Obama Takes Lead in Superdelegate Count
by SusanG
Fri May 09, 2008 at 07:30:16 AM PDT
Via Jake Tapper:
Sen. Barack Obama moved into the lead today in the last category that Sen. Hillary Clinton had claimed to have an edge -- support among the Democratic Party's superdelegates.
The Illinois Democrat grabbed the superdelegate lead thanks to a switch by New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne and an endorsement from previously uncommitted Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon.
Those two votes gave Obama a 267-266 lead over Clinton. That is a huge shift since the days when Clinton boasted about a 60-plus vote lead among the party's pros back on Super Tuesday.
Yet another Clinton talking point falls ....
[Erik W also has a diary going on the topic.]
Update: As Markos has explained, the superdelegate count at the top of our page is based on the numbers provided by the excellent Democratic Convention Watch, which is keeping track of the count using tight criteria that goes beyond news stories or campaign press releases. They insist on verification. Once they change their numbers, we will update the count at the top of our page.
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