Obama picks up three superdelegates from Hawaii

[Ichingcarpenter]

Hawai'i Democrats selected three Obama supporters to fill its remaining superdelegate slots at their state convention Sunday, including the new chair and vice chair of the party.

Chairman Brian Schatz and vice chairwoman Kari Luna say they will support Obama at the national convention. State Democrats chose retired Judge James Burns, also an Obama supporter, as the final superdelegate.

The three Obama supporters are among the state's nine superdelegates, only two of whom support Obama's rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Among Hawai'i's pledged delegates, Obama leads Clinton 14-6

[Ichingcarpenter]

1. link added

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080525/BREAKING01/80525050/-1/LOCALNEWSFRONT

[dkf]

2. Oh yes! I was waiting to hear what happened at the convention.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Color me HAPPY!

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. 49 now is the count Right?

[dkf]

19. According to DemConWatch...u r right on!

Without Michigan and Florida - Need to win
(includes add-ons)

Obama 49

Clinton 246

Updated 5/25/2008

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/

[KSinTX]

26. These superdelegates

The ...


suspense ...


is ...


killing ...


me :crazy:

[Cha]

14. And June 7th I believe we get to hear

the final in Oregon..two states my kids live in came through for Obama. I'm colored Happy too! :bounce: :patriot: :kick: :party:

[thereismore]

3. THREE! Woohoo! nt

[AllentownJake]

4. We are now below 50

delegates till the nomination

[Condem]

5. Thank you, Iching!

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. No Problem.... and you are welcome

I wonder what will happen tomorrow?......... I predict 6 more

[Cha]

7. Aloha Hawai'i! I love you and Mahalo~

"Chairman Brian Schatz and vice chairwoman Kari Luna say they will support Obama at the national convention. State Democrats chose retired Judge James Burns, also an Obama supporter, as the final superdelegate"

They may not be a big state but they got Aloha! B-)

[Tinksrival]

8. Yeah! Hip-Hip Hooray

Go team O!

[KittyWampus]

9. who cares? DU'ers are too obsessed with Hillary and tossing around the word assassination to care

about anything else.

:puke:

[dkf]

20. Umm, I think maybe you are wrong since we are celebrating another 3 supers right here!

[tekisui]

10. Magic Number under 50, right?

49 or there abouts?

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. 49 unless we got one more today that

I didn't see earlier, But I think these are the only 3 for the day.

[BlooInBloo]

12. :))))

[City Lights]

13. Woo-hoo!

:bounce:

[slinkerwink]

16. now just a few more SDs this week......

[Ichingcarpenter]

28. I think we will get some big names tomorrow... not Gore

But maybe a Senator or a Governor.

[ima_sinnic]

17. and how many did Hillary get today?

... just asking ... :eyes:

[Ichingcarpenter]

18. ZERO I think

I think she got one yesterday, I'm not the resident expert.

[dkf]

21. Who cares! Hillary is now on my ignore list. :)

[ima_sinnic]

23. heh--good one -- I was just trying to needle the "supporters" who keep insisting she's "got a chance

[dkf]

24. In reality she's just a side show, but she's turned herself into a rubberneck fiesta.

I'm trying to wean myself off of her crass entertainment.

[Ichingcarpenter]

25. I watched a little news today and besides the RFK fuckup

Little else was talked about. Obama's speech and the 3 supers endorsing
made the news here on the local channel.

[ima_sinnic]

27. I really do keep trying not to look

but like that bad car wreck on the interstate, when you all have to slow down and go by, one by one, so there is that little window of time to take a look, even though you know you are going to hate what you see, and then you drive a lot slower for a while, thinking, oh, man, those poor people ... that's what she's doing to this campaign --slowing it down and giving everybody a look at something that is tragic and disturbing.

[WA98296]

22. Aloha & Mahalo Hawaii! Go Bama!

[symbolman]

29. Yee haw!!

I went to the caucus and as far as I could tell there were NO Clinton Supporters, at least on this Island.. I think Hawaii went about 77% for Obama, a landslide..

Clinton better stay in low info Land, She come here.. Well, let's just say they used to EAT People here.. I local tell me one time, "we no like you, they no find your body.." (whereupon I asked her if I could buy her a Beer :) )

Obama No Ka Oi!!