Barack Obama needs 79 superdelegates (or less, the number continually shrinks) between now and June 2 to end this race....

This is why it all works.....

Calling all Pittsburgh Volunteers!

We are working hard here in Pittsburgh, struggling to squeeze every vote out of our area to offset the "bitter" middle of Pennsylvania

Hopefully in a good indication of where the votes will go, the Huffington Post is reporting that Obama takes in more money from rural PA than Clinton

We are working hard in the surrounding areas of Pittsburgh where there is some significant support for Obama. We have been door-to-door every weekend since Ohio/Texas and we have made hundreds of calls, but we need your help. To win PA we need to have a HUGE turnout in this area to offset other regions of the state.

Register with the address below at pateams.barackobama.com and try to make at least 10 calls for us.

We are working hard in the surrounding areas of Pittsburgh where there is some significant support for Obama. We have been door to door every weekend since Ohio/Texas and we have made hundreds of calls, but we need your help. To win PA we need to have a HUGE turnout in this area to offset other regions of the state.

As I wrote last Sunday I think that Richardson is only the first in the line of superdelegates to come out for Obama. In the next two weeks it will be clear that PA is inconsequential...but Richardson's endorsement does something more.....

Short diary

In what has become standard fare for Bush in the time of crisis, he praised the hard work of Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson Jr this am.

The markets reacted appropriately.

This diary is entirely my own opinion, I have no inside information, but I believe, looking at a series of recent events (outlined below) that Obama will seal the nomination in the next two weeks. How will he do it? With an overwhelming out pouring of vocal support from senior people in the party.

Here's why I think this is happening

Yesterday I wrote a diary in which I proposed that Barack Obama declare himself the presumptive nominee after he wins Mississippi tomorrow night....I would like to modify that with an alternative proposal

How does that sound?

Saw these two fellows holding up Hillary signs in Cleveland. Needless to say they did not fit neatly into the Clinton demographic

Just heard from a friend in Ohio. Obama needs help there badly.

McKinnon is a top adviser to McCain but has stated that he will not work for him if Obama is the democratic nominee.

I am sure many people may be aware of this, however, I was not and have been following the election very closely, so I thought it deserved to be highlighted

In a bizarre twist on how drug use/abuse is viewed the NYT is reporting that

In more than three dozen interviews, friends, classmates and mentors from his high school and Occidental recalled Mr. Obama as being grounded, motivated and poised, someone who did not appear to be grappling with any drug problems and seemed only to dabble with marijuana.

I am looking to try an figure out what the actual delegate count is - super plus pledged, since they all matter, for Obama and HRC.

We worked so hard to get rid of her, but she keeps coming back; Josh please, can we at least limit her ads to the wingnut sites

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UPDATE:

OK - so from the comments I am corrected......should I change the subtitle to "Click Away!"