Obama Cuts into Clinton's Delegate Lead Among Elected Officials

[From The Left]

More bad news for Hillary Clinton.

Barack Obama has pulled almost even with Hillary Clinton in endorsements from top elected officials and has cut into her lead among the other superdelegates she’s relying on to win the Democratic presidential nomination.

Among the 313 of 796 superdelegates who are members of Congress or governors, Clinton has commitments from 103 and Obama is backed by 96, according to lists supplied by the campaigns.

Clinton’s best chance to win the nomination rests on winning a significant majority of superdelegates because Obama is likely to maintain a lead of at least 150 pledged delegates — those won in primaries and caucuses, after the last contest is finished.

Clinton also has suffered defections, notably Georgia Rep. John Lewis, a prominent civil-rights leader and early backer of the New York senator, who switched to Obama. Underlying the movement to Obama, is some politicians’ calculation that he’ll be the strongest candidate to face John McCain in November.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080314/pl_bloomberg/a0okw8ml8ljw

[BumRushDaShow]

1. K&R

Of course all of these facts are just right-wing media talking points. :sarcasm:

[From The Left]

2. LOL!

[Evergreen Emerald]

3. I thought he was opposed to winning by superdelegates?

[WDIM]

6. opposed to winning by superdelegates...

going against the will of the people. Most votes most pledged delegates most states is what he has always said.
Mathematically it would be impossible for either candidate to win without superdelegates.

[WDIM]

4. I hope Obama wins Penn so Hillary can quit.

If not maybe she'll quit after she loses North Carolina.

I really hope she doesn't take it to the convention.

Maybe by the time we get to Puerto Rico and all the votes are in Obama will get enough Superdelegates pledged to him that Hillary will concede before the convention.

We can only hope!

[DemVet]

5. It won't happen (Penn win) and even if it does, she's not gonna quit.

Floor votes at the Democratic National Convention, here we come.

[WDIM]

7. You really don't think she'd quit if she lost Penn?

thats a depressing thought. But yeah I know an Obama win in Penn would be a dream.

[From The Left]

8. Hillary Will Take Her Case to the SCOTUS

Demanding they hand her the keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, just as they did for Bushco.