Super Delegates C-251 O-232

I have to say I have been distracted by the myriad of state polls, daily trackers, and the debate madness and everything else.  Interspersed amongst all this growing histeria have been several supers announcing. Admittedly I lost track of what was what and where we stood.  It is after all, all about the math.

A quick trip over to Politico Delegate Tracker finds Obama is now within 19 in supers!  

clinton-251 and Obama-232.  This is the first time the spread has dropped below 20.  As several here have said, drip, drip, drip.

This Day in Superdelegates

April 17

New Obama endorsements:

DC Add-on Harry Thomas, Jr.

Oklahoma Add-on Reggie Whitten

April 16

New Obama Endorsements:

North Carolina Rep. David Price

North Carolina Rep. Mel Watt

Indiana Rep. Andre Carson

New Clinton Endorsements:

California Rep. Jackie Speier

So dont let Tweety, ABC, and all those other empty headed, snooty, elitist, media hacks get to you.  Obama is closing in on the nomination and then the real contact sport can begin.

And everytime those moron, media, mutton heads get you down, trip on over to Obama Dot Com  and donate a nickel or two.

•  A Tip Jar

  for the slow, constant dripping of Super delegates.

  by ratador on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:35:05 PM PDT

  •  Thanks.

    I had a rough 18 hours or so, but it is over now. Gobama!

    by kitebro on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:39:51 PM PDT

  •  Funny. This sounds like a sexually transmitted

    disease.

    may need penicillin.

    by Flippant on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 04:13:21 PM PDT

•  Man it feels good to read this!

  by daliscar on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:36:14 PM PDT

  •  That was my

    intention.  Hope is a good thing.

    by ratador on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:37:58 PM PDT

•  Eventually

  Clinton is likely to bleed supers, just look at how many Clinton superdelegates are from places which overwhelmingly voted for Obama :)

  by NMLib on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:37:57 PM PDT

•  How Many Times Will Jackie Speier Be...

  ...counted?  Sheesh, this is like the fourth time I've seen her listed as a new endorsement.

  by DHinMI on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:40:34 PM PDT

  •  did not know, thanks

    Keep pointing it out, she will be counted again for sure.

    by dan667 on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:46:08 PM PDT

  •  here is the link regarding

    Speier

    by ratador on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:52:16 PM PDT

    •  Oh, I Know, It's Just That...

      ...she's been "announced" several times over the last 8 or 9 days.  Not blaming you, it's just that the Clinton campaign seems to have gotten tremendous mileage our of her.  

      by DHinMI on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:56:30 PM PDT

      •  no problem.

        I understood.  too bad for clinton, speier is all she has!

        by ratador on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 05:41:28 PM PDT

      •  She endorsed months ago

        before she was even a superdelegate.  It truly is nothing new.

        by Skaje on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 05:47:28 PM PDT

•  demconwatch

  has it a little broader- Obama 228 and Clinton 250.  They have a list of all of theirs with links to where they declare.  What is Politico's list?  And who are the four supers they give to Obama that Demcon doesn't?

  by TobyRocksSoHard on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:42:19 PM PDT

  •  Isn't 4 the number in the Pelosi club?

    Not saying that is what is making the difference, but it might be.

    by edgeways on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:46:44 PM PDT

  •  The link provided

    shows the supers by state with no aggregate list so it will be cumbersome to compare 'em.  I will see if I can figure it out.

    by ratador on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:48:30 PM PDT

  •  also...

    here is the Latest Updateslink that has a link to each Super declaration.

    by ratador on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:55:05 PM PDT

  •  Didn't Obama get 4 yesterday?

    Maybe they just haven't updated it yet.

    by Wit Whither Wilt on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:55:30 PM PDT

  •  DemConWatch

    uses a stricter screen.

    by Skaje on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 04:16:36 PM PDT

  •  sorry, the task

    to compare demcon to politico began to make my eyes water.  not sure who the specific difference consists of.

    by ratador on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 04:54:03 PM PDT

•  Snooty, effete elitists aren't getting to me

  But I have to admit I'm taking names and filing them away for future reference. Like the chump Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party who appeared on Tweety's program this evening, T.J. Rooney.

  Rooney, who served seven terms in the Pennsylvania House now heads a major lobbying firm, Tri-State Strategies PA, LLC.  And not surprisingly, he's an avid Clinton supporter.

  I wonder how many people in Pennsylvania realize that the head of the Democratic Party is a lobbyist? And that his firm, according to its website touts its experience in representing the Alternative Energy, Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical, Insurance, Health Care, Transportation and Gaming industries?

  by rontun on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:49:36 PM PDT

  •  I look forward to

    President Obama stiffing Gibson and Steph for 8 years.

    by ratador on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:56:02 PM PDT

•  I've been watching her lead erode

  for a while.  I was exicted when he moved up to under 60 behind Clinton!  I've been treating each group of 10 a milestone.  So glad to see it under 20.

  by leawood on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:49:50 PM PDT

•  Time to ask supers who do they think they are?

  Barack leads by every metric except super-exalted delegates.

  After last night's debacle, the oddballs need to get with the members of our party and quit thinking they know better than the rest of us (or thinking they owe Bill Clinton a special favor).  We voted Bill into office and defended him during impeachment; it's him who owes us a favor.

  They are the reason ABC-Disney gets to continue putting Democrat against Democrat and making all of us look stupid.

  Supers, get out of the way.

  by deben on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 04:02:38 PM PDT

•  Where the HELL is JIM WEBB???

  I seem to recall very clealy Senator Barack Obama campaigning over in Virginia to help him get HIS ass in his Senate seat.

  by FORUS50 on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 04:52:28 PM PDT