March 28, 2016 10:53 AM UTC

Everybody's Lobbying Those Superdelegates

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• by: Colorado Pols

Even my food takeout is lobbying me for #FeelTheBern pic.twitter.com/TTTNgBLxLV

— Jared Polis (@jaredpolis) March 27, 2016

As the Daily Camera’s Mitchell Byars reports, no escaping “The Bern” in the People’s Republic of Boulder:

Boulder Rep. Jared Polis opted for takeout on Easter Sunday, but he got more than just food with his order.

Polis — a Democratic superdelegate who has publicly endorsed Hillary Clinton in her run for president — tweeted a photo on Sunday of a handwritten note that he says he received with his takeout order from Native Foods Cafe in Boulder.

The note encouraged him to cast his vote for Bernie Sanders, who won the Colorado caucus. It reads, “The constituency has spoken. Use your power wisely. Feel the Bern. With the utmost respect, Native Foods. Happy Easter!”

The Democratic Party’s “superdelegates,” in existence since 1984 to (really no nice way to say this) preserve establishment power in the often fractious presidential nomination process, nonetheless have a history of deciding en masse to support a candidate that clearly emerges as the frontrunner–as was the case in 2008, when Democratic superdelegates pledged to Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in a move that more or less decided the nomination.

This year, Clinton’s delegate lead and very strong performance in key primary states make a mass defection of superdelegates less likely, no matter how passionate Bernie Sanders’ supporters may be. Nonetheless, The Hill reported yesterday, pressure on superdelegates is emerging as a Sanders campaign strategy:

“I think the momentum is with us,” Sanders said on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper on Sunday. “A lot of these superdelegates may rethink their positions with Secretary Clinton.”

So expect Rep. Jared Polis to get more friendly notes from interested Boulderites.