AP Survey: Superdelegates Jump to Obama

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 22, 2008

Filed at 2:52 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Democratic superdelegates are starting to follow the voters -- straight to Barack Obama.

In just the past two weeks, more than two dozen of them have climbed aboard his presidential campaign, according to a survey by The Associated Press. At the same time, Hillary Rodham Clinton's are beginning to jump ship, abandoning her for Obama or deciding they now are undecided.

The result: He's narrowing her once-commanding lead among these ''superdelegates,'' the Democratic office holders and party officials who automatically attend the national convention and can vote for whomever they choose.

As Obama has reeled off 11 straight primary victories, some of the superdelegates are having second -- or third -- thoughts about their public commitments.

Take John Perez, a Californian who first endorsed John Edwards and then backed Clinton. Now, he says, he is undecided.

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