Super Delegatse moving to Obama picking up the pace. SD lead now down to 7.5

[Perky]

Snoppets in the last two days rom DCW http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/

I bet he passes her by Tuesday

Friday, May 09, 2008
Representative Chris Carney Endorses Clinton.


Superdelegate Switches
Here's the complete list of superdelegate switches from Clinton to Obama:


May 9 - Rep. Donald Payne (NJ)
May 7 - DNC Jennifer McClellan (VA)
May 1 - DNC Joe Andrew (IN)
Feb 27 - Rep. John Lewis (GA)
Feb 20 - DNC Dana Redd (NJ)
Feb 15 - DNC Sarah Swisher (IA)
Feb 14 - DNC Christine "Roz" Samuels (NJ)
Feb 14- Switched Rep. David Scott (GA) from Clinton to Obama


Representative Peter DeFazio Endorses Obama

The night's not over as Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-4) endorses Barack Obama.

Clinton's superdelegate lead is now down to 6.5 votes.



Representative Donald Payne (NJ-10) Switches from Clinton to Obama
For the 9th time a superdelegate has pulled their support from Hillary Clinton and endorsed Barack Obama.


YESTERDAY


Yet another busy day for the Democratic Primaries. Definitely not Hillary Clinton's best day of the year.



We had two superdelegate endorsements today.



Rep. Brad Miller (NC) for Obama

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA) for Obama

- Hillary Clinton only leads by 9.5 superdelegate votes... her lowest since before she announced her candidacy.


- Senator Dianne Feinstein announced that she's still for Clinton. "I'm sticking with her, absolutely," she told reporters. "Her strategy is to win this. And she's entitled to her opportunity to try."

[SoFlaJet]

1. I'm SOOOO confused....

Obama Now Takes The Lead in Superdelegates Too
May 09, 2008 6:19 AM

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.

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. Since October 2007, the Political Unit has continuously reached out to the nearly 800 superdelegates to determine their candidate preference. We also reach out regularly to the Obama and Clinton campaigns for their superdelegate lists and work to confirm any that they include on their lists.

[Perky]

3. DCW is the most accurate count in my view.

They are obsessive.

[Boz]

4. Most have forgotten to subtract conversions, they were only adding them to Obama

So if they were formerly counted for Hillary they werent taking them away from her when they converted to Obama

[Perky]

5. SHeesh.. I learned to do that in the second grade.

[Boz]

6. Yeah but it is kind of complicated. Most dont know who the supers are in the numbers, there just

Numbers so Obama gets one add one to his number.

So I know how it happens, doesn't excuse it, but thats why.

[Boz]

2. ABC has him 267-265 as of today

[Meshuga]

7. Did ABC release a list like the NYT did?

I wonder why their count is different from everybody else? It is great news if ABC is right but I wonder what is different about their list.

[Boz]

10. Most forgot to convert (subtract from her and add to him) when there were SD conversions they just

added them.

[high density]

12. I wish the bank would let me do that

Let me buy things but don't update my balance!

[Meshuga]

15. Me too! :-) n/t

[Boz]

19. Maybe thats how she got her campaign in so much debt.

[WeDidIt]

17. Yup, that's why I ONLY trust DemConWatch

They've had it right from day one.

[Zachstar]

8. So Obama is a few Clinton switchers and a few endorsements from the lead!

[WeDidIt]

9. DemConWatch is the ONLY legitimate source on SDs

Seriously, every last one they list thye link to the announcement.

If the endorser does nto make it official, it isn't counted.

ABC News, the Times, and everybody else in the media will use "anonymous sources" to make their counts.

[SoFlaJet]

14. IWAD

someone asked if John Edwards is a super delegate-do you know-I said "yes...I think he is"

[WeDidIt]

16. And the answer is ...

No, he isn't.

Here's the list of undeclared Super Delegates.

[SoFlaJet]

18. thanks

seems unreal that he isn't ya know?

[WeDidIt]

21. He's no longer a Senator

and is not a DNC official.

Only former Presidents, vice Presidents, DNC Chairs, and Speakers of the House retain their Super Delegate status for life.

[comtec]

11. How the HECK do you get .5 votes!?

I mean, is it just the LEFT side for Obama, and the RIGHT side for Clinton?
with half a vote, do you just get his legs and c***?!
sorry.. I'm tired, and the weather is a bit miserable. (26C high humidity).

but seriously, where is this x.5 BS coming from? these ARE whole people aren't they?

[high density]

13. Democrats Abroad count as half delegates. NM

[comtec]

20. ...

...
*speechless but unsurprised*