AP: Kerry Leapfrogs Dean in Delegate Count

[flpoljunkie]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6701-2004Feb2.html

By GENARO C. ARMAS
The Associated Press
Monday, February 2, 2004; 7:37 PM

WASHINGTON - John Kerry leapfrogged Howard Dean for the first time Monday in the chase for delegates needed to win the Democratic presidential nod, according to an Associated Press survey.

The Massachusetts senator, riding a wave of momentum from victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, pushed ahead of Dean in the delegate hunt thanks to a flurry of endorsements from "superdelegates" - elected officials and other Democratic insiders who will help choose a nominee at this summer's convention.

According to the AP survey, Kerry had 115 delegates, including endorsements or pledges of support from 82 superdelegates, and 33 pledged delegates allocated to him from his wins in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Kerry has picked up a dozen superdelegate endorsements since Friday, and could widen his delegate lead on Tuesday, when seven states with a total of 269 pledged delegates up for grabs hold primaries or caucuses.

[David Dunham]

1. Dean's 15 minutes of fame are up; on 2/3 Kerry'll pull ahead big time

[Vis Numar]

2. hmm,

15 minutes?

Where you been the whole last 9 months?


Kerry will get his 9 months now, and we Democrats will be worse off for it... oh yea, look, the polls the polls. Lemmings.

[cthrumatrix]

3. ahead by 1 delegate....the race will be decided in late march...Dean has

a plan for delegates..and he has a great message..so put away the little "victory flags"

[lancdem]

5. Kerry will be ahead by a lot more after Tuesday

and Edwards and Clark may pick up some momentum, too. You can't go through the first nine primaries/caucuses having not won any. I think you need to be realistic about his chances, that's all.

[MercutioATC]

4. Superdelegate numbers are "bogus" they "don't count"...

...sorry, couldn't resist...

[lancdem]

7. They count

but they tend to switch allegiances.

[kentuck]

6. So Kerry is now ahead of Dean 115 to 114 but...

he could pick up 269 if he wins them all tomorrow. And how many does it take to wrap up the majority for the nomination? Is it 2162? He has a way to go if everybody doesn't surrender, don't you think?

[NNN0LHI]

8. 128 more in Michigan on Saturday n/t

[adadem]

17. You better believe it

The support for Kerry here in MI is fantastic! Just attended another endorsement event...not sure if it was included in the count. I believe former US Senator Riegle is a super delegate.

[Nazgul35]

16. He won't get all of them...

he will get a proportion of the 269 votes....

He will divide them up with any candidate that gets more than 15% of the vote in each state...

After Tuesday...all four of the candidates will have delegates....

[THUNDER HANDS]

9. great news

:)

[shawmut]

10. Is there a state that Dean supporters expect to win

in the near future? I haven't seen a poll from any upcoming state primary that has him in contention for the lead. Where are his delegates going to come from?

[Nicholas_J]

11. Another thing to wait for

Is to see who the 50 odd Congressional Superdelegates who backed Gephardt will select now, especially, Nancy Pelosi.

[WillyT]

12. "Democratic insiders who will help choose a nominee at this summer's...

convention."

Yeah, that sounds about right.

:shrug:

[ACPS65]

13. Great news

!!!

[eyeswideopened]

14. So Dean is ahead of Kerry in Superdelgates

According the this link Dean is ahead of Kerry with Superdelegates.

[ModerateMiddle]

15. Yes, that's right

Kerry has 82, and Dean has 98.

[lurk_no_more]

18. Great news Kerry supporters

And then there were none!
” JAFO”

[sistersofmercy]

19. Great news!

I can't wait for tomorrow, I'll be voting early.