(9 members if you count the Florida member who as of the moment is disqualified)
and from the way it's been phrased they'll wait until the primaries are over on June 3rd before "officially" endorsing. This is part propriety and part waiting until after May 31st to see what the DNC Rules Committee's ruling is on Michigan and Florida. You can read all up on the Pelosi club at DCW; here's the direct link to that blog:
http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/superdelegates-pledging-to-back.htmlIt's important to note, though, that while there are only 8 official members, a number of insiders have said that most of the remaining uncommitted supers intend to honor the Pelosi club's pledge to the will of the people. DCW lists a range of inside sources which indicate that the lion's share of the remaining 206 superdelegates will also uphold the Pelosi club's commitment to the will of the people. Among the many projections out there, by my judgments the most convincing and promising are CA DNC member "Mr. Super" superdelegate Ed Espinoza's
scrupulously documented enumeration of most of the uncommitted supers favoring the pledged delegate victor, senior House member and SC representative James Clyburn's
strong assertion that well more than a majority of super will uphold the will of the people by endorsing the pledged winner, and supporting statements of this kind from a number of other both committed and uncommitted supers to this effect (for this, read the comments on the DCW Pelosi Club blog, with many links to statements along these lines from supers across the board).
I would also add that even if the Florida and Michigan delegates are seated as is, unless HRC wins the remaining 3 primaries by about 80% of the remaining pledged delegates (
), he will still come out with the majority of pledged delegates in this election --- and that number becomes 95% once you award Obama the "undecideds" from the Michigan election (which he surely will get, especially considering that as the pledged delegate leader, he will be controlling the convention). Whichever way you spin this, Obama will end this primary with the majority of pledged delegates, which means he will win the Pelosi club, the Democratic Convention, the nomination, to infinity and beyond! ... :woohoo:
If you want a more detailed explanation of all the numbers etc, see my half-statistical half-celebration thread from this afternoon:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6047509&mesg_id=6047509 , and give it a good ole kick, this forum needs to be celebrating! :smoke:
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love the thread title!