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The Superdelegate Battle (Open thread) [UPDATED]

Sat May 10, 2008 at 01:02:47 PM PDT

Should we have a thread to tally today's Superdelegate action?

So far Barack has gained 3, Hillary gained 1 and lost 1.

Barack was endorsed by Kevin Rodriguez and Carole Burke, two superdelegates from the Virgin Islands, (Rodriguez switched),  and the Utah add-on, Kristi Cumming.

Hillary gained Arthur Powell, an add-on from Massachussetts.

Drip, drip, drip!

Update:

Hmmn. I have been asked to "flesh out" the diary. I really just intended for this to be an open thread, to catch folks up with the superdelegate counts.

So, instead I will post a clip of highlights from his speech at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner.

Update: Ooh, according to First Read, the Virgin Island superdelegates are BOTH switchers.

And for another great clip, here is Barack's interview with Wolf Blitzer from a few days ago.

Update: Someone in the comments just said that Obama picked up one of the Ohio Add-ons! I will wait for confirmation, but that will make it 4 superdelegates for Obama with Hillary losing 2 and gaining 2. I am looking around for a link.

And...since I feel compelled to add a video with each update...here is a vintage clip of Barack answering a question about Bill Clinton being the "first black president".

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