Monday, May 5, 2008

Superdelegate Watch

Barack Obama had a big few days with superdelegate pickups, though you surely wouldn't know it with mainstream media's current love affair with the girl from Scranton. CNN.com's Ticker today found it more important to note IRL racer Sarah Fisher's endorsement of Hillary Clinton than to mention SDs, and the next line is probably why.

Obama grabbed nine SDs from Saturday through Monday; Clinton netted one. 

Obama also nipped Clinton in Guam, nabbing the caucus by seven votes out of more than 4,500. Clinton, to her credit, has already made it perfectly clear that caucus states don't really count. Nor do 'red' states. Oh, and 'small' states. States next to Illinois. States where black people vote …


UPDATED TOTALS
Superdelegates: Clinton 273, Obama 258
Pledged delegates: Obama 1,492, Clinton 1,338
Total delegates: Obama 1,750, Clinton 1,611

Since Pennsylvania: Obama 21, Clinton 11
Since Super Tuesday: Obama 88, Clinton 13

Note: Delegate totals from MSNBC.com's First Read.

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