Holdout Superdelegates.

Robert Rankin, an uncommitted superdelegate from California, arrived home on Monday afternoon to find a last-minute telephone message from a surrogate for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, presumably to ask -- again -- for his support. But after months of holding out, and after listening to endless pitches from both sides, Mr. Rankin said he was still determined to wait until Wednesday, after Montana and South Dakota had voted, to announce his decision. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]