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Obama wins 2 more superdelegates; Clinton keeps campaigning

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama's sprint to the Democratic nomination received another boost Friday as two more superdelegates pledged their support, including one who dropped his backing for Hillary Rodham Clinton's faltering White House bid.

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On Friday, he picked up two new superdelegates, including one who had previously supported the former first lady, Obama spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said. He had received the backing of two others Thursday, an announcement that came shortly after he made an impromptu, and well-received, appearance in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Clinton, who had also earlier made a similar pitch in Congress, campaigned on friendly turf in West Virginia, where she is expected to win in the next vote Tuesday. She told supporters she had faced similar pressure to withdraw before she went on to win New Hampshire, Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania's primaries.

"I'm running to be president of all 50 states," Clinton, who would be the nation's first female president, said Thursday. "I think we ought to keep this going so the people of West Virginia's voices are heard."

But that race — one of six remaining contests — is unlikely to decide a 16-month nomination battle that has both polarized and riveted Democratic voters. With 217 delegates yet to be awarded, it is mathematically impossible for either candidate to clinch the nomination.

As of late Thursday, Obama has 1,849.5 delegates to Clinton's 1,697, with 2,025 needed to win the nomination.

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