Delegate Update: Obama gains in MS

Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:04 PM by Domenico Montanaro

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
NBC News has adjusted the delegate count in Mississippi, giving one more to Obama and one less to Clinton. The count was 19-14 and now stands at 20-13. The official results were certified in Mississippi and Obama finished with a slightly higher statewide vote result than originally indicated, 62.5% to 37.5%. That result broke a threshold and triggered the extra delegate.

We are also, however, reducing Obama's superdelegate count by one, since Rep. Al Wynn (D-MD), who lost his primary fight, said he will leave his office in June, two months before the Democratic convention. No word yet if Wynn's exit will reduce the total number of superdelegates from 794 to 793.

Earlier today, we noted that Obama won the total delegates in Texas, 99-94, after the remaining nine caucus delegates were allocated 7-2 for Obama.

Obama now leads by 130 in the overall delegate count, 1637-1507. Obama leads by 164 pledged delegates, 1416-1252. (There remains just one delegate unallocated by NBC News from Democrats Abroad.) Clinton leads among superdelegates, 255-221, per the NBC News Political Unit count.

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Comments

Yes We Can! Yes We Did! Yes We Are! Yes We Will!

Typical Black Female (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:15 PM)

Well the delegates keep peeling over into Obama's pile.
Hey Hillary Supporters your hourglass is starting to run out of sand!

Bill, Rochester, NY (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:19 PM)

I think Cleaver of Missouri is good for a half count for his half an endorsement.

Susan, Yonkers, NY (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:20 PM)

How many more are that, jumping onto Obama's column, just today? (That's not so much a question, as it is a commentary; I can add). WOW!

Well, it's still early in the week. Maybe Obama will close the deal by week's end, with a bunch of Supers, as you suggested Chuck.

'Yes We Can'

Pulling for Obama '08

donna, pgh., pa. (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:21 PM)

But Wynn's replacement, Donna Edwards is a Obama supporter as well!!

Kym (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:21 PM)

Poor Hillary/Rocky/picked on girl/sniper fire target/media sabotaged/victim, victim, victim.

It's funny really because she is getting to be in the limelight every day with her Bubba hubby and her media sheltered daughter - an ALL expense paid roadshow! And yet she is not paying her expenses and victimizing the poor vendors and staffers.

Who is really the victim here? It seems like those who are loyal to her (Patty Soliz?)and work for her and pay for her. This latest fundraising will go toward nothing but getting her out of debt for her long, expensive, donut eating, luxury hotel staying, private chartered airline flying "look at me" campaign/attention seeking carnival.

Give her more!!! She demands it!!!! She deserves it !!!! She isn't done grabbing what is rightly hers!

Gary- PA (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:22 PM)

o.k. you undecided superdelegates...it's time to get on board the barack obama train! yes we can!!!

laura, milwaukee, wi (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:24 PM)

yes we can and we will! obama '08!!!

typical white female (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:25 PM)

Boy, you win one, you lose one...and on we go.

Obama 08

Lisa, New Britain, CT CT for Obama (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:27 PM)

Thank you so much for the delegate update....

Obama is clearly winning this nomination and anyone else claiming otherwise is simply naive and are unable to use their "experience" to make the right judgment. Obama leads 164 pledged delegates!!! there is not way any other candidate can close the gap as far as I know. It is not dream but a real fact.

I'm now anxiously waiting who will be his running mate.... Sebalius? Richardson? Pelosi? Kennedy? SO many good options. By the way, can Mr., Mrs., and Ms. Clinton release their dinasty tax returns????

Angel (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:28 PM)

From the mouth of an outspoken Hillary Clinton supporter/ Superdelegate:

"If I had to make a prediction right now, I'd say Barack Obama is going to be the next president," he said just after 18:00. "I will be stunned if he's not the next president of the United States."

Earlier in the interview, he was asked about the race going all the way to the convention.

"If I do the party line, I'm supposed to say -- and maybe I'll say just so if anybody hears it they can say well, 'Cleaver did the party line before he told the truth,' -- we believe that a contest going all the way to the convention is good for America," he said. In fact, he continued, it would be the "tragedy of tragedies."

Uh Oh (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:31 PM)

Wynn's departure will affect the number of superdelegates if there is no special election before the convention. If there is a special election, and a Democrat (presumably Edwards) wins, they will be a superdelegate. I believe she is an Obama supporter, so it would mean no change.

Anno (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:32 PM)

Great! I am so happy and proud of the volunteers and staff for the Barack Obama campaign!

Barack Obama has run a historic and record breaking presidential campaign! We love Barack!

Andrea Taylor
My Work At Home Site:
http://www.jobs-from-home.com

Andrea Taylor (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:33 PM)

Ditto to Typical Black Female!

Typical White Female (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:33 PM)

Thanks for the update. Can you guys look into when Hillary plans to release those tax returns? I thought she said a week ago that she would be doing that in the next week.

Jessica, Wisconsin (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:34 PM)

Inch by inch

Go 'Bama!

T. A. (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:35 PM)

WooHoo!!!
Yes WE Can
Obama '08

JohnnyU, WA State (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:38 PM)

Obama makes a good speech.

MP, Sugar Land, TX (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:41 PM)

Let the Supper Delegate flood gate flow already!!!

Adebola Olowe, Cincinnati, Ohio (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:41 PM)

Have you heard, the Clintonites have changed the rules again...it's the electoral college votes in states that Hillary won that counts!

Let the people vote!!! Then we can take it to the convention and force the superdelegates to over-rule them!

John (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:42 PM)

Typical Black Female:

Keep saying that kiddo. It has a nice ring to it.

Typical Male Regardless of Race, National Origin, Religion, Disability, Color, and Creed

C A, Tuscaloosa, AL (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:45 PM)

Every day brings us closer to an Obama nomination.

That will then present 21st century America with a choice between 8 track Dungeons and Dragons (i.e., the Wizard of McCain) and Tiger Woods (i.e., No More Bowling Obama) with a tap-in.

Game over. (Whew!!)

Mark Thieme (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:45 PM)

SO?

Obama is STILL UNELECTABLE.

No amount of 24/7 Obama promotion on the MSNBC-Obama network will EVER make Barack Hussein Obama qualified or electable.

I support Hillary Rodham Clinton for President because she's the most qualified and most electable candidate in the race.

The Dem party seems to forget that white women are the majority voting block of the Dem party and WE WANT HILLARY to be the nominee. If she isn't, our payback to the party will be voting for McCain. The party can afford to lose parts of certain voting groups but not their majority voting block. That would be political suicide for the Dems. Obama has continually interjected racism, classism, and sexism into this campaign at his own peril. It's disgusting.

GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Katherine (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:52 PM)

Typical Black Female... I second that!
Yes We Can! Yes We Did! Yes We Are! Yes We Will!

OBAMA '08 - Yes WE Can!

Catherine, Seattle, WA (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:54 PM)

Thanks for keeping this tally up-to-date. First Read has the most accurate count.

observer (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:54 PM)

Well... will this get the media to stop saying Hillary Clinton won Texas?

Mike Luoma, Burlington, Vermont (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:55 PM)

I smell something fishy here that Obama is all of a sudden getting more pledged delegates in races long over.

TheQueenBee (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:57 PM)

Too bad Obama won't win Miss. in November...

McCain 08!

Typical White Male (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:59 PM)

I wonder if Hillary's going to paraphrase Bush soon.

"This is all just some...fuzzy math. Math don't mean nothing! What matters is the gut!"

Pander, Picayune MS (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:00 PM)

Obama also picked up two delegates in illinois in late reporting. Hillary failed to cross the 15 percent threshold in south chicago.

The illinois delegate allocation should be Obama 106-47 not 104-49.

Chicago Public Radio reported on this back on March 13 and the media hasn't picked it up.

David (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:02 PM)

To the typical black female. It's VERY SILLY of you to describe yourself like that. You certainly don't know what a typical another race of female is. I happen to be an Obama supporter, and I know that Obama WILL NOT WIN ANYTHING without WHITE voters. So, although you seem to be overwhelmed with Mr. Obama, you need a SERIOUS reality check because you inject your race into anything. Sadly, I'm beginning so hear more and more stupid remarks or comments by some blacks...please don't forget that WE lead other races with a lot of more problems within the black community.

Helen Hines (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:06 PM)

To the typical black female. It's VERY SILLY of you to describe yourself like that. You certainly don't know what a typical female is of any race. I happen to be an Obama supporter, and I know that Obama WILL NOT WIN ANYTHING without WHITE voters. So, although you seem to be overwhelmed with Mr. Obama, you need a SERIOUS reality check because you inject your race into anything. Sadly, I'm beginning so hear more and more stupid remarks or comments by some blacks...please don't forget that WE lead other races with a lot more problems within our own communities.

Helen Hines (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:08 PM)

Now if we could just get back the entire past MONTH of the media saying over and over that Hillary won Texas!

Kristen, Austin, Texas (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:09 PM)

Hillary's Finished

http://jumpinoffthecliff.tripod.com

Sweet Pea (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:10 PM)

http://twocanpete.blogspot.com/
The fat lady may not be singing but she sure is whining.

twocanpete (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:12 PM)

OBAMA HAS WON TEXAS. --- TEXAS IS LARGER THAN ANY STATE HILLARY HAS WON --- HILLARY SHOULD QUIT THE RACE --- THE DEMS DO NOT WANT HER.
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DEMS DO NOT WANT HILLARY (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:13 PM)

I'd would sincerely like to invite the Sen. Clinton supporters to hop on board and join the Obama team. I think there has been much too much ugliness between the two camps, and we have to start mending fences now for the good of the party and the country.

KJ, Dallas, TX (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:25 PM)

From one Obama supporter to another The Clinton Party response to this news will be a quote from the Dick Cheney line of thought:

"So!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

They are The Clinton Party and all of you Small Business owners, Small States, and any States that did not Vote in their favor Ain't"

DShawn, LaVergne, Tn (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:33 PM)

Game over!

Obama 08

Abe MI (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:34 PM)

Well see if the democratic party dare selecte a nominee without Florida and Michigan. That is a diehard for him. If they are not counted or revoted (not equally divided) I will vote for McCain. It is not a stretch for a democrat to vote for McCain.

BYRON WILSON (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:36 PM)

WON'T MATTER IN THE END. OBAMA HAS TOO MANY NEGATIVES TO EVER WIN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. GO HILLARY!!

MARYLOU, LK. HAVASU CITY, AZ. (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:43 PM)

woo hoo!!

Oscar, Rio Vista, CA (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:45 PM)

What she said! YES WE CAN!

Typical White Male (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:47 PM)

I have never watched so much television! I thought it was so funny that the people ran off with the boxes at the caucus. Do you think that the Clinton's did not want to give the win to Obama. One lady as reported by MSNBC said that she saw a Clinton supporter leaving with a box of votes. They have kept them for a month while we could all whine about Hillary not getting her votes counted in Michigan and Florida. I am suprised that this has finally been done as I thought that the Clinton machine would somehow someway keep this from the public. Come on this is great news! Go Obama! Also, my family lives in Texas and at the last minute all that was all the news was the 3am phone call by the Clinton campaign. Gee I am glad that they did not get too much from that scare campaign when it was all over.

karen bourland overland park ks (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:48 PM)

Yes we can.....
Wi nou kapab!!!!!!!!!!!
Si se puede!!!!!!!!!!!
OUI NOUS LE POUVONS........

OBAMA 2008.............

Ayiti, Orlando, Fl (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:49 PM)

Senator Obama will be our next president of the United States. Senator Clinton should bow out gracefully and with dignity after the final primary election in early June, so the Democratic party can unite and defeat John McCain in November.

Cathy, Indian Wells, CA (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:55 PM)

Consider the top 9 "big" states that have voted so far
State . . . . . . . Obama . . . . . . . .Clinton
California . . .2,126,000 . . . . . . .2,553,000
Texas . . . . . 1,358,000 . . . . . . .1,459,000
New York. . . . . 698,000 . . . . . . .1,003,000
Illinois. . . . 1,302,000 . . . . . . . .662,000
Ohio . . . . . . 982,000. . . . . . . 1,212,000
Georgia . . . . . 704,000 . . . . . . . .330,000
New Jersey. . . . 492,000 . . . . . . . .603,000
Virginia . . . . 627,000 . . . . . . . .350,000
Washington . . . 354,000 . . . . . . . .316,000

Total . . . . . 8,643,000 . . . . . . .8,487,000

I guess it's kind of obvious, but it's hard to be ahead in the popular vote if you don't win a lot of votes in the "big" states.

anie (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:56 PM)

Mr. Todd, given the drip, drip, drip of SD support that Obama seems to be getting day-by-day, do you think it is possible that Obama might equal HRC's Super Delegate count by the time PA votes?

What do you hear out there Mr. Todd?

Rob: lake Mills Wi (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:00 PM)

You forgot the magic pony caucus, which Hillary will ride to victory.

American expat in texas (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:09 PM)

Yes! Thanks to MISS. and TEXAS. PENN is next.

I'll vote for Obama loooong before I would consider
voting for Hillary. Obama may of kept company with a
Reverand for 20 years but what has Hillary done the
past 20 years besides lying, cheating, dodging debt
collectors......

Kim M--AZ (Sent Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:11 PM)

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