Obama Gets Three More Supers

6 Comments

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   JanetT in MD on May 5, 2008 at 1:46 pm

   Yeay, Heather!   (She’s one of MY state delegates, and she’s great!)  

   My state Senator, Jamie Raskin, was on the ballot to be one of the ‘regular’ pledged delegates for Obama, but I haven’t heard if he’s going to be one of those going yet.  

   I’m glad more of the supers are making announcements — the sooner this becomes “final” the better.  

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   Joe Bourgeois on May 5, 2008 at 1:58 pm

   Any idea on what this brings us to overall?

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     Omir the Storyteller on May 5, 2008 at 3:08 pm

     Latest figures from DemConWatch:

     Obama: 1,739.5 (needs 285 to clinch)

     Clinton: 1,608.5 (needs 416 to clinch)

     I’m not sure if that includes todays +6 for Obama or not. Best to assume it doesn’t.

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   Drew J Jones on May 5, 2008 at 2:17 pm

   Three add-ons allegedly coming in Illinois, I believe.  I think his total for the day is supposed to be +6 when all’s said and done, although it isn’t yet reflected in DemConWatch’s figures.

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   idredit on May 5, 2008 at 3:08 pm

   McClatchy:

   Obama says Wright might cost him Indiana

   MUNSTER, Ind. — Barack Obama is trying his best to put the controversy over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright behind him, but he’s girding for the chance that his best won’t be enough when Indiana Democrats vote on Tuesday.

   A survey out Friday found that the contest between Obama and Hillary Clinton is so close in the Hoosier state — and that concerns about Wright are so strong and widespread enough — that Wright just might cost Obama the primary.

   Just weeks ago Obama boasted that he could win Indiana and use the victory to nail down the Democratic presidential nomination. Then this week Wright publicly renewed his claims that the U.S. government spread AIDS in the black community and invited the 9/11 attacks; that reignited the firestorm that’s singing Obama, who’s called Wright his pastor and friend for 20 years.

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     RustyPipes on May 5, 2008 at 5:10 pm

     The McClatchy headline is a little misleading.  The article says that in response to reporters, Obama conceded that it might be a factor.  Then it quotes him as saying that nobody knows how this will play out.  Talk about grasping at straws.  The article also suggests that Obama’s 9.2% loss to Clinton in PA was influenced by Wright (rather than that Obama’s campaigning and volunteer action on the ground had reduced Clinton’s initial lead from 19% to single digits).

     The article ends with:

     In interviews across the state this week, many white voters turned off by Wright acknowledged that they probably would have voted for Clinton anyway.

     Joe Cass, 54, a truck driver attending a Studebaker owners’ rally in South Bend on Thursday, said that Obama’s breaking with his pastor just before an election seemed too convenient — and that Wright would haunt Obama all the way to November if he gets the nomination.

     “All Obama’s got to do is let his preacher keep talking — he’ll destroy him,” Cass said. His two buddies agreed.

     But when pressed, all three men said they’d been for Clinton from the start and thought her experience as former first lady put her over the top.

     There’s also little evidence that Obama supporters will abandon him because of Wright.

     Wright “means nothing to me,” said Pam Adkins, 57, also white, who tailed Obama’s motorcade for 35 miles for a chance to meet him.

     Several union members attending an Obama speech at the Munster Steel Company on Friday said they were still undecided between Obama and Clinton — and insisted that Wright won’t be a factor in their decision.