We are told by Mark Penn and the MSM that the super delegates will be the ones who decide the Democratic nominee. Bloomberg news has come out with an interesting breakdown of super delegates that gives a pretty strong indication about where these folks are heading in June. In short, it's the Elected Super Delegates that are most meaningful because they are the ones who will face the voters in November. They are the ones who sense the trends and the sentiment of the electorate. Guess who is making hay among the elected superdelegates?
Barack Obama has pulled almost even with Hillary Clinton in endorsements from top elected officials and has cut into her lead among the other superdelegates she's relying on to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Following up on Silver Springs' excellent diary yesterday about Obama's potential coattails for local and statewide elections, we have this report from Bloomberg this morning. http://www.bloomberg.com/...
As Clinton and Co. have been constantly saying since their campaign went downhill, the supers delegates will have to rely on their sense of what is best for the party, and who has the best chance to win in November. Well, it seems that the super delegates with the most to gain or lose in November are moving in mass to Barack Obama. Makes sense.
Democratic elected officials have the most at stake in the nomination because the candidate at the top of the ticket in November will have an impact on state and local races.
Among the 313 of 796 superdelegates who are members of Congress or governors, Clinton has commitments from 103 and Obama is backed by 96, according to lists supplied by the campaigns. Fifty-three of Obama's endorsements have come since he won the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, compared with 12 who have aligned with Clinton since then.
The trend, though, is running against the New York senator. Since March 5, the day after she won primaries in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Obama took Vermont, the Illinois senator has won backing from nine superdelegates and Clinton one, according to the campaigns and interviews.
I don't think you can put much of a spin on this trend other than it looks like all of the signs once again point to an Obama victory in the nomination.