Marilyn Campbell

Are any Maryland Democratic superdelegates among the 50 supposedly endorsing Barack Obama?

Like many, our collective chin-scratching went into high gear when Anna Van Hollen, daughter of powerful DCCC Chair Chris, publicly endorsed Barack Obama at his wife Michelle's Betheda appearance.

Did she discuss her endorsement with her father? Did he approve of her getting up before an audience of his constituents and making her preference known - the only member of her family to do so, so far?

DNC Vice Chair Susan TurnbullThis Sunday, high-ranking Democratic National Committee member Susan Turnbull and her husband Bruce are hosting a fundraiser for Montgomery County Delegate Bill Frick at their Bethesda home.

Turnbull, who was elected DNC Vice Chair in February 2005, has served on the DNC Executive Committee since 1997. She has been especially influential as a member of the Women’s Caucus, which she chaired from 1997 to 2003. In 2001 she was a founding Co-Chair of the DNC Women's Vote Center and was appointed DNC Deputy Chair in the fall of 2003 before her current position.

Del. Frick is the currently the weakest link among his District 16 colleagues, as there will be no shortage of ambitious local Democrats looking to seize on his low name recognition and give him a tough primary in 2010.