Edwards' pledged delegates

Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:00 PM by Domenico Montanaro

From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro
As we head into tonight’s primaries in Oregon and Kentucky, NBC NEWS will be adding 10 of Edwards’ pledged delegates to Obama’s total, based on published reports and discussions with some of the delegates.

NBC NEWS has a total of 18 pledged delegates for Edwards, including six in Iowa, four in New Hampshire and eight in South Carolina. (Currently, only four of those Iowa pledged delegates are named. They are based on district-wide voting; NBC anticipates two more based on statewide vote at this point.)

The NBC NEWS counts:
PLEDGED: Obama 1,602 to 1,444
SUPERDELEGATES: Obama 304.5 to 280.5
EDWARDS PL. DELEGATES: Obama 10 to 0
TOTAL: Obama 1,916.5 to 1,724.5

10 PLEDGING TO OBAMA:
(1) Arlene Prather-O'Kane, Cedar Falls, IA: Told Quad City Times she’ll still vote Edwards at state convention but indicates she will vote for Obama at DNC.
(2) Machelle Crum, Newton, IA: confirmed to First Read that she has pledged her support for Obama at the national convention. She said she was first contacted by the Obama campaign on Friday -- two days after the Edwards endorsement -- and has been in almost daily contact with the campaign since. Crum, a law student who lives half an hour from Des Moines, was invited by the campaign to attend tonight’s rally. She said she’ll be there and is looking forward to hearing Obama speak.
(3) Joshua Denton, Portsmouth, NH
(4) Lauren Bilton, Columbia, SC
(5) Daniel Boan, Kershaw, SC
(6) Christine Brennan-Bond, Moore, SC
(7) Michael Evatt, Seneca, SC
(8) Robert Groce, Summerville, SC
(9) Marilyn Hemingway, Georgetown, SC
(10) Susan Smith, Pawleys Island, SC

6 UNDECIDED:
(1) Merci Wolff, Sioux City, IA: State party says she is undecided as of now.
(2) David Redlawsk, Iowa City, IA: Told First Read that he’s undecided. Redlawsk, a University of Iowa political science professor, said he wants to see if they retain a viable Iowa Edwards contingent to go to the Democratic National Convention.
(3) Deborah Bacon-Nelson, Hanover, NH: published reports show her as undecided.
(4) State Sen. Peter Hoe Burling, Cornish, NH: Burling tells First Read that today’s contests will have an impact (didn’t say which way, though). He indicated that he and the other three undecided Edwards delegates are undecided.
(5) State Rep. Sharon Nordgren, Hanover, NH: published reports indicate she is undecided.
(6) E. Tim Moore, Barnwell, SC: Moore, a lawyer in Barnwell, tells First Read he is genuinely conflicted. He was strongly for Edwards, he said. He won’t likely decide until after the primaries, he said. “I think it’s imperative that we allow people in all the states to cast a meaningful ballot,” he said. He added that he goes “back and forth” and that “both candidates are strong.” He likes Clinton’s “broad experience” and cites her having worked in the White House. He calls Obama really an “agent of change.” “We’d be getting someone from a different perspective,” he said of Obama. He added that he doesn’t think a prolonged process hurts the party and half-joked that he better liked the days when there were convention fights.

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"Someone PLEASE explain how it is that this job interview (primary)for the most difficult, important job in the world has become about style rather than substance? " Dear Bobbi from Eau Claire, WI,
If you really want to know how he beat her, it comes down to 1 fatal error by Hillary, and presumably with Bill's blessing, she voted to authorize this dumb ass war in Iraq!!! It exposed her flawed judgement and was a political miscalculation that has cost her the nomination. It has nothing to do with style or substance, or gender or race. She blew it on that vote and that gave Obama the opportunity and he took it in grand fashion. Blame the Clinton's for this and not the media.

IT IS THEIR OWN FAULT SHE LOST (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:14 PM)

All the nasty hyperbole about Hillary just makes each attacker look vindictive, sexist and ignorant.

Jean McGinty (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:19 PM)

People I have no intention at this point in time to be politically correct, but as referenced in an earlier email, the democrats have completely failed to remember how to successfully play the game of presidential politics. 50% of Americans polled haved stated they will vote McCain in the fall. If we assume this to be correct and we assume the remaining 50% of voting American's are split roughly 45% to 55% in Obama's favor, mathematically we can roughly project 72.5% of the TOTAL American voting public have chosen a white candidate. Obama will not win in November. As a staunch Democrat who is under 50, not a woman, not uneducated, not working class, and not from Appalachia (Durham, N.C. for those who are interested), not a bigot and not a racist I say bravely what everyone in this campaign has chosen to overlook and out of feigned politeness refused to say-No matter how badly we want to believe America has changed and race is not a concern it most certainly is. No matter how enigmatic Obama is (I believe he is a wonderful candidate) it simple will not offset the majority of American's views. As such Obama will not win in November. THe GOP is aware of this and is playing the song gleefully all the way to the White House for a third term of Bush Jr. as an old man.

Paul, Durham, NC (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:19 PM)

Why everybody sing from the some sheet??? Media should print different music sheet for different voices. Even rap sound better.

ava (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:19 PM)

Obama's people cant do "The Math" by the math I mean the 270 electoral college votes that he would need in the general election. He can't carry key big states and alot of the primary states he "won" will clearly go Republican. It looks like once again he will do poorly with white working/middle class votes which you need to win the general. They dont want to talk about "that math", the "I cant win the general election math". We will be the first party to nominate an African American,it's unfortunate we will have a 3rd Bush term in John McCain. Unfortunate that the DNC isnt interested in winning this election.

Paul, Indianapolis (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:25 PM)

Quote from Hillary Clinton: “All those people on TV who are telling you and everybody else that this race is over and I should just be, you know, graceful and say, ‘Oh, it’s over,’ even though I’ve won more votes,” she said. “Those are all people who have a job. Those are all people who have healthcare. Those are all people who can afford to send their kids to college. Those are all people who can pay whatever is charged at the gas pump."

1. You have NOT won more votes. Your fuzzy math is appaulingly dishonest and insulting. You've won less states. You have won less pledged delegates; as of today you can never win a majority.

2. The VAST majority of the people in the United States have a job. It's NOT just "people on TV" who work.

3. The United States needs improvement, I agree. However, throughout this process you have not secured the majority of ANYTHING you would need to become the Democratic nominee. You act like a spoiled child, like this is a toy that you are refusing to give up.

I have supported you before but I can't any longer. Grow up and bow out. Show the Country that you have some sense of honor and humility. It's become sickening to watch you.

I'm beginning to grow sick of the realization that you are still my Senator. I will really have to look carefully into whether I'll support you here in New York after you are violently removed from Obama's coattail.

Dan Asti, NYC, NY (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:28 PM)

COL.[rted] A.M.Khajawall
Thank you for spelling out what we are looking in a leader.

Ms. G, Orlando, FL (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:30 PM)

If Obama cannot clinch the nomination he should step aside and let Hillary accept the nomination. She is the only person strong enouh to beat Mc Cain in November. Obama is not listening, Hillary supporters would rather vote for Mc Cain than Obama. He is not a qualified candidate. A vote for Obama is a vote for Mc Cain.

Rick (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:32 PM)

Why hasn't anyone reported the reversal of the Nevada primary to go to Obama instead of Clinton??? Everyone still has this state shaded as a Clinton win. In a contest where every state, vote, delegate matters, let's keep it accurate.

Iris V. (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:35 PM)

Great, it looks like Obama will get the nomination. My fellow Americans are so easily swayed. Maybe he'll even win the general election and we can enjoy another one term president who doesn't know how to get anything done in Washington, similar to Jimmy Carter. Sadly, Obama is a great guy, talks a great game, but experience in D.C. is a whole different ball game.

MH, Palm Springs, CA (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:50 PM)

Bill C., Lisa Caputo, Paul Begala, the Rajun Cajun, Schumer, McCaullife, HRC, George Steph, Penn, Buchannan, Scarborough, Rendell, what a crew!! Most of us learned how to add in elementary school and we learned that "rules are rules." We also learned the meaning of the word "Democracy." The HRC camp needs to go back to school.

Greg S. (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:56 PM)

Someone PLEASE explain how it is that this job interview (primary)for the most difficult, important job in the world has become about style rather than substance? Will someone tell me how the he** we can pick a candidate because he is full of "hope"??? We are faced with proven leadership or the "cool" guy "making history" Remember 2000 when our President was chosen for such shallow reasons? What a mess! Has anyone learned anything?
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Why YES, Bobbi....We learned in 1960 when we had another man with a new vision for the country. His name was John F. Kennedy. He was one of our finest presidents. Don't knock vision. Hillary certainly doesn't have any.

Smick, Georgia (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:08 PM)

Why is there so much concern about Sen. Obama not getting the hard working "blue collar" White American vote? First of all, are White Americans the "only" hard working blue collar workers in America? How come there is not an issue about Sen. Clinton not getting the African-American vote,(blue collar or white collar). Does the African-American vote not count for her? Is the African-American vote insufficient to her? I don't believe Sen. Obama won any state without the white American vote, so he is getting the white vote.

Vanessa, Salisbury, MD (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:17 PM)

Just a short while back, the question was asked on what the Black Voters would do if Obama would win the popular vote and Loose via the Super Delegates.

Why isn’t the same question being asked about Hillary winning the popular vote and loosing to the Delegates.

If our Great Media that SCARED of what the Black Votes might do?

Richard, Fort Worth, TX (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:20 PM)

The Huffington Post article certainly shines of old school washington politics as usual... NUFF SAID???

J Dickson (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:21 PM)

Sellouts!

Ashamed of the Democrats (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:26 PM)

……. Hillary and Geraldine Ferarro will say you are sexist.

It is a shame that this does not carry as much weight as being afraid of the Race Card by our media!

Richard, Fort Worth, TX (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:27 PM)

Also, I don't seem to comprehend the whole 60% think the economy is more important then the War in Iraq... Am I the only person who has taken a college level economy class and learned the economy cant even begin to turn around, until their is some form of resolution in Iraq and the spiraling budget for the war is controlled? Because i would love to see how it is possible to turn the economy around while we are still spending record amounts without any goal of reimbursement.. Remember it isn't a loan, it is more of a donation.. but towards what?

Eric, Tallahassee Florida (Sent Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:30 PM)

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