Democratic Danger Signs

(CNN) -- The danger to Democrats is not that the race will go on too long. The voters seem to love it. Turnout in the Democratic primaries is breaking records in state after state. The danger is that the loser will claim the process was unfair -- that he or she was cheated.

Some Barack Obama supporters have urged Hillary Clinton to quit because it will be difficult for her to catch up with Obama's delegate count. Clinton's response? Unfair! They're trying to bully me out of the race.

The Obama campaign sees another sinister conspiracy -- that the superdelegates will try to reverse the will of the people.

Obama is ahead among pledged delegates, those elected in primaries and caucuses. He's behind among superdelegates -- party leaders and elected officials who automatically get convention votes.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has not endorsed either contender, has said: "If the votes of the superdelegates overturn what happened in the elections, it would be harmful to the Democratic Party."