**** Friday Super Delegate Update Thread*** Obama up 5 10:30 PDT updates below

[grantcart]

Updates from Demconwatch

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



1)Rep Payne NJ Super Delegate Defects from Clinton to Obama


http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/congressman_pa ...
Congressman Payne, NJ superdelegate, switches from Clinton to Obama
by Robert Schwaneberg/The Star-Ledger
Friday May 09, 2008, 12:05 AM
Rep. Donald Payne (D-10th Dist.), a New Jersey superdelegate who had been supporting Hillary Clinton for president, has switched his allegiance to Barack Obama.


2) Rep DeFazio (OR) Endorses Obama


http://blog.oregonlive.com/elections/2008/05/defazio_th ...
DeFazio throws his support to Obama
Posted by Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian May 08, 2008 22:21PM
Tonight Rep. Peter DeFazio became Oregon's third Democratic congressman to endorse Sen.Barack Obama, putting the Illinois politician one delegate closer to the presidential nomination.


3) DNC AFGE Pres Gage


Obama wins endorsement of government employees union
By JESSE J. HOLLAND – 1 hour ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The American Federation of Government Employees endorsed Barack Obama Friday, giving the Illinois senator fresh momentum toward capturing the Democratic nomination for president.



4) DNC Vernon Waters CA


In addition to Payne, Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon and two members of the Democratic National Committee from California announced they were supporting Obama.



"The election is over, everybody knows that. Obama has won," said Vernon Watkins, one of the two.

So, too, John Gage, president


5) Clinton has one

Clinton's new supporter was Rep. Chris Carney, D-Pa. His congressional district voted overwhelmingly for the former first lady in the Pennsylvania primary on April 22.


6) DNC Espinoza (CA) Obama

Among the previously uncommitteds now behind Obama: Ed Espinoza, a Democratic National Committee member from Long Beach, who also urged uncommitted superdelegates to make their declaration by May 26.

"This needs to be over and done with by Memorial Day," Espinoza said.

[grantcart]

1. Clinton fails to get many super delegates to resign letter of support

Most Clinton congressional supporters fail to sign new letter of support
In order to try and stall the increasing defection of Clinton Super Delegates the Clinton campaign issued a letter from Congresspeople renewing their support for Hillary

ONLY 16 OF THE 79 CONGRESSPERSONS ENDORSING CLINTON AGREED TO SIGN THE LETTER




http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=759...



We are writing to you because of our shared belief in our Party’s principles and our commitment to ensuring that we have the strongest possible nominee to lead our ticket against John McCain and the Republicans in November.

The decision about who to support to be our Party’s nominee is not one that any of us should take lightly. We haven’t. But, after giving this important decision a great deal of thought, we are convinced that Hillary Clinton has the vision, skills and commitment to make the changes our country needs. As Democrats who have run and won in competitive Congressional districts and battleground states, we believe that Hillary is best positioned to successfully lead the Democratic ticket in districts and states like ours around the country.

As you know, Hillary has racked up victories in bellwether states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and now Indiana that are absolutely vital to winning the White House and maintaining our Congressional majority in the fall. Hillary has won the big battleground states by connecting with voters whose support we must have to win the general election. Her victories in Pennsylvania and Indiana were all the more impressive after being outspent by as much as two or three to one.

[TexasObserver]

21. ONLY 16 OF THE 79 CONGRESSPERSONS ENDORSING CLINTON AGREED TO SIGN THE LETTER

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

[grantcart]

28. I think they must have gotten word that today was going to be a big day

[MindMatter]

47. How many different ways does she need to hear this?

Oh, I guess letters don't count now.

[TexasObserver]

63. She really cannot read the writing on the wall.

Her base in the national party is gone. Rats abandoning the sinking ship.

[Egnever]

58. Who signed?

Oh an BTW that press release you linked to has been yanked from her site.

[grantcart]

61. holy shit they really took a beating on that lol

[Egnever]

62. guess they rethought it

funny just the same.

[jenmito]

2. But today's "question" seems to be, "Why aren't the SDs flooding to Obama?"

:eyes:

[gkhouston]

3. That's the standard Friday question, I think. They need to update the talking points.

;-)

[jenmito]

5. Yup. It's ALWAYS some negative question about why Obama's failing at the newest media-set

expectation. :eyes:

[global1]

4. It's To Placate HIlliary's Feelings And Not Make Her Look Any Worse Than....

she is making herself look.

[jenmito]

6. Yeah, but this is getting ridiculous. NOTHING'S good enough for these media people!

Jeez! They're still talking about possible ways Hillary could still "pull it off"!

[grantcart]

7. 16 in 4 days - "a controlled burn"

[jenmito]

8. Only 16? What's going on here?

:sarcasm:

[grantcart]

10. don't want anyone to get hurt running for the exits

[jenmito]

11. Yup.

[rocktivity]

38. Because he hasn't clinched the pledged delegate lead

Which he can't do before May 20. Then his trickle you've been seeing will turn into a flood.

:headbang:
rocknation

[grantcart]

39. Sunday's question will be doesn't Hillary have a calculator

[GetTheRightVote]

9. Obama will get all the support he needs within the next few days,

he is the Democratic Nominee !!!

[grantcart]

12. 7 ) Laurie Weahkee, New Mexico DNC for Obama

SANTA FE -- If Sen. Barack Obama needs a mere 170 more delegate votes to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination outright, he just got one vote closer.

http://www.newmexicoindependent.com/view/nmi-exclusive-count

That's because Laurie Weahkee, New Mexico's newest -- and most coveted -- superdelegate, just threw her support behind Obama.



"After the primary elections in Indiana and North Carolina, it is now absolutely clear that Barack Obama will be our nominee," Weahkee, lead organizer for the Native American Voters Alliance, writes in a statement e-mailed to the Independent. She adds, "Obama has proven that he can campaign in a difficult environment and still inspire thousands of new voices to take part in the democratic process."

Weahkee also had good things to say about Hillary Clinton -- "I’d like to recognize Senator Clinton for her many years of service to this country, and for laying the groundwork for women across this country to run for office" -- but in the end that wasn't enough to push the long-time New Mexico activist into her corner.

[K Gardner]

25. How do you get these before MSM reports them as BREAKING NEWS !! LOL...

[grantcart]

13. 8) DNC Wilbur Lee Jeffcoat (SC) for Obama

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

[grantcart]

35. Jeffcoat's announcement

South Carolina Democratic Party Vice Chair Wilbur Lee Jeffcoat:

“Barack Obama inspired thousands of new voters in my state of South Carolina to get involved in our democratic process and I am proud to announce my endorsement today. With Barack Obama as our nominee, we can bring more and more new voters out to become involved and have their voices heard. Obama has worked his whole life to unite people from all backgrounds and walks of life for change, he has done that in this campaign and he will continue to do that as President. I am excited to join his campaign today.”

[Scurrilous]

14. K & R

:thumbsup:

[grantcart]

33. tks

[WeDidIt]

15. 9) Rep. Mazie Hirono (HI) for Obama

http://www.hawaiiforobama.org/mazie-hirono-endorses-barack.html

[grantcart]

17. fantastic thank you

[grantcart]

18. fantastic thank you

[grantcart]

16. 1:00 PDT Update Summary

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/ultimate-delegate-summary.html

DemconWatch the best authority for all delegate matters on the web


Obama has + 7 super delegates

Clinton added one and lost one

Obama has a net + 7 Super Delegates

Clinton's lead in super delegates is now only 1.5



Obama's Pelosi number is: 36.5

Obama's Magic number is 169

[Tatiana]

19. Thanks for this thread. They sure seem to be coming fast and furious now. n/t

[grantcart]

20. this could be the damn breaking

[grantcart]

26. 20 super delegates for Obama since may 5th

this could be the super delegate bomb that we heard about


Zogby said he thought they had 30 up their sleeves.

[K Gardner]

22. I can't keep up. At home with the TV on today and I'm hearing new names hourly it seems.

[K Gardner]

24. TWO MORE at 4 PM - from New Mexico and Hawaii... ??

[grantcart]

27. Yes and an LA SD that was closely associated to Bill Richardson

this is not an accident this is coordinated

all of a sudden NM and Hawaii are announcing?


I don't thinks so.


THEY ARE TURNING THE SCREWS FOLKS

[grantcart]

30. I just noticed Hawaii still has 2 more undeclared SD s lol

I love these guys god are they sharp lol

[grantcart]

23. expecting another add on from Utah today

[Jane Austin]

32. Will that make nine -

or would it be up to ten after the Utah add-on?

Thanks.

[grantcart]

34. 10 but sometimes they wait a day

there also seems to be another from VA details pending

[Jane Austin]

36. Wow -

I expected them to come in more slowly so as not to make her lose more face.

I guess some of the SD's decided it was too painful to watch her twist in the wind.

[grantcart]

53. VA rumor turned out to be a true see down thread

[Spazito]

29. The timing on this is important, imo

I believe Senator Clinton's egregious comments yesterday are part of the reasons the large number are announcing today. I think, prior to her making those comments, SDs were willing to wait and see if she would back off attacking Obama and start focusing on McCain and uniting the party. Instead, her comments hurt the party and, if continued, will hurt the party's chances in November.

A very CLEAR message is being sent, it remains to be seen if Senator Clinton will listen and act accordingly.

[grantcart]

31. they are turning the screws so that by the time the Sunday talk shows

come around its going to be a funeral dirge.

[grantcart]

37. gone

Not fully updated

[K Gardner]

41. Ouch !!

[rocktivity]

40. So what's the score? He's two SDs ahead of Hillary now?

:crazy:
rocknation

[jefferson_dem]

42. +7 for the day which should put him ahead at demconwatch any minute now...

http://thepage.time.com/

[grantcart]

49. demconwatch seems to have had problems

can't post there now - no emails coming out

[caseycoon]

43. This is great!

Thanks grantcart for the updates!
:toast:

[grantcart]

44. New Huckabee numbers about to be released

[phrigndumass]

48. Eight!

As in Eight Belles, dead horse. (too soon?)

:hide:

:woohoo:

[FogerRox]

45. Obama has SD lead.

Just pro forma stuff from here on in.

[Zachstar]

51. Looks like it.

[FogerRox]

60. Heres a gif for you

[phrigndumass]

46. Woohoo!

:woohoo:

[FlyingSquirrel]

50. Be sure and check out your limerick :-)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5900125&mesg_id=5905787

[grantcart]

57. that was great

[grantcart]

52. 9) Virginia DNC member Joe Johnson for Obama

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.

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/05/obama-picks-up-3-more-superdelegates.html

[phrigndumass]

55. WOO FUCKIN HOO!!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: Huck is 3!

[grantcart]

54. and in picture form

[grantcart]

56. 10) Utah add on name not known

come on Utah we are waiting

10 delegate gain in one day

Here are the states where the spread was less than 10

Alaska
Alabama
American Samoa
Arizona
Conneticut
Democrats Abroad
DC
Delaware
Guam
Hawaii
Indiana
Maine
Missouri
Mississippi
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Nevada
Ohio
Rhode Island
Texas
Utah
Virgin Island
Vermont
Wyoming

[grantcart]

59. Rodriguez D TX for Clinton

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/5768673.html

Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, announced Friday night that he is endorsing Clinton.

"A big reason is because his district voted so overwhelmingly for her, that's one of the biggest reasons," said Rodriguez' spokesman Josh Rosenblum.