(Updated!) 9 Superdelegates Endorse Obama Today and Counting!

[Avalon6]

Obama gets:
–California DNC Ed Espinoza
-California DNC Vernon Watkins
-Maryland DNC John Gage
–New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne (switched from Clinton)
–Oregon Rep. DeFazio.
-South Carolina Vice Chair Wilber Lee Jeffcoat
-New Mexico Addon Laura Weahkee
*Added Hawaii Rep. Mazie Hirono
-One from Virginia (TBA)



AP article Cites Obama got 9 supers today (I don't know who the 9th is but he/she is from Virginia) (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24538157/)
"Obama picked up the backing of nine superdelegates, including Rep. Donald Payne of New Jersey, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus who had been a Clinton supporter."

[slinkerwink]

1. it's a SuperD tsunami!

[panAmerican]

2. AWESOME!!!!!!!!

[madwivoter]

3. It's starting to happen now...

Glad to see it.

Hillary will probably still stay in until after KY, but I think the writing is on the wall.

Thanks for posting!

:applause:

[Doityourself]

4. IT'S OVER!!!! IT'S OVER!!!

[GetTheRightVote]

5. Yes, yes, yes, Go Obama Go !!!

[TexanDem]

6. Com'on SD's - keep 'em coming! Don't be shyl! The water is fine! Woo-hoo!

[book_worm]

7. NJ's Payne was a Hillary super delegate who switched, too.

[panAmerican]

23. By my count that's 2 NJ SDs who have switched so far.

[PM7nj]

49. Yup! Dana Redd, my state senator also switched!

She did it way back, right after Super Tuesday. Go NJ!

[panAmerican]

62. Unfortunately she got very short shrift on MSNBC.

They asked her a few brief, very limited questions, and she was gone inside a minute or so. She struck me as a very intelligent person who was willing to elaborate, but the host (I think it was Chris Matthews) wanted to characterize her as a Black SD endorsing the Black candidate.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

8. Fasten your seatbelts. McCrash is about to be run over.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Clinton's advantage is all but gone

[Yukari Yakumo]

10. Waitaminute...

Doesn't that mean the SD lead is now his?!?

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Bensthename]

18. sho nuff..

:toast:

[lojasmo]

19. He's ahead. EOM

[mohc]

11. 2.5

With the UT delegate all Obama needs is 2 more to take the lead.

[Bucky]

12. DeFazio is a big pick up.

[Mme. Defarge]

22. Calling Ron Wyden ... n/t

[WeDidIt]

13. EIGHT!!!

Hawaii Congresswoman Mazie Hirono Endorses Barack Obama, according to an announcement from the campaign.

[WeDidIt]

14. 1.5 left!!!!!

[PBS Poll-435]

15. Friday News Dump?

Why wouldn't they wait until Monday so their announcements would have more visability?

[WeDidIt]

17. The Super Delegates announce when they announce

I'm thinking they want to run up the numbers now while not totally humiliating Hillary.

[scheming daemons]

35. This makes them the talk of all the Sunday morning shows....

...

[PBS Poll-435]

36. Well, we will see if it is picked up on "The Ore-Ida Hour."

[Avalon6]

38. It's already front page news on CNN and MSNBC

[AlinPA]

16. What in the hell is Clinton doing?

[crankychatter]

27. She's forcing the SDs to make the decision a bit early so she can pose as a victim

over FL and MI - to make it look as if a brokered convention is justice

maybe

[Jawja]

57. She can't be a victim over Fl and MI

if they are seated; and Obama will agree to seat them after he has secured the nomination.

[Danger Mouse]

20. It starts...the beginning of the end...

[MadBadger]

21. Obama picks up an 8th via TPM

Rep Hirono (D-Hawaii).

[MaineDem]

24. A minor correction, Jeffcoat is the Vice Chair in SC

But these are great additions!!!

[crankychatter]

25. so how many are left?

10 per day would put him over the top in 20 days or so, yeah?

[thoughtcrime1984]

26. Deficit will be .5 when Utah gets its' add-on

May even be his first lead, if others come out before that!

[gmudem]

28. The door is that way Hillary

We're waiting.

[Hope And Change]

29. Kick!

[Doityourself]

30. Life is beautiful

[featherman]

31. Most excellent...

[WeDidIt]

32. OH HOW I HOPE FOR TWO MORE!

If he picked up ten supers in one day it would be all the Sunday talking heads would go on about!

[Avalon6]

37. He would erase Clinton's delegates from PA!

[my3boyz]

33. I hope he holds onto a handful to release after she wins W. Virginia. nt

[DeschutesRiver]

34. Happy, happy

happy, happy, happy news.

[myrna minx]

39. K&R n/t

[NotThisTime]

40. He now holds more Supers officially...

[redqueen]

41. More good news...

yay! :D

[last1standing]

42. Too bad. I was afraid it would have to go this way but I hoped it wouldn't.

Obama is having to dump SDs on Hillary to crush her. If she hadn't gone racist, this wouldn't have happened. She can kiss her chances of being offered VP off at this point as well.

[NotThisTime]

43. That was my thought as well... if the campaign had stayed positive

it would have been better for her...

[last1standing]

44. She could have gone out as a hero.

Now she'll go out with a whiff of racism that will follow her forever. Very sad.

[NotThisTime]

46. sad but true....

[ampad]

45. Oh yes it is over

OVER! K/R

[workinclasszero]

47. AWESOME!!!

YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TragedyandHope]

48. Kick for more great news!

:kick:

[Zachstar]

50. Ok now I am ready to say it.

ITS OVER!!!

[DevonRex]

51. WooHOO! Yes We Can! nt

[livetohike]

52. Great! n/t

[MadBadger]

53. Virginia's Joe Johnson is the 9th.

[me b zola]

54. Yeah baby!

We're flowing now! :thumbsup:

[Zachstar]

55. Onward to the GE!

[mohc]

56. .5

Assuming the UT add-on selection goes the way everyone assumes it will, Obama takes the superdelegate lead tonight.

[WA98296]

58. What a great Friday!

[chill_wind]

59. MSNBC just now characterized it as ". a trickle. No flood yet."

They've lost interest. They're going to talk about lost bearings and McCain's age sensitivity all. night. long.
Like what Obama said was soooooooo controversial, in comparison with being slimed by McCain's Hamas inference.

[futureliveshere]

60. Oh wow!!! This is great. After hearing HRC compare BO to Chimpy this is what is needed.

[WeDidIt]

61. 0.5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From DemConWatch:

Update: Virginia DNC member Joe Johnson has also endorsed Obama today. We have gotten confirmation from the Obama campaign. They told us it's not being covered as widely because the campaign added him a while ago but he didn't officially endorse until today.

Obama is now only 1/2 a superdelegate behind Clinton