Supers: Obama gets six so far

Posted: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:46 PM by Domenico Montanaro

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
Might this be the start of a potential flood. Water is under the door. The towels are down.

Obama's picked up six in the superdelegate count so far today. He got 3.5 of those between 11:15 a.m. and noon -- CA John A. Perez, MA John Olver, and three from Michigan -- Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Debbie Dingell, and Rick Wiener. (Keep in mind, those Michigan delegates count for half.) Dingell's husband, Rep. John Dingell, is a Clinton endorser.

We reported on 2.5 in First Thoughts -- Rep. Jim Clyburn, who came out officially for Obama on TODAY, as well as Michigan superdelegate Joyce Lalonde (half vote) and Missouri's Maria Chapelle-Nadal.

As far as those Edwards pledged delegates, the remaining two in Iowa will likely announce their choice today. They are working on the details of when, how and, possibly, if it will be packaged with superdelegates.

New Hampshire Edwards pledged delegate Sharon Norgren told First Read she's remaining uncommitted at least for the "next couple of days." When asked if she's leaning way or another, she said, "I don't want to discuss it."

COUNTDOWN TO THE NOMINATON:
OBAMA: 33.5
CLINTON: 198

The NBC NEWS Delegate Counts:
PLEDGED: Obama 1729 to 1625
SUPERS: Obama 339 to 295
EDWARDS PL.: Obama 16.5 to 0
OVERALL: Obama 2,084.5 to 1,920

* 190.5 undeclared supers.

* Since the rules committee judgment, Obama has gotten 12 superdelegates to Clinton's two. Here's who they were:

OBAMA (12): MI Debbie Dingell; MI Rick Wiener; MI Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick; MA John Olver; CA John A. Perez; SC Rep. Jim Clyburn, Michigan's Joyce Lalonde (who only gets a half vote); Missouri Rep. Maria Chapelle-Nadal; WA DNC member David McDonald; VA DNC Member -- a rules committee member -- Jerome Wiley Segovia; Connecticut DNC Member Nancy DiNardo; and two from MI -- MI delegates get half a vote each: Lu Battaglieri and Brenda Lawrence. Yesterday, Obama got Maine add-on Gwethalyn Phillips and Nevada's Yvonne Gates.

CLINTON (2): NY Irene Stein and Louisiana's Democratic Party chair Chris Whittington.

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Comments

>Hmm...since Obama has been established as the Second Coming, why is it coming down to the wire?>

I'll take a stab - because there are still a number of people out there over the age of 55 who look at him and think "No sir...I don't want one of them to be my President! No sir!" Yes?

Marcus, Chicago (Sent Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:25 PM)

Clinton will not give up, of course. She will continue to undermine the election of Obama, and all her rabid supporters will follow suit. I believe she is hoping for his loss, so that in November she can point the finger of justice and scream "I told you so!". I'm sure that Bill and Chelsea will be right behind her, beaming with pride.

JayBee, CA (Sent Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:26 PM)

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