Obama Cuts Hillary's SD Lead into the Teens.

[tekisui]

Obama 242
Clinton 261

Down from a high of 96 to 19!!! Here's the action from the previous week. The Superdelegates seem to be hearing Dean's call to announce publicly.


4-23-08 Added Gov. Brad Henry (OK) for Obama.
- Added Rep. John Tanner (TN) for Clinton
- Added DNC Audra Ostergard (NE) for Obama
4-24-08 - Added Rep. David Wu (OR) for Obama
4-26-08 - Added Kathy Sullivan (NH)# new NH add-on, for Clinton. Added DNC Charlene Fernandez (AZ) new AZ state vice-chair, for Obama.
4-28-08 - Added Sen. Jeff Bingaman (NM) for Obama.
- Added Fmr. DNC Chairman Paul Kirk (MA) for Obama. He endorsed a while ago but we never had a valid source.
4-29-08 - Added Gov. Mike Easley (NC) for Clinton
- Added DNC Richard Machacek (IA) for Obama.
- Added Rep. Ben Chandler (KY) for Obama
- Added Rep. Ike Skelton (MO) for Clinton
4-30-08 - Added Rep. Bruce Braley (IA) for Obama
- Added DNC William George (PA) for Clinton
- Added Rep. Baron Hill (IN) for Obama
- Added Rep. Lois Capps (CA) for Obama
- Added DNC Luisette Cabanas (PR) for Clinton

10-Obama, Clinton 6.

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html

[Kittycat]

1. Interesting how more ELECTED pols lean toward Obama than Clinton

Even more so for the Senators

[speedoo]

3. Right. And some think the NC Governor would not have endorsed Hillary..

if he were planning to run for another term.

[speedoo]

2. Anybody know what Obama's magic number is, currently?

There were several threads on the subject a few weeks ago, but I did not bookmark...

[Rose Siding]

4. Already leading in the Senate, today he pulled ahead in House endorsements

People who are accountable to the electorate are going for Obama.

[sandiegoboy]

5. Wasn't Hillary supposed more unelectable?

The fact that Hil leads in these stats defies conventional wisdom.

[tekisui]

11. Hillary picked the great majority of hers up before SuperTuesday(198).

It is interesting that she has been able to get a handful the past few weeks. I can understand SD's not endorsing either until they know who the Nominee will be, but have a hard time understanding those who endorse Hillary this late.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. I thought you meant South Dakota

And I got really confused.

Never mind. Carry on.

[FedoraLV]

7. Thank you for the updates/nt

[Eutanasio]

8. But I thought superdelegates were bad for our democracy

Of course, if they vote for Hillary, that is.
And the media is bad, of course, when they turn against Obama. It's all relative, you see.

[tekisui]

9. The Superdelegates and the media are bad.

But, those are what we are dealing with. You have to win in the current system before you can change the system.

Welcome to DU.

[Shae]

10. Oh please

I don't get your point at all.

Obama is ahead in pledged delegates and popular votes.
Hillary's only hope was that the superdelegates would turn their backs on the will of the voters and select her.
In February she was about 100 ahead; now she's less than 20 ahead.

[Barb in Atl]

12. Is it opposite day again? n/t