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Obama picks up another super

Posted: Thursday, May 08, 2008 5:46 PM by Mark Murray
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From NBC's Mark Murray
The AP is reporting that Obama picked up an endorsement from another superdelegate: Washington Rep. Rick Larsen.

Here's the breakdown now:
PLEDGED: Obama 1590, Clinton 1426
SUPERS: Clinton 273.5, Obama 262
TOTAL: Obama 1852, Clinton 1699.5

There are now 259.5 undeclared superdelegates.

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F I N A L L Y !

That's 2? today.

(What's taking them so long?)

Do they really think Hillary is going to go quietly?
Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell won't represent the will of the people of my home state. They continue to stay loyal to the Clintons to repay favors and backroom deals. Thank you very much Rick Larsen. At least someone is paying attention in this state.
HRC's comment about "white voters" moving away from Obama is inexcusable.  If the other supers don't join Rep. Larsen and end this thing they should not be considered leaders of our Party.  HRC thinks racism is acceptable--True Democrats do not!!!
Keep the courageous acts coming.
Assuming he gets 100 or so in the remaining primaries, Obama needs less than 75 more Superdelegates.

Even Counting FL and MI, he pobably only needs 100.

If Edwards goes to him, that would add 18 or so to his totals.

Did Hillary have a math class in College or high school?

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Just when is this recession supposed to start? I got front row tickets, and I'm waiting . . . .
He's got more, he's just being easy with Hillary. Why would he change his manner with her now. He did'nt go there when she attacked before, threatening his candidacy.

Hillary's, now baldy divisive argument, that 'white working class' voters will not vote for Obama will be met with same restraint he has always shown her.  
Woohoo, only 9.5 supers behind now, according to Demconwatch. Here we come...
Come on supers get on the bandwagon for Obama.
More of a trickle then a flood today. Maybe they know something we don't.
G-D bless you Mr. Rick Larsen. 'Yes We Can'!
The march is starting . . . right up to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue!
To Mark Murray,  

Rep Ellsworth hasn't endorsed Clinton.  You added him yesterday.  Ellsworth said there are a long list of reasons that could make him change from the way his district voted at the convention.   His campaign explicitly today said it wasn't an endorsement.

Taking Ellsworth away, which NBC is the only network counting, clinton would have one less delegate.
Can you hear it?  That steady "drip,drip,drip" of supers going for Obama!!!  Soon it will be a stream and eventually a flood!!
Its only a matter of time.
Is it true that HRC's campaign is $30 MILLION in DEBT!  If so pleeeeeaaase do NOT give her the checkbook to the USA!
perhaps at this point the supers are waiting for 11 more to endorse Obama, because maybe they want to be the one to push him over the top in supers
I believe that Politico has Obama's super delegate count at 260 -- are you not including Jean Dahlman from MT and Kalyn Free, at-large DNC member?
Drip, drip, drip . . . So, where's the flood?
Always nice to have others decide for you. They are so much smarter then the common Democrat.
Obama keeps losing and Hillary keeps running. And this is somehow termed bad by the Obamaites?
I am glad to see the Super Delegates making dramatic moves!

Hillary Clinton is attempting to rip the Democratic Party apart by choosing to reemphasize race.

Worst of all is that some were beginning to have a modicum of respect for Clinton when appeared she was going to show class, not attack Obama (even if indirectly), and exit gracefully. This required consideration of forgiveness for the Mountain of Lies of which she has been guilty.

Now, not only do I hope, the SDs finish this quickly, I hope New York residents will not elect her has Governor, reelect her as Senator, or even allow her to be a member of a City Council. She does not deserve it.
Hillary staying in the race may make the Obama fans angry and write threating posts, but it's good for America. The fraud from Illinois needs to be exposed for what he is.
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Yea!  I was hoping the endorsements would come in a little quicker than this, but at least most of them are coming our way.

I noticed CNN shows Hillary's SD lead down to single digits.  
If the Democrats had run a credible election like the Republicans, and made each state winner take all, Hillary would have run away with the nomination. And that's too bad, because she is obviously the better candidate.
The DNC’s ‘Rules Committee’ offers Hillary a significant advantage  --- 13 of its members have openly endorsed her, and just 8 are declared Obama backers.  

EXAMPLE: (One Committee Chairman is Alexis M. Herman, Labor secretary under President Clinton; another is Harold Ickes, the top advisor to Hillary’s campaign who is in-charge of stealing superdelegates; and, another is from the Michigan DNC.)

The ‘Rules Committee’ has wide latitude concerning Florida and Michigan.  It could uphold the rules and punishment it and both candidates agreed to initially, or it could --- seat the entire delegation from each state,  split the delegations in half,  or even seat all of the super delegates but only some of the elected delegates.

This is the REAL REASON Hillary is staying in the race.  Hillary fully expects that the ‘Rules Committee’ with its almost 2-to-1 ratio of declared Hillary-to-Obama supporters will go along with whatever she wants regarding Florida & Michigan delegates.  She believes, and probably rightly so, that the ‘Rules Committee’ will seat as many of the delegates from Florida & Michigan as Hillary needs to obtain the 2025 delegates needed to win the nomination.

IT WILL BE GRAND THEFT BY MANIPULATION OF THE RULES COMMITTEE.
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Maybe the Clinton's super delegates can learn from African Americans' similar plight.

The same way "Stop Snitching" is wrong headed, if you witness someone doing something wrong, immoral or illegal you should remain silent. This thinking is as detrimental to the Democratic party as it is to African Americans. The only way to correct this types of plights and problems is to speak up and out against them. Regardless the wrong, do not remain silent against it.

See? Super delegates, working class Whites, and the rest can unite speak out and say



Yes We Can!!!!
supers will come out slowly, to give her space to think; then we will drop the hammer


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