In what is now the most entertaining aspect of the Road to 2025 — that is the number of delegates needed to secure the Democrat nomination — both campaigns are engaged in an hour-by-hour game of superdelegate hoops.
Obama sank a free throw to start the morning with Rep. Bruce Braley (IA). By 11 a.m., Clinton scored with one of her own, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO president Bill George.
Basketball is Obama's game, though. By noon, he got an assist from Indiana Basketball Hall of Famer, Congressman Baron Hill.
But Clinton is a "fighter," much like the fish that thrashes on the line as it is hauled into the boat. Before the clock could strike 1 p.m., Puerto Rica SD Luisette Cabanas threw her support behind Clinton.
Obama continues to serve notice he will not allow Clinton to maintain even a tie in this game, and he had yet another SD to prove it. California Rep. Lois Capps endorsed the senator from Illinois to give him a 3-2 lead on the day … so far.
UPDATED TOTALS
Overall delegates: Obama 1,737, Clinton 1,602
Pledged delegates: Obama 1,490, Clinton 1,334
Superdelegates: Clinton 268, Obama 247
Since Pennsylvania: Obama 10, Clinton 6
Since Super Tuesday: Obama 77, Clinton 8
Note: Delegate totals from MSNBC.com's First Read
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