Clinton leads among House supers

Posted: Monday, March 31, 2008 1:51 PM by Domenico Montanaro
Filed Under: 2008, Clinton

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
We listed the Senate superdelegates endorsements earlier today. We've broken out the House backers as well, and Clinton leads 73-69. That means there are 92 House members who are undecided. Also of note among these House endorsers, 23 of Clinton's 72 are reps from New York (32%). By contrast, nine of Obama's House backers are from Illinois (13%).

Here's how Clinton's and Obama's superdelegate support breaks down:
Among senators: Obama 14-12
Among representatives: Clinton 73-69
Then, among party activists/former party leaders: Clinton leads 170-139
TOTAL: Clinton 255, Obama 222

[EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier version of this post did not include Murtha for Clinton or Eddie Bernice Johnson for Obama. Also, we do not include Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has endorsed Obama. Though she sits on and votes in committee, her title is delegate, not Congresswoman. It's the old DC license plate joke: Taxation without representation.]

Here's the list of the House backers:
CLINTON (73)
AR Marion Berry
AR Mike Ross
AR Vic Snyder
AZ Ed Pastor
CA Joe Baca
CA Dennis Cardoza
CA Jane Harman
CA Doris Matsui
CA Grace Napolitano
CA Laura Richardson
CA Lucille Roybal-Allard
CA Loretta Sanchez
CA Brad Sherman
CA Hilda Solis
CA Ellen Tauscher
CA Mike Thompson
CA Maxine Waters
CA Diane Watson
CA Lynn Woolsey
CO Diana DeGette
IA Leonard Boswell
MA Barney Frank
MA Stephen Lynch
MA James McGovern
MA Richard Neal
MD Dutch Ruppersberger
MO Emanuel Cleaver
NJ Robert Andrews
NJ Frank Pallone
NJ Bill Pascrell
NJ Donald Payne
NJ Albio Sires
NV Shelley Berkley
NY Gary Ackerman
NY Michael Arcuri
NY Timothy Bishop
NY Yvette Clarke
NY Joseph Crowley
NY Eliot Engel
NY Kirsten Gillibrand
NY John Hall
NY Brian Higgins
NY Maurice Hinchey
NY Steven Israel
NY Nita Lowey
NY Carolyn Maloney
NY Carolyn McCarthy
NY Michael McNulty
NY Gregory Meeks
NY Jerry Nadler
NY Charles Rangel
NY Jose Serrano
NY Louise Slaughter
NY Edolphus Towns
NY Nydia Velazquez
NY Anthony Weiner
OH Stephanie Tubbs Jones
OR Darlene Hooley
PA Paul Kanjorski
PA John Murtha
PA Allyson Schwartz
PA Joe Sestak
RI James Langevin
TX Henry Cuellar
TX Gene Green
TX Ruben Hinojosa
TX Sheila Jackson Lee
TX Solomon Ortiz
TX Silvestre Reyes
VI Donna Christensen
WA Norm Dicks
WA Jay Inslee
WI Tammy Baldwin

OBAMA (69)
AL Artur Davis
AZ Raul Grijalva
CA Xavier Becerra
CA Anna Eshoo
CA Barbara Lee
CA Zoe Lofgren
CA George Miller
CA Linda Sanchez
CA Adam Schiff
CO Ed Perlmutter
CT Rosa DeLauro
CT John Larson
CT Chris Murphy
GA John Barrow
GA Sanford Bishop
GA Hank Johnson
GA John Lewis
GA David Scott
HI Neil Abercrombie
IA Dave Loebsack
IL Melissa Bean
IL Jerry Costello
IL Danny Davis
IL Luis Gutierrez
IL Phil Hare
IL Jesse Jackson Jr.
IL Bobby Rush
IL Janice Schakowsky
IL Dan Lipinski
KY Rep. John Yarmuth
MA Michael Capuano
MA Bill Delahunt
MD Elijah Cummings
MD Al Wynn
MN Keith Ellison
MN Betty McCollum
MN Jim Oberstar
MN Rep. Tim Walz
MO Russ Carnahan
MO Wm. Lacy Clay
MS Bennie Thompson
NC G.K. Butterfield
ND Earl Pomeroy
NH Paul Hodes
NH Carol Shea Porter
NJ Steven Rothman
OR Earl Blumenauer
PA Chaka Fattah
PA Patrick Murphy
RI Patrick Kennedy
SD Stephanie Herseth
TN Steve Cohen
TN Jim Cooper
TX Lloyd Doggett
TX Rep. Chet Edwards
TX Al Green
TX Charlie Gonzalez
TX Eddie Bernice Johnson
VT Peter Welch
VA Jim Moran
VA Rick Boucher
VA Bobby Scott
WA Rep. Brian Baird
WA Adam Smith
WV Rep. Nick Rahall
WI Steve Kagen
WI Ron Kind
WI Gwen Moore
WI David Obey

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Comments

Um, Maria Cantwell is a senator from Washington, not a house member.

Tyler, Seattle, Wash. (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:08 PM)

You guys HAD to put a good spin on the delegate numbers didn't you? Did she call you personally?

Dr.Strangedog, MI (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:09 PM)

you have maria cantwell down as a representative.

AS (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:09 PM)

Senator Obama won Texas.

http://www.burntorangereport.com/

How about reporting the fact?

Kim, Pasadena, CA (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:16 PM)

Dear first read,

Maria Cantwell is a senator, you have her listed as a house member.

(And her support of Clinton does not appear to be solid anymore.)

Garrett, Seattle (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:17 PM)

If your state has already had its primary or caucus, why are you super delegates waiting? This goes for all super delegates.

Steve, San Diego (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:18 PM)

remember the majic number is From MSNBC is oboma 358 and clinton 371 you just can't bur drama like this

chicago stan (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:18 PM)

I Love David Obey!!!

How can Rep. Lynn Woosley claim to be a progressive dem and be on team Clinton????

Sophia Hussein, Young Voter, CA (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:18 PM)

By the way...isn't Rep. Wyn(MD) out now and replaced by that Donna lady???

Who is she endorsing?? Presumably Obama since she has a rather liberal resume right????

Sophia Hussein, Young Voter, CA (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:20 PM)

Maria Cantwell is not a WA Rep. She's a WA Senator.

Chuck; Seattle, WA (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:20 PM)

Isn't Maria Cantwell a Senator??? You have her listed for Clinton in the H of R category....

YCM - NYC (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:21 PM)

Thanks everyone. We've taken Maria Cantwell off this list and adjusted the numbers. She is on our Senate list.

Domenico Montanaro (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:27 PM)

With Obama, it looks like the excited children of the country will be granted their wish. Obama, who has never accomplished anything other than win a very easy election to his one uninspiring term in the Senate will be the leader of the free world. Sad to say our youth (both educated and uneducated alike)are looking for a good video game hero. I'm afraid they will be disappointed when they finally get to play the game.

FLA WOMAN (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:28 PM)

This doesn't include all those NC reps that are supposed to endorse Obama soon...

z, nyc (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:29 PM)

Clinton haters just remember as you unite to beat the publicans we hate you right back so if you got a problem with hilliary we got a problem with you.That will be a great day to see the obammawannabes look up and see thier dreams disappear to an old white haired white man from a party that has no pull but can beat an anti american imposter like the rev wright loving Obamma.Maybe he should try and help the people of KENYA and stop bitching about america.

kenn (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:32 PM)

Terrific analysis. The critical number is the 171-140. So, without the support of individuals who owe the Clintons from the 90s or who were allies of them, the superdelegate race would be tied.

The Story behind the Story (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:34 PM)

As the Clintons go so goes the democratic party if you think making the only democratic president in the last 28 years look bad is a way to help the dems in nov. you are crazy,but we know that. Who would put an upstart canidate up against a proven one and think good things will come no waiting here just instant Karma.

kenn (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:35 PM)

Where is Murtha (PA) - should be listed for Hillary.

BTW - Don't kid yourselves Obamites- Hillary WON Texas. And almost every other big state as well: CA, (despite Oprah and Maria Shriver) NY, NJ, FL, OH,(Despite outsepnding Hillary 2.5 to 1) and MA (Despite Teddy and Caroline) and we will see about PA!!

csh, IL (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:43 PM)

Where's John Murtha (PA-Clinton)?

Randy (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:47 PM)

Dr. Strangedog does not want you to tell the truth. I wonder if it is because he is used to your not being fair all along! Both sides should have the truth told about them .. the election is so close. That proves the country is having a hard time making up their minds. His remark, "Did she call you personally?" shows these men, you and MSNBC included, just don't want a woman to be President of these great United States! Women are proven to be as smart or even smarter than men in all areas. I think our European friends have found that out before we have!

Nanci (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 2:57 PM)

Csh from IL,
The "outspent" argument is a hilarious one. I know the Clinton campaign uses it all the time but think about what it actually says. It shows what little support she has amongst the grass roots. She sucked up ALL of the major lobbyist money to the tune of over $100 million but because Obama outworked and out-organized her, he had more money to spend. The point you're trying to make (that Clinton herself makes so often) blows up in the face of the people who make it. Secondly, who's to say who "won" Texas. Looks like a tie at this point.

MEt, CA (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:01 PM)

kenn,
the fundamental problem with your argument is that she's NOT proven. just because she and all her surrogates say it doesn't make it true. that's bush-style logic ("if we SAY Iraq had weapons of mass destruction enough, people will believe it."). The fact is that she's NOT vetted. The fact is that she DOESN"T have much of anything to back up her "experience" claims. If she truly had experience and truly was vetted, you might have a point.

scott (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:04 PM)

Well, at least The House of Representative's Super Delegates have it right.

The TRUTH Hurts (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:05 PM)

First Read, can the following be what the Wall Street Journal may have meant even though this is not about North Carolina?
State lawmakers endorse Obama for president
The Indianapolis Star | March 27, 2008
By Mary Beth Schneider
A group of state legislators from every corner of Indiana today endorsed Sen. Barack
Obama for president.
Thirteen of the 25 lawmakers backing Obama held a Statehouse news conference to urge
Hoosiers to support Obama in the May 6 primary election.
"There, you've had it," Sen. Earline Rogers, a Gary Democrat, said after the lawmakers
spoke. "Indiana, north, south, east, west, middle. Black, white, Hispanic. Urban,
rural. We cross all of these spectrum. And with those kinds of demographics that
Indiana possesses, those are precisely the demographics that will make Barack Obama
the next president of the United States.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080327/NEWS05/80327040

Bull the Dog (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:06 PM)

With Obama leading in the Democratic primary why wouldn't a super delegate support Obama?

Dave, Waterford Wisconsin (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:09 PM)

csh and other dreamers,

It's been widely reported now that Obama won more delegates, which is what matters, in Texas. This ridiculous argumnet being made by Clinton supporters that the Democrats will lose CA, NY, NJ, MA and OH if Clinton doesn't win doesn't pass the sniff test.

You could put anybody on the ballot in CA, NY, NJ and MA as long as they have D beside their name and they will win those states! OH is a toss-up but McCain is a staunch supporter of NAFTA and if that's the main issue there, he won't win on a platform of pro-NAFTA, pro-war and don't-know-anything-about-the-economy! FL is a lost cause anyway as it's trended Republican after 2000.

Also ask yourselves, even if there was a chance for Clinton, how many states would she lose? Republicans would work themselves into a lather to vote against her and you would probably ensure that most young people and African Americans who voted for Obama, would be so dis-illusioned by the party elders that the Democratic party wouldn't stand even a hint at the WH for another generation.

KHR (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:12 PM)

Hello? What is going on at MSNBC? John Murtha (D-PA), an outspoken critic of Bush and the Iraq War, endorsed Hillary last week. What is with your research staff. Geesh... I guess this is what I should expect from the Obama News Network. Did Olbermann put your list together?

David, Cleveland, OH (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:13 PM)

Sweet - now, all you little Obama surrogates, get your fightin gloves on, you can't take the heat, maybe you and obama should get out of the kitchen. one thing for sure, even if he does somehow mangage to pull this off, he can't win without the rest of us and in order to do that each and every obama supporter on this page would have to eat a whole lot of crow cause you all have turned me totally off Obama (BTW - I was and still am a serious Edwards supporter, his name was still on the ballot and I voted for him even though he was dropping out!).
Make peace now, or you will surely regret it in Nov. cause without us Obama will need to take blues lessons from one of the Chicago southside blues bars.
My house is paid for, my retirement is set, so if you all are so young and foolish to think you can do this without us, think again, cause you'd be wrong. Time to make nice unless you really are mccain/repugnant plants.

Union Baby, Tennessee (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:21 PM)

What a waste of time. The delegates can change! They are not married to the candidates, do not even need divorce. They can change their minds! Let's do the convention dudes, it will be sooooo interesting!

HP Boston (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:27 PM)

cah, get real. Just because Hillary won those states, don't worry, Obama will carry them as well. And Hillary did not win Texas, in fact she lost Texas by 4 delegates. And Delegates is all that matters. You have to play by the ruyles, unlike Hillary. Ask Al Gore, winning the popular vote means NOTHING, if you lose the only measure that matters and that in this caser is the delegate race. Bill even said so in his speech prior to Texas, he told everyone that they had to vote twice both in the primary and also in the caucus if they wanted Hillary to win. (He also said that if she won both Ohio and Texas she would win the nomination, and she did win Ohin, but she lost Texas...)

BikerJim, CO (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:33 PM)

FLA Woman, Political wisdom from Florida is an oxymoron.

Obama is winning against the last popular dem president, his ambitious wife & their affable daughter. Please give the man some credit. He has broken all the fundraising records & has received more votes in a presidential primary than any person in history.

She has run out of money, mismanaged caucuses, lied, & used every trick she knows, yet she trails.

Shouldn't all her 'experience' be helping her? Blame the media, but the press can't pull levers.

You don't have to like him but he deserves respect.

When her supporters start realizing she's not in it for the party, you'll rethink Obama.

A Charles, LA, CA (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:37 PM)

Nice Union Baby...

Obama will win this so RELAX........

Clinton has run the most horrible campaign in history.
Edwards need to come out and endorse Obama already.

Nj (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:37 PM)

I find it so peculiar that it seems to be perfectly fine with the MSM that the Superdelegates are choosing sides now. I thought they were to remain neutral so as to not overturn the will of the people? Why is this ok? If this were Clinton getting endorsements would the media not be saying that she is overturning the will of the people...that she is disenfranchising the African America community? What kind of race is this when the media elite have taken a side? This race is supposed to continue until there is a winner. This is not a math exercise but an exercise in democracy...or what is left of it anyway.

Elliott, Los Angeles, CA (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:38 PM)

So...

For now. check back on the last week of august for the tally the counts.

Tom, Tennessee (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:41 PM)

What vested interest would I have against the truth?
I, as an outsider, can only really see the surface, and that race isn't as close as you're suggesting. In fact the divide is growing daily.

My point was that the Clintons are a strong force to reckon with and it seems if any news group that compliments Obama on his shoes had BETTER compliment her on her jacket. It is the coincidence that I question. It seems a bit like a power move rather than journalism.

But no, I don't think anyone should be surpressed or opressed. Women, homosexuals, any ethnic or race group. I'm a uniter not a divider!

Dr.Strangedog, MI (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:42 PM)

The Texas Democratic Party states that Barack Obama won Texas.

Thanks for checking in with them!...NOT.

Rosemary, Chico, CA (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:43 PM)

Make peace now, or you will surely regret it in Nov. cause without us Obama will need to take blues lessons from one of the Chicago southside blues bars.
My house is paid for, my retirement is set, so if you all are so young and foolish to think you can do this without us, think again, cause you'd be wrong. Time to make nice unless you really are mccain/repugnant plants.

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Are you a super delegate? What do u mean "WE"?

Dr.Strangedog, MI (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:45 PM)

The Super Delegates should give their votes the way Their States voted... At least that way Their States votes would count... If they g to Obama... The Peoples votes goes to the wrong person...

Larry Valencia, Calif. (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:50 PM)

We stupid dems have made our beds and now we must lie in it. We have chosen the wrong candidate yet again, or should I say the male media showman have chosen our candidate for us. Obama will be eaten alive by the repubs and I will sit back and say, "I told you so." FOOLS!!! I just might vote in November. The leftwing of my party makes me ill.

j fl (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:50 PM)

Hillary won the popular vote in Texas, that's what counts in the GE, especially after all of Obama' dirty tactics trying to sway the delegates for Hillary to stay home. Another example of his Chicago style politics. Why can't we report the lies he told about his father connected to the Kennedy clan, let's see how much media that gets. You are just as biased as cnn msnbc, you should know better.

Nick Hart, chicago,il (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:50 PM)

Make peace now, or you will surely regret it in Nov cause without us Obama will need to take blues lessons from one of the Chicago southside blues bars

Union Baby, Tennessee (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:21 PM
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That's what I like to see - Clinton supporters threatening us with your vote! If you had an IQ higher than a house plant - you would know that regardless of who the nominee is a... TRUE Democrat will vote for that candidate! So save the threats! Obama has generated enough new/young voters that we don't need your racist comments or vote!

Woman for Obama 08 - Yes We Can!!

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:54 PM)

I understand the "superdelegate" role for Senators, Representatives, current or past Vice Presidents, current or past Presidents, and perhaps current or past Party Chairman, but the 300 "party activists" should have to earn their seats at the convention, just like everyone else. The possibility that a sitting Senator or Representative could be excluded because a state violated Democratic Party preferences regarding when a primary would be held, however, seems odd. In some cases, it gave a Republican Governor control over who participates in the Democratic Party Convention. Leave it to Howard Dean to come up with that nonsense! Are "party activists" excluded based on where they live?

Gary, Franklin, WI (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:57 PM)

Saying HRC has experience to handle the critical time is as same as saying Iraq had WMD. We just can't find there, or the fake one :)

Justin, LA, CA (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:57 PM)

I'm still not clear on how she'll claim the popular vote.

There where several cacuas states Obama won where the popular vote is not recorded.

HRC would have to beat him by an amount greater than the majority of the democrates in those states!

Larry Apperson (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:59 PM)

Senator Obama is a nice guy. That does not mean he is the best candidate. If we discount accomplishments and experience as important to be President, then why have a resume for any job? I will vote for a candidate who has been tested and performed. I hope the superdelagates vote the same way.

Bev Phoenix, AZ (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 3:59 PM)

scott,
Hillary has been and IS fully vetted. She is ultimately and uniquely qualified for the Presidency. Just because you and Obama's surrogates say otherwise doesn't mean that she isn't.
Furthermore it is Obama who has not been vetted, who is not qualified and who is getting a pass from thje media because nobody wants to be accused of being "racist."
The Rezko situation, when examined closely, is most disturbing because it involves political favors in exchange for the enhancement of Obama's own personal wealth....and it isn't being fully covered by the main stream media on a daily basis as it should be.
This could cost him and the Democratic Party the election in November and it should be looked into by the press, sooner rather than later.

The TRUTH Hurts (Sent Monday, March 31, 2008 4:02 PM)

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