What's this about superdelegates?

Civil War Man · Post by **Civil War Man** » 2008-05-10 12:32pm

It would seem that Obama is close to overtaking Clinton on that count, or may even have already done so.

USA Today wrote:Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Friday afternoon seized the superdelegate lead from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), giving him command of every aspect of his party’s presidential nomination race.

That constitutes a key milestone in the race and a shocking reversal of fortune for Clinton.

Obama once was behind by more than 100 superdelegates. But according to at least two counts, more superdelegates are now in his camp. Politico’s tally now shows him ahead of her by 270 superdelegates to 268.5, with 208.5 uncommitted. (Superdelegates from U.S. territories count as one-half.) ABC News shows him ahead by two.

Clinton’s longtime connections to the Democratic machinery had given her a longtime lead among the superdelegates, the party officials who have a vote in the nomination and apparently will prove decisive in this race.

Other news organizations have similar counts, with CBS News placing him behind by one and the Associated Press saying he is behind by one-half. NBC News estimates that Clinton is clinging to a slim lead of five superdelegates.

With Rep Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) now calling him “the presumptive nominee,” Obama gained nine superdelegates on Friday.

Clinton gained one and lost one.

Civil War Man · Post by **Civil War Man** » 2008-05-10 12:33pm

Ghetto Edit: Sorry, the quote's from politico. I was linked FROM USAToday, and thus messed up the quote.

Psychic_Sandwich · Post by **Psychic_Sandwich** » 2008-05-10 12:41pm

This picture seems to fit perfectly with her situation.

Havok · Post by **Havok** » 2008-05-10 12:44pm

AOL News, (relax, I was just checking my e-mail) which I believe is from Rueters, had him at 269 to her 263 this morning and for the first time ahead in all four categories. Popular vote, States won, Pledged Delegates and now Super Delegates.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2008-05-10 12:53pm

Psychic_Sandwich wrote:This picture seems to fit perfectly with her situation.

How apropos. Hillary is starting to more and more resemble the Glenn Close character from Fatal Attraction.

Havok · Post by **Havok** » 2008-05-10 12:57pm

havokeff wrote:AOL News, (relax, I was just checking my e-mail) which I believe is from Rueters, had him at 269 to her 263 this morning and for the first time ahead in all four categories. Popular vote, States won, Pledged Delegates and now Super Delegates.

Oops. 266-263. Sorry.

Dracofrost · Post by **Dracofrost** » 2008-05-10 03:46pm

Well thank god. I was getting worried for a while there that all the shit slinging and sabotage might have actually given her a chance. Glad to see that's not the case.

Qwerty 42 · Post by **Qwerty 42** » 2008-05-10 10:32pm

The news will be all over this tomorrow, no doubt.

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2008-05-10 11:37pm

Not just yet, they will wait for a few more to declare then use it as the headline for the Monday issue once the weekend has finished up. That way they get a solid day of tlaking about this before spending all of Tuesday's paper talking about how WV can be a "game-changer" and Wednesday speculating about if Clinton's win was big enough for her to still have a chance.

Qwerty 42 · Post by **Qwerty 42** » 2008-05-11 12:21am

Patrick Degan wrote:
Psychic_Sandwich wrote:This picture seems to fit perfectly with her situation.
How apropos. Hillary is starting to more and more resemble the Glenn Close character from Fatal Attraction.

Obama's face might be the best one in that picture.

FSTargetDrone · Post by **FSTargetDrone** » 2008-05-11 01:05am

Qwerty 42 wrote:Obama's face might be the best one in that picture.

I like what seems to be Richardson's likeness down there on the left.

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2008-05-11 02:05am

What's really funny is that the google-ad on the bottom of this page is "Should Obama Quit?"