Politics | Barack Obama Clinton, Obama Bicker About How to Count Superdelegates He says obey voter will; she wants autonomy By Jane Yager Posted Feb 17, 2008 9:55 AM CST Copied Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., joke at the end of a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) (Associated Press) As superdelegates appear ever more likely to play a deciding role in the Dems' hotly contested primary battle, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are pushing very different visions of how they should decide how to vote, the Washington Post reports. Obama wants them to follow the will of voters in their districts; Clinton says they should act independently. Each candidate's position is self-serving (at the moment): Superdelegates who mirror the voting of pledged delegates would bolster Obama, while superdelegates acting on their own could help Clinton. Clinton has also called for Florida and Michigan delegates to be counted; Obama retorted that "even my 6-year-old daughter" could understand why this would be unfair. Read These Next New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. Actor Sam Rockwell gets residuals from movie he wasn't in. Report an error