Buffeted from all sidesMany of the superdelegates agreed that waiting, not deciding, has proved their greatest challenge. As the primary season extended through the spring, they found themselves at the center of the whirlwind, with their neutrality constantly scrutinized by officials in the two campaigns, bloggers, ardent supporters of Clinton or Obama, and in some instances, the candidates themselves.
Belkis Leong-Hong, from Maryland, took interview calls from news outlets in China and Germany. Yolanda Wheat, from Missouri, stopped granting interviews. "It's too much," she said.
"You hear people accuse us undecideds of playing coy, like we're waiting for the right moment and then trying to get some big position in Washington," Ray said. "But if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. I could have done the easy thing: commit to Obama after he did well in Georgia. But I'm making sure, in my own mind and in my own heart, that if I cast that one little vote that I'm responsible for, I'm doing the right thing."
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