Obama picks 2 more pledged delegates in OH

Not much of a diary but a piece of a good news: Obama gets 2 more pledged delegates out of Ohio, continuing to diminish Clinotn's win there.  

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama picked up two pledged delegates today from the official results of the Ohio presidential primary held March 4th.

The Associated Press had withheld the two delegates because of the large number of provisional ballots cast in Ohio on Election Day.

According to the Ohio Secretary of State's office, almost 100,000 provisional ballots were counted.

http://www.nbc4i.com/...

Can't wait untill tomorrow. With WV behind us. And so many good things ahead.

•  Can we get a banner in Times Square?

  all the news outlets broadcast right in this vicinity..  Without disrupting traffic, I'd love to have some kind of countdown.  When we get to 0, send up the balloons.

  by davefromqueens on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:12:36 PM PDT

  •  I'm thinking that...

    ...scene from the end of Return of the Jedi myself.

    by Sparhawk on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:15:54 PM PDT

    •  Dancing Ewoks for Obama!

      by TDreamer on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:25:37 PM PDT

      •  As long as they don't change the victory song...

        when they re-release it. ;)

        by Oreo on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:35:17 PM PDT

  •  Or better yet drop a ball

    with a huge Obama logo on it!

    by Muzikal203 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:18:11 PM PDT

    •  No balloons please-bad for marine life

      How about that blimp - was it Blink182?

      by VA Breeze on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:33:28 PM PDT

      •  Pink Floyd

        http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...

        by don the tin foil on Tue May 13, 2008 at 02:00:17 PM PDT

      •  ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

        what kind of green tee drinker, prious driving, egghead are you?

        documents please?

        Blink182, Blink182 $%^%^&&, I'll give you blink!!!!

        Pink Floyd the baddest rock band ever to grace an stadium size stage

        /snark

        by IamTheJudge on Tue May 13, 2008 at 02:41:34 PM PDT

•  Cool!

  So what's the delegate split now?

  by mayan on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:12:47 PM PDT

  •  DemConWatch sez 1874.5 - 1696

    Updated today, but not clear if including these.

    If so, Obama needs to get 32.7% of the remaining delegates/superdelegates to reach the magic number.

    If not, less.

    by Joe Beese on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:14:13 PM PDT

    •  They are no yet included at DCW n/t

      by Kitty on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:40:34 PM PDT

      •  yes they are

        by cph on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:43:00 PM PDT

        •  Nevermind my bad n/t

          by Kitty on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:46:26 PM PDT

    •  Per demconwatch

      delegate tracker blog:

         News reports today that Obama picked up 2 delegates in Ohio after the counting of provisional ballots-

         But..

         The two additional pledged delegates from Ohio had been withheld from the SD totals only by AP. DCW uses the number of pledged delegates from www.theGreenpapers.com, which had already allocated those two delegates, so the DCW sidebar is still accurate, and needs no updating. (Oh well...)
         May 13, 2008 9:36 AM

      Sidebar says:

      Pledged(GP) Super Total Needto Win
      Obama 1591.5 283 1874.5 150
      Clinton 1425.5 270.5 1696 328.5
      Edwards 19 -- 19
      Remains 217 241.5 458.5
      Updated 5/13/2008 Delegates Needed: 2024.5

      Updated 5/13/2008
      Delegates Needed: 2024.5

      by yellowdog on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:41:00 PM PDT

•  So what did Hillary get for her

  "double-digit" win in OH?  Four delegates?  Six?  (And yes it is double digit if you ignore the period between 8.7%).

  by SpiderStumbled22 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:16:28 PM PDT

  •  so perhaps this is why the Obama camp has had

    33 more needed to clinch the majority of pledgeds

    by ourhispanicvoices on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:19:45 PM PDT

    •  Nope

      He now needs 31.  They get behind updating the count on his web site

      by Kitty on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:41:26 PM PDT

      •  already reflected in his OH count - has been for

        weeks.

        by cph on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:43:35 PM PDT

        •  No kidding - I stand corrected.

          I thought that these were just added today.  I'm so confused

          by Kitty on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:45:59 PM PDT

  •  You know periods don't count in Hillaryland n/t

    by Muzikal203 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:26:01 PM PDT

    •  Is that supposed to be gross?

      If so, then Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

      by mengelhart on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:34:23 PM PDT

      •  No. You need to get your mind out of the gutter.

        by Muzikal203 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:38:08 PM PDT

  •  What will she get for a 69-31 massacre tonight?

    A net gain of 10 delegates.

    Which we'll have made up in SD endorsements by end-of-business Friday.

    by Joe Beese on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:31:43 PM PDT

    •  A new pantsuit

      by cph on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:33:13 PM PDT

    •  Which is negated by the 29 Superdelegates

      we've picked up since last Tuesday.

      by Muzikal203 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:33:48 PM PDT

  •  Final count is

    74 Clinton, 67 Obama. So, she gained 7.

    by yellowdog on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:42:13 PM PDT

•  that's nice - but is media reporting it? n/t

  by teacherken on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:17:47 PM PDT

  •  Probably not

    If it wasn't for the Internet, there's a lot of stuff I wouldn't know.

    by Muzikal203 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:18:41 PM PDT

  •  This is already accounted for on Obama's web

    site as well as the other news organizations.  AP, for some reason, is ultraconservative in allocating delegates.

    by cph on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:21:44 PM PDT

    •  146 needed

      Obama website shows 146 needed to get to 2025.

      by CGrace on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:28:16 PM PDT

      •  They have been running about 4 or 5...

        ahead of DemConWatch.

        by mayan on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:38:56 PM PDT

•  I didn't know Volkswagon was a state

  sorry to be a smartass but you wrote vW not WV

  by Johnnythebandit on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:18:46 PM PDT

  •  Fixed. Tx. :)

    by karpaty lviv on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:20:50 PM PDT

  •  It's Volkswagen, not Volkswagon

    See what you get for being a smartass?

    by cph on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:22:36 PM PDT

    •  That's Karma for ya

      by Johnnythebandit on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:26:10 PM PDT

      •  Actually, it's Karmann Ghia

        (for those too young, it's a car manufactured by VW from about 1955 to 1974)

        by cph on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:32:27 PM PDT

  •  Obama is in the house

    
    

    by EMKennedyLucio on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:23:28 PM PDT

•  It's so over....

  by kubrick2008 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:18:56 PM PDT

  •  I know, there's still KY and PR ahead but then...

    ... we should also pick up Montana, Oregon, and South Dakota. Time and increasing numbers of superdelegates appear to be on our side. I can't wait until early June when this will be over and we've finally got Obama as our official nominee.

    Then the real fight can begin. I'm ready to rumble!

    by philimus on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:27:35 PM PDT

    •  Time...

      and money.  I think the debt issue will by definition be a very MAJOR factor what she departs WV and KY.

      by mayan on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:40:37 PM PDT

      •  She should realy stop spendng more money.

        I don't spend money that I don't have.

        by Kitty on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:44:39 PM PDT

        •  Unfortunately...

          I don't know what it would be like to be sitting on top of, at least, 110 million.  I might be a bit more lackadasical.

          by mayan on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:47:42 PM PDT

        •  Most of the US does, though....

          Spend money it doesn't have, that is.  That's why half the country is in credit card debt, we have foreclosures left and right, corporate bankruptcies, and a federal government which is likely to lose its AAA debt rating....

          by neroden on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:51:27 PM PDT

          •  You're right, if China ever decides to stop ...

            ... servicing our debt, we're screwed as far as credit is concerned. Not that we aren't anyway, but you know what I mean.

            by philimus on Tue May 13, 2008 at 02:15:29 PM PDT

•  Old news?

  Is this a delegate reallocation we've heard of before, but is now official?  Since the article doesn't say what the delegate total is, I defer to Barack Obama's results page, which still has it 74-67.

  by CA Pol Junkie on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:18:59 PM PDT

  •  Obama's people tend to be ahead of the curve.

     

    by Muzikal203 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:26:36 PM PDT

•  Help feed the Obama volunteers in WV

  A wonderful effort, being called Food Bomb III, is underway to help get food delivered to the volunteers on the ground in WV.

  If you'd like to help, we'd love to have you.

  Food Bomb III: Feed the WV Obama volunteers.

  by Ninepatch on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:33:57 PM PDT

•  what a crappy article

  so what was the official delegate breakdown?  the article doesn't even say

  by BennyToothpick on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:38:22 PM PDT

•  I think you meant "picks up" instead of "picks"

  Great news, nonetheless. :)

  by stefanielaine on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:44:21 PM PDT

•  hey, are you ukrainian?

  by memofromturner on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:54:44 PM PDT

  •  Of course. Why?

    by karpaty lviv on Wed May 14, 2008 at 04:39:36 AM PDT

    •  well, your name jumped out at me

      i got back last summer from a year in ukraine...spent a fair amount of time in lviv, but never got down to the mountains

      by memofromturner on Wed May 14, 2008 at 07:10:53 AM PDT

      •  Oh, I see. Hope you had some great time.

        I was born in Lviv. But "Karpaty" is a reference to a local professional soccer team, Karpaty (Lviv), which was named, obviously, after the mountains (which are realy great).

        by karpaty lviv on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:33:55 AM PDT

•  I really think Obama may end up winning IN

  Once all the provisionals get counted.

  by Fro on Tue May 13, 2008 at 02:31:35 PM PDT

•  Everyone else already had them allocated

  Final delegate tally from Ohio is 74-67, which Obama's site and Green Papers have shown for quite a while now.

  by Skaje on Tue May 13, 2008 at 02:57:09 PM PDT