Obama picks up Iowa superdelegate

Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:47 PM by Domenico Montanaro

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
Richard Machaceck, an Iowa DNC member and superdelegate, has endorsed Obama, according to a report by the Des Moines Register, passed along by the Obama campaign. This is Obama's second superdelegate of the day.

"I think it needs to be over, and in good conscience, I can't fly in the face of my precinct, county and district," Machacek told The Des Moines Register. "The raw numbers coming out of the district conventions really sat me down hard."

This makes it 7-3 superdelegate pickups for Obama since the Pennsylvania primary.

SUPERDELEGATES: Clinton 265-244 (286 uncommitted)
PLEDGED: Obama 1,490-1,334

OVERALL: Obama 1,734-1,599

*** UPDATE *** By request, Joe, here are the pickups since the PA primary:
OBAMA (7): Brad Henry (OK GOV), Audra Ostergard (NE DNC), David Wu (OR Rep), Charlene Fernandez (AZ DNC), Jeff Bingaman (NM SEN), Ben Chandler (KY Rep), Richard Machacek (IA DNC).

CLINTON (3): John Tanner (TN Rep), Kathy Sullivan (NH add on), Mike Easley (NC GOV).

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Comments

To Clinton supporters who whine about supers who don't mirror their state votes, like Kennedy.
Remember that Hillary had 100+ endorsements BEFORE the first primary! Most of these were unelected insiders, which tells us a alot.
Senators and governors support OBAMA, and more Senators would prefer Obama after years of working with both.
Hillary, just too bitter and dishonest!

OBAMA 08

Barry Scott, Stockton, CA (Sent Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:24 PM)

This superdelegate pickup is unimportant. Barack Obama is supposed to be unelectable because a few out-of-touch pundits have proclaimed it to be so.
The media has already told us which subjects we must be outraged about and which subjects we should not care about. The media says that we must follow their opinion like lemmings. There was no mention of "screw 'em" but "bitter" was all the rage. The Canadians contact Austan Goolsbee and this must mean that Sen. Obama must truly be behind NAFTA. The fact that Bubba, Penn, & Wolfson all represent the interests of the Colombian government is not important. Sen. Clinton committed valor-theft by lying about Bosnia (her own words) but Sen. Obama must be made to suffer immensely for his pastor's (someone else's) words. Sen. Clinton's #1 surrogate in Pennsylvania has praised Farrakhan but that isn't important. Sen. Clinton has taken money from a company that has an atrocious record of sexual harassment but she's a fighter for women. Elton John made some sharp criticism of America but Hillary never rejected or denounced those comments either. Sen. Clinton has taken money from Mehmet Celebi who made a very Anti-Semitic film but it's okay because she said that she would obliterate Iran. Hillary's former pastor has been accused/convicted of child-molestation and Doug Coe (of the Family--Hillary's secret cult) has praised Hitler but that's okay because she said that Rev. Wright would not have been her pastor. Hillary has lied about something new almost everyday but that is not important. Why has the Senator from New York not been questioned about the Sean Bell tragedy? What is important is the media's own self-interest and profiteering. What also is amazing is the ludicrous idea by her supporters that she has been vetted. Most of what I have listed above with the exception of "screw 'em" is new baggage. Facts are very stubborn things...

The Good Doctor (Sent Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:24 PM)

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