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(I posted this as a comment to another diary, but I feel that it deserves its own place in the sum.
Seeking Superdelegates (Capital Eye)
Obama, who narrowly leads in the count of pledged, "non-super" delegates, has doled out more than $698,200 to superdelegates from his political action committee... Clinton does not appear to have been as openhanded. Her PAC ... and campaign committee appear to have distributed $205,500 to superdelegates.
But if buying doesn’t work, try threats.
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Black Leader, a Clinton Ally, Tilts to Obama (The New York Times)
MILWAUKEE — Representative John Lewis , an elder statesman from the civil rights era and one of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton ’s most prominent black supporters, said Thursday night that he planned to cast his vote as a superdelegate for Senator Barack Obama in hopes of preventing a fight at the Democratic convention.
But the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, "Rep. Lewis: Report of switch to Obama 'not accurate'". So what’s the truth? And is Lewis being pressured? See below.
Loyalty vs. Voters: A Superdelegate's Dilemma (NPR)
[Rep. Emanuel] Cleaver notes that some members of Congress who support Clinton are experiencing threats — not from fellow members but when they return home. They have been told that they would face opposition in their next election if they do not support Obama, and Cleaver says some — such as John Lewis — have become the victims of "robo-calls." In Lewis' case, the calls said "very, very derogatory things about him."
And it gets worse. See below.
Jesse Jackson Jr. Threatens Colleagues as Pandemonium Breaks Out Over Lewis (Taylor Marsh)
Obama's national co-chair Jesse Jackson Jr. ... floats a nakedly offensive suggestion to his African American colleagues. He takes his racist Katrina insult to the point of an out and out threat leveled at African American lawmakers currently supporting Hillary Clinton. "He said Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois had recently asked him ‘if it comes down to the last day and you're the only superdelegate? ... Do you want to go down in history as the one to prevent a black from winning the White House?’"
Black lawmakers backing Obama press colleagues to heed voters
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus who support Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president are pressuring their colleagues backing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), telling them to listen to voters and switch their endorsement.
Might it not be a good idea to wait until after March 4 to determine what the will of the voters is? Would this be an attempt to INFLUENCE the voters prior to March 4? See below.
Clinton leading Obama in Ohio, Pennsylvania: poll
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has double-digit leads over Barack Obama in Ohio and Pennsylvania, both crucial states in upcoming primaries, according to Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday.
Worse than pimping? You decide
Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com