Superdelegate Nick Casey, lawyer by day, called me last night (i'm pretty sure it wasn't from a phone booth) and told me he has NOT been inundated with calls like other such s-ds across the country.  (The bottom line is with the Democratic presidential nomination process so close between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, superdelegates will most likely decide the nominee.  See my previous blog on this issue for more on that.)  Casey says he has literally taken three calls among the two camps and the basic conversation was a "hey, what are you thinking" deal.  As Democratic Party chairman for West Virginia, Casey says he is going to stay neutral as long as possible.

Also staying neutral -- the elected officials of West Virginia.  I spoke about Senator Jay Rockefeller's superhero quality of evasiveness on this issue in my previous blog.  West Virginia Congressman and Superdelegate Nick Rahall's superhero ability appears to be the ability to say no comment faster than a speeding bullet.  Rahall's public relations chief in his congressional office told me "that's personal" this week and that the congressman hasn't shared any information to be released to the public yet about an endorsement.

But not everyone is on the fence in West Virginia.  Superdelegate Marie Prezioso is super-determined to stand by her candidate, Hillary Clinton.  Prezioso says she filed Clinton's campaign papers in West Virginia and she has made her choice.  

"I'm in pretty close contact with them all the time," Prezioso told me.

Prezioso says she did not imagine that this race would come down to superdelegates, but as the months go on, she is starting to believe it is going to fall in their laps.

What about the fairness factor?  Is it okay to have the party's nomination be decided this way?  Prezioso says she believes this system has its place in the party. 

And that's just super with her.