ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: For the first time this campaign season, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton's support among superdelegates, according to the ABC News delegate estimate. Sen. Obama, D-Ill. ...
politicalwire.com
"For the first time this campaign season," Sen. Barack Obama has surpassed
Sen. Hillary Clinton's "support among superdelegates," according to the ABC
News delegate estimate.
Found 6 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, and 48 seconds ago
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
09 May 2008 11:39 am
So he has the popular vote, the majority of states, the majority of pledged delegates, the majority of super-delegates - and none of this can change to give Clinton the edge in the next month. And still she won't do the decent thing and concede. At this point, every day is a Clinton insult to the Democratic party nominee. And every day makes her future career more tenuous.
But maybe this is the only way the Clintons can end: in a slow, gruesome, political murder-suicide.
Found 6 days, 11 hours, 20 minutes, and 38 seconds ago
mydd.com
Hillary Clinton's latest pitch to superdelegates comes in the form of a Power Point presentation (h/t TPM ) the Clinton campaign has sent to all Democratic members of the House to make the case that she, not Senator Obama, would be the candidate with the real coattails down ticket in November. Conventional wisdom is that Obama's the one with the coattails, I guess since Republicans would supposedly be more motivated to turn out by a Clinton candidacy than an Obama candidacy, but the presentation makes a good case that since she has won more competitive House districts than Obama and has attracted more rural, latino and elderly voters, all of whom are key in battleground congressional districts, she would actually not only win these districts but her presence at the top of the ticket would be good for Democrats running for re-election and, presumably, for challengers running in tough districts in November.
Found 6 days, 7 hours, 12 minutes, and 38 seconds ago
polipundit.com
Obama now leads in superdelegates too :
Found 6 days, 11 hours, 20 minutes, and 31 seconds ago
themoderatevoice.com
Sticking with RCP (sorry ABC ): Clinton's lead in superdelegates is down to two as of 9:07 am Central Time today.
(Once again, this is not an exact science .)
Cartoon by Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 15 minutes, and 20 seconds ago
airamerica.com
After the Great Depression ended on the strength of war production, the momentum continued to grow ours into an economy that was the envy of the world. That was accomplished in three critical ways: VA loans permitted returning veterans to own homes, the GI Bill allowed them to go to college and vocational schools to boost their careers and incomes, and a war hero - Eisenhower - got the Interstate Highway system passed, a massive project that created a ton of jobs and lowered the cost of transporting goods.
Found 8 days, 11 hours, 6 minutes, and 28 seconds ago
decision08.net
The final shoe has dropped, the final nail is in the coffin: Barack Obama now leads in superdelegates, too .
ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: For the first time this campaign season, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton's support among superdelegates, according to the ABC News delegate estimate.
Sen. Obama, D-Ill., picked up two superdelegates this morning giving him a new metric to tout in addition to his current commanding leads in pledged delegates, popular votes, states won, and money raised.
Found 5 days, 14 hours, 19 minutes, and 44 seconds ago
balloon-juice.com
News delegate estimate.
Sen. Obama, D-Ill., picked up two superdelegates this morning giving him a new metric to tout in addition to his current commanding leads in pledged delegates, popular votes, states won, and money raised.
Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., switched his endorsement from Clinton to Obama and Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., endorsed Obama. DeFazio was previously uncommitted.
With these endorsements, Obama has the support of 267 superdelegates and Clinton has 265 superdelegates.
Every news organization's superdelegate count is a little different because it is an imperfect science.
Found 6 days, 13 hours, 13 minutes, and 25 seconds ago
thecarpetbaggerreport.com
Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:
* It's getting tough to keep up with superdelegate developments, but Obama has picked up Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon and Maryland DNC member John Gage, while Chris Carney of Pennsylvania announced his support for Clinton. Most notably, Rep. Donald Payne of New Jersey switched from Clinton to Obama, giving Obama a net gain of three superdelegates for the morning.
Found 6 days, 10 hours, 37 minutes, and 44 seconds ago
firedoglake.com
From ABC News :
Found 6 days, 8 hours, 40 minutes, and 20 seconds ago
salon.com
Appearing on MSNBC on Monday, Terry McAuliffe made a pledge sure to strike fear in the hearts of some Democrats.
McAuliffe, the former Democratic National Committee chairman -- now filling the same title for Hillary Clinton's campaign -- told the network's Norah O'Donnell: We are going through to June 3rd. I know there's been a lot of commentary -- Norah, I can unequivocally tell you we are in through June 3rd.
That date isn't coincidental; it's the day of the last Democratic primary for the year.
Found 378 days, 4 hours, 52 minutes, and 23 seconds ago
reachm.com
I'm happy to see my progressive Congressman, Peter DeFazio jump in to endorse Obama . I wonder if he'll be on hand later today .
As Obama has more strength in the West than he does in the South, I've touted our former Governor Kitzhaber as a solid VP candidate. He has a proven record of reaching across the aisle to get legislation passed, particularly the Oregon Health Plan. As a former ER doctor, Kitzhaber has also remained active as a champion of universal healthcare coverage. Consider this innovative aim .
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 14 minutes ago
blog.brendanloy.com
By Brendan Loy
Bill Clinton -- who is reportedly among the people pushing his wife hardest to keep fighting, all the way to the convention if necessary -- told West Virginia voters today that an overwhelming turnout coupled with an overwhelming Hillary margin in the Mountaineer State (and neighboring Kentucky) can make the "earth move." Why? Because of that wonderfully illegitimate metric, the "popular vote," of course: "She can win the popular vote, she is clearly the most electable
according to all the national polls, and between now and August, the
superdelegates are gonna have to think long and hard about how badly
they want to win.
Found 6 days, 4 hours, 4 minutes, and 59 seconds ago
motherjones.com
ABC News reports that Barack Obama has passed Hillary Clinton among superdelegates, with a current count of 276-275. A couple caveats: (1) Every major news outlet has a different count when it comes to Obama and Clinton's superdelegate totals, and ABC News is the first to say Obama has passed Clinton. Nevertheless, the other networks will likely follow close behind -- most others have Obama trailing Clinton by five to 10, and Obama has been closing steadily since Super Tuesday. (2) These numbers are constantly in flux, with new superdelegate endorsements coming every day.
Found 6 days, 10 hours, 13 minutes, and 43 seconds ago
lastdebate.blogspot.com
It drives me crazy to say that, of course. What's the point? Mathematically, there is no scenario in which she can overtake Barack Obama. As of today, he's even passed her in superdelegates. Go ahead, throw in Michigan and Florida, as completely inappropriate and underhanded as that is. It won't change the outcome. And oh, the wasted money. I mean, you look at the tragedy in Myanmar and then consider that we're continuing to spend millions of dollars prolonging a contest that's clearly over and it makes your heart sick.
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 55 minutes, and 14 seconds ago
observer.com
Rahm Emanuel says Barack Obama is the presumptive nominee. [ The Page ]
The addition of two superdelegates this morning gives Obama the lead in support from superdelegates. [ Political Radar ]
He also got another superdelegate from California. [ The Page ]
Clinton leads 66-23 in a new poll of West Virginia voters. [ Political Wire ]
Peter Nicholas reports, "[W]ithin Hillary Clinton's circle of advisers and donors, the conversation has turned to how she can make a dignified exit." [The Age ]
Michael Tomasky thinks Obama can pick a better runningmate than Clinton.
Found 6 days, 9 hours, 41 minutes, and 20 seconds ago
commentsfromleftfield.com
Created: May 9th, 2008 | Written By: Kyle E. Moore
In his movement to solidify and certify his status as the Democratic party's presumptive nominee, Senator Barack Obama has taken the lead in yet another metric, giving him the lead in virtually every metric that matters.
He was already the leader in pledged delegates, the popular vote, states won, and money raised. He now, according to ABC News, is also the leader in Super Delegates as well .
Read the rest of this entry »
Found 6 days, 14 hours, 41 minutes, and 14 seconds ago
belowthebeltway.com
ABC News is reporting that Barack Obama has now taken the lead over Hillary Clinton in superdelegate endorsements:
ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: For the first time this campaign season, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton's support among superdelegates, according to the ABC News delegate estimate.
Sen. Obama, D-Ill., picked up two superdelegates this morning giving him a new metric to tout in addition to his current commanding leads in pledged delegates, popular votes, states won, and money raised.
Found 6 days, 14 hours, 41 minutes, and 11 seconds ago
freedemocracy.blogspot.com
ABC News ' Karen Travers Reports: For the first time this campaign season, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton's support among superdelegates, according to the ABC News delegate estimate.
Found 6 days, 14 hours, 6 minutes, and 24 seconds ago
irregulartimes.com
According to ABC News , Barack Obama has taken over the lead in superdelegates for the Democratic presidential nomination. Peter DeFazio of Oregon is endorsing Barack Obama today, and Donald Payne of New Jersey has switched his support from Hillary Clinton to Obama.
I fail to see what argument Hillary Clinton can make now about why she is the real Democratic choice. What? Is she ahead in the secret bloc of fairy delegates?
Found 6 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, and 39 seconds ago
donklephant.com
They say Obama has 267 and Clinton has 265.
See, this is the problem with the DNC not having an official tally, because all of these news organizations have different counts.
Here's their reasoning…
Found 6 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, and 33 seconds ago
raisingkaine.com
ABC is reporting some big news: "Obama Now Takes The Lead in Superdelegates Too" .
... For the first time this campaign season, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton's support among superdelegates , according to the ABC News delegate estimate. Sen. Obama, D-Ill., picked up two superdelegates this morning giving him a new metric to tout in addition to his current commanding leads in pledged delegates, popular votes, states won, and money raised.
Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., switched his endorsement from Clinton to Obama and Rep.
Found 6 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, and 35 seconds ago
dallasprogress.blogspot.com
superdelegates short of being tied with Clinton, The CNN article indicates the lead is seven . This morning, MSNBC cites two new endorsements including one that switched from Clinton to Obama.
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 56 minutes, and 9 seconds ago
centerblue.org
ABC News reports that Obama for the first time now carries a majority of Democratic super-delegates . This all comes on top of:
-having the most pledged delegates;
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 56 minutes, and 3 seconds ago
hereandthereblog.com
ABC reporting that with two new supedelegates (one a reneger), Obama takes the lead in superdelegates.
I knew that when it happened, it would be reported piecemeal like this, as just about every superbean-counter tallies a different total.
But I have to admit, it was nice to wake up to this headline.
The thing (and I'm in no way amazed any longer by it) is that Clinton has managed to drag a game she's losing into the 17th inning. Yes, sports analogy. Deal.
Also, if you've noticed that I've stopped tracking supers since Pennsylvania, it's because I don't see it as significant any more.
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 12 minutes, and 21 seconds ago
leftinaboite.blogspot.com
According to ABC News , Barack Obama has officially surpassed Hillary Clinton in the battle for super delegates:
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 12 minutes, and 28 seconds ago
jusiper.blogspot.com
Closing the Clintons' only door to the nomination :
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 10 minutes, and 41 seconds ago
theimmoralminority.blogspot.com
According to ABC News Obama now has more Super delegates then Clinton.
Found 6 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 51 seconds ago
minnesotamonitor.com
Something's wrong with this picture: Yesterday, even as Hillary fundraising stalwart Harvey Weinstein was reportedly pulling out all the stops to get Nancy Pelosi's backing for a five-minutes-to-midnight revoting plan for Florida and Michigan, Clinton campaign chair Terry McAuliffe appeared on the Today Show to suggest it would all end soon :
"It'll be over early June... We've all said we'll be together at the end. If Hillary doesn't win, Hillary, (former) President (Bill) Clinton, myself, we'll be over there helping Senator Obama.
Found 6 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 10 seconds ago
phawker.com
, "To play the race card as Mrs. Clinton has, to highlight and encourage a sense that we are crudely divided as a nation, to make your argument a brute and cynical 'the black guy can't win but the white girl can' is - well, so vulgar, so cynical, so cold, that once again a Clinton is making us turn off the television in case the children walk by.
Found 6 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 16 seconds ago
blogrevolution.com
The Gun Toting Liberal™ (#) :
Found 6 days, 10 hours, 47 minutes, and 29 seconds ago
voxverax.blogspot.com
(Continued here. )
Found 6 days, 8 hours, 40 minutes, and 7 seconds ago
mindfulmission.com
Barack Obama has now taken the lead among Superdelegates , meaning that he is currently leading in:
Found 6 days, 8 hours, 39 minutes, and 49 seconds ago
salon.glenrose.net
From ABC News Update: 2:41 pm - Obama 7 to ZERO for Clinton
Found 6 days, 7 hours, 51 minutes, and 19 seconds ago
plunderbund.com
Yet another argument gone. The Super delegate gap has been closed and Obama now even leads :
I probably only do this because as I Kentucky native I constantly have to, but I've also known very bright people who were not racists that were from West Virginia. Roommate at West Point is one off the top of my head. Top flight guy. Love his Mountaineers!
I'll let you say some, but not "West Virginians" or "Kentuckians". To be honest, they are everywhere them hillbillies. I thought I wouldn't see as many as back home when I moved to Ohio.
Found 6 days, 7 hours, 16 minutes, and 59 seconds ago
whoar.co.nz
"..For the first time this campaign season, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton's support among superdelegates, according to the ABC News delegate estimate.
Sen. Obama, D-Ill., picked up two superdelegates this morning giving him a new metric to tout in addition to his current commanding leads in pledged delegates, popular votes, states won, and money raised.
Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., switched his endorsement from Clinton to Obama and Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., endorsed Obama.
DeFazio was previously uncommitted.
Found 6 days, 7 hours, 16 minutes, and 43 seconds ago
politics.propeller.com
( blogs.abcnews.com )
Found 6 days, 7 hours, 14 minutes, and 9 seconds ago
notverybright.wordpress.com
One of four remaining undeclared SC Superdelegates, Wilber Lee Jeffcoat, has declared for Obama . He cites Clinton's recent "hardworking white people" comment as one of the factors in his decision.
Clinton and Obama are now virtually tied in superdelegates, or Obama is ahead , depending on your source. SC Superdelegates Clyburn, Spratt, and Cobb-Hunter remain uncommitted. Those undeclared superdelegates in positions of leadership could end the damage to the party they say they're so concerned about by announcing now.
Found 5 days, 16 hours, 14 minutes, and 44 seconds ago
georgiawomenvote.blogspot.com
Obama continues to close the "Super" delegate gap. CNN now has him just two delegates behind Clinton, while ABC News declared yesterday that he had surpassed her . Now, Rasmussen Reports says that they will stop polling Clinton "in the near future" in order to focus on McCain-Obama. While that last piece of news may not seem like a big deal, I remember how deflating it was to me, as an Edwards supporter, when Gallup dropped Edwards from it's national tracking. As a supporter, it was definitely a gut-check moment.
Found 5 days, 1 hour, 58 minutes, and 53 seconds ago
bornatthecrestoftheempire.blogspot.com
: ( HuffPo ) Longtime Clinton loyalist Rahm Emanuel, "At this point, Barack is the presumptive nominee..... Hillary can't win but something could happen that Barack could lose the nomination."
Found 6 days, 13 hours, 58 minutes, and 41 seconds ago
intoxination.net
If their numbers hold true, then what excuse does Hillary have now? He has won the most states, the most popular vote, the most pledged delegates and now the most super delegates. Perhaps she should have looked at getting rid of Mark Penn earlier, like when he thought Democratic primaries were "winner take all".
Found 100 days, 9 hours, 34 minutes, and 48 seconds ago
blogtown.portlandmercury.com
Big Day for Oregonians!
* Barack is in Beaverton at some hi-tech firm. Stand by for updates here at Blogtown .
* Hillary is over at OHSU at the Children's Hospital. Stand by for updates here at Blogtown .
*ALSO* McCain will be here on Monday at the Sheraton near the airport.
In other news,
1. On top of the popular vote and the delegate count, Barack just took the lead in superdelegates.
2. The NYT doesn't mind if Hillary sticks around, as long as she plays nice from here on out.
Found 6 days, 10 hours, 38 minutes, and 30 seconds ago
rpayne.blogspot.com
ABC News is reporting that Obama now leads the "superdelegate primary." With these [latest] endorsements, Obama has the support of 267 superdelegates and Clinton has 265 superdelegates.
Found 6 days, 7 hours, 52 minutes, and 28 seconds ago
blog.brendanloy.com
By Brendan Loy
Bill Clinton -- who is reportedly among the people pushing his wife hardest to keep fighting, all the way to the convention if necessary -- told West Virginia voters today that an overwhelming turnout coupled with an overwhelming Hillary margin in the Mountaineer State (and neighboring Kentucky) can make the "earth move." Why? Because of that wonderfully illegitimate metric, the "popular vote," of course: "She can win the popular vote, she is clearly the most electable
according to all the national polls, and between now and August, the
superdelegates are gonna have to think long and hard about how badly
they want to win.
Found 14 days, 10 hours, 41 minutes, and 11 seconds ago
blog.alexwhalen.com
+ Publius has a must-read post on why Iraq doomed the Clinton campaign. All of what he writes is true, but it is missing one thing: in the absence of a better alternative to Clinton, even with Iraq its likely she would have run. Unfortunately for her, and fortunately for us, she happened to find herself in a situation not all that different from many future NBA Hall of Famers in the 1990s - no matter how good they were relative to the rest of the league, they just couldn't beat Michael Jordan's Bulls.
Found 6 days, 5 hours, 40 minutes, and 8 seconds ago
appletreeblog.com
I wouldn't illustrate this story with a film clip that compares Hillary Clinton to Hitler, but this one was too funny to resist
Now, it's really over. Obama is well ahead in pledged delegates, and now leads in the superdelegate count as well. Sources inside the Obama camp say that he will claim victory on May 20 , and Clinton's campaign chairman indicated that she will concede in June . At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if the race officially comes to a close within the next week.
Here's what I think Obama has to do now:
Found 6 days, 4 hours, 44 minutes, and 35 seconds ago
blogd.com
Update : In Kentucky, Clinton goes on about how Obama is unelectable, that he will lose to McCain, and that he is disregarding the people of that state and others like it.
However you slice it, Hillary is not changing her tactics, and more and more people have got to be wondering: what is her end game here?
Found 5 days, 12 hours, 42 minutes, and 48 seconds ago
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com
While each news organization's super-delegate count varies, Barack Obama has reached a new milestone: According to ABC News, the first news outlet to declare this, he has overtaken Hillary Clinton in support among super-delegates by a score of 267-265.
In a further sign of political decline for Hillary Clinton, African-American Congressman Donald Payne of New Jersey has now switched his allegiance from Clinton over to Barack Obama. "It's time now for us to pull our party together," Payne told the Newark Star-Ledger .
Found 6 days, 14 hours, 40 minutes, and 40 seconds ago
mnmonitor.com
Something's wrong with this picture: Yesterday, even as Hillary fundraising stalwart Harvey Weinstein was reportedly pulling out all the stops to get Nancy Pelosi's backing for a five-minutes-to-midnight revoting plan for Florida and Michigan, Clinton campaign chair Terry McAuliffe appeared on the Today Show to suggest it would all end soon :
"It'll be over early June... We've all said we'll be together at the end. If Hillary doesn't win, Hillary, (former) President (Bill) Clinton, myself, we'll be over there helping Senator Obama.
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 10 minutes, and 38 seconds ago
waronfolly.tumblr.com
Obama Now Takes The Lead in Superdelegates Too
Found 6 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 3 seconds ago
ajliebling.blogspot.com
As Barack Obama now takes the lead in the slow dribble of superdelegates into his pledge pool, there is no one to do for Hillary Clinton what Republican leaders did for Richard Nixon in August 1974, when the Senate Minority Leader, House Minority Leader and Barry Goldwater, the former presidential candidate, went to the White House and told him that hanging on was hopeless. Nixon stepped down the next day.
Found 6 days, 10 hours, 46 minutes, and 30 seconds ago
hanlonsrazor.wordpress.com
Hey, remember that time when I was talking about delegates and I said if Hillary didn't hold on to her lead with the supers, she'd be in some serious trouble?
Well, funny story about that. According to ABC News, that's exactly what's happening .
Sen. Obama, D-Ill., picked up two superdelegates this morning giving him a new metric to tout in addition to his current commanding leads in pledged delegates, popular votes, states won, and money raised.
Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., switched his endorsement from Clinton to Obama and Rep.
Found 6 days, 10 hours, 12 minutes, and 29 seconds ago
centerface.blog-city.com
UPDATE: How quickly things change. 267-265 Obama . Wait until this hits the chattering talk shows.
Found 6 days, 9 hours, 40 minutes, and 3 seconds ago
osi-speaks.blogspot.com
Even your party elders, including one who served in your husband's Cabinet, has crowned Barack Obama as the Democratic party's presumptive nominee .
Found 6 days, 9 hours, 40 minutes, and 1 second ago
sansstride.wordpress.com
It seems rather self evident that even if Hillary Clinton's campaign has not officially closed for business (i.e. she's still fund raising to recap her losses) at least her path to the white House is ultimately blockaded by deficits in popular vote, states won, delegates and at this point, maybe even superdelegates , the one indicator that she was consistently (albeit decreasingly) ahead in. Her campaign continues to "fight for those unrepresented voters in Florida and Michigan" but this noble facade can not cover the fact that she ignored agreed upon terms regarding those states prior to the primaries and she did not cry for their inclusion until after the Obama campaign pulled away.
Found 6 days, 5 hours, 14 minutes, and 16 seconds ago
news.aol.com
UPDATE III: Up to seven. Wilber Lee Jeffcoat (S.C.), Vernon Watkins (Ca.), Mazie Hirono (Hi.), and Laurie Weahkee (N.M.) all get on board Obama's bus.
Found 6 days, 14 hours, 28 minutes, and 35 seconds ago
