Clinton adds two more supers
Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:21 PM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC’s Christina Jamison and Domenico Montanaro
Three superdelegates in one day. It’s been months since that’s happened for
Clinton. In addition to the pickup
we mentioned earlier of former Pittsburgh Mayor Sophie Masloff, the New York senator’s campaign just announced it has also picked up the support of CA Rep. Jackie
Speier, who recently won the special election for the late Tom Lantos's seat, and the former president of the Ohio state AFL-CIO, Bill Burga, a DNC member.
Obama picked up one superdelegate
earlier today.
That adds two more to Clinton’s superdelegate total: 259-226 over Obama. In the overall count, Obama leads by 131 (1,642 to 1,511). He has a 164 pledged-delegate lead (1,416 to 1,252).
[EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier version of this post incorrectly identified Masloff's first name. Also, we identified Bill Burga as the current head of the state AFL-CIO; he previously held that position. ]