate perspective, writes:

I'm watching the numbers roll in after Senator Clinton's 10-point win.  I've spoken to one network and one newspaper.  Some rumors going around about some major Superdelegate shifts on Wednesday morning - that would be something if it were true, wouldn't it?  (It's probably not true).

There is a lot of debate going on over on private DNC member listserves tonight.  The main issue is a) do we make our leanings known now or b) do we wait until all of the states have had an opportunity to vote?

As of this writing, there is not a consensus.

Meanwhile, The New York Times, which endorsed Clinton, is calling on the superdelegates to:

... do what the Democrats had in mind when they created superdelegates: settle a bloody race that cannot be won at the ballot box. Mrs. Clinton once had a big lead among the party elders, but has been steadily losing it, in large part because of her negative campaign. If she is ever to have a hope of persuading these most loyal of Democrats to come back to her side, let alone win over the larger body of voters, she has to call off the dogs.

See Also:

• Superdelegates Under the Spotlight
• Spotlight on the Superdelegate System II
• Republican National Committee Launches YouTube Attack on Hillary ...