I noted some time ago that those delegates from Puerto Rico could well be important, and now we're coming up on the June 1 Puerto Rico Democratic primary with the race still on. Well, Clinton has lost, but she's still campaigning, so it sort-of matters, at least in terms of optics I guess.
As I also noted previously, Obama has the support of the current governor, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá. Unfortunately, said governor was recently indicted on corruption charges. Now, the sad state of the Bush justice department means that you can't rule out the thought that this indictment of a leftist politician was brought for political reasons (while not technically a Democrat, Acevedo is a Democratic Superdelegate).
If Acevedo has a powerful local machine, his endorsement may mean something. On the other hand, his endorsement could be a negative following his indictment. In addition Hillary typically polls well with hispanic voters. The lone poll at pollster.com is from early April and shows Hillary with a 13 point lead. This is so incredibly stale though it's hard to know if this means anything.
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