***SUPERDELEGATE UPDATE - (Campaign Neutral)***2/28

[grantcart]

Recent Changes

Thursday
For Obama

Rep Barrow (GA)http://www.examiner.com/a-1247794~Georgia_Congressman_John_Barrow_endorses_Obama.html

Wednesday

For Clinton

DNC Mehiel and Tokas (NY)http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/278973.html

For Obama

Sen Dorgan (ND)http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-5dmOWQP8Y8LtLPAm46_Syq6upgD8V2QFCO0
Sen Lewis (GA)http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/02/27/Lewis_0228_web.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab
DNC Stevens (ME)http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGgx9m

Changed from Clinton to Obama
DNC Thompson(TX)http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5576891.html

Monday/Tuesday

For Obama
DNC Mallory (OH)http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/2008/02/obama-...
SEN Dodd (CT)http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gpX0l1Q8Tuizuh_axZJM...
sSEN Strauss and Brown http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgraham...
DNC Powell (IL)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elaine-hopkins/il-superdelegate-predicts_b_88607.html


Friday
For Obama
DNC Nardi (Ohio)http://www.buckeyestateblog.com/ohio_superdelegate_sonn...
SEN Feingold (WI)http://www.madison.com/tct/news/273831
DNC Borde (DA)http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Foreign...
DNC Lynch (PA)http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/teens...

For Clinton
DNC Biofore (WV)http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Superdelegates.ht...




Source http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-l ...


Total Delegates Pledged . . . . . Super . . . . Total

Clinton , , , , , 1033 . . . . . 239 . . . . 1272
Obama . . . . . 1188 . . . . . 185 . . . . .1373


By the way AP shows it as Obama 182/Clinton 241
needed 2024.5

Superdelegates from American Abroad 22 for 11 seats so each delegate is .5 (not quite super!)





List of superdelegates here http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-l ...

Breakdown of "Automatic Delegates" Govenors/Senators/Congressperson


. . . . . . Govenor . . . . Senator . . . Congressperson. . . . Total

Obama . . . . . .11 . . . . . 14 . . . . . . 69 . . . . . . . .94

Clinton. . . . . .10 . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . 72 . . . . . . . .94


Names can be found in above link with links to the original source of the delegate

From now on I will add the changes in a daily update downthread and reissue thread when it makes sense

All credit to Democratic Convention Watch

[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. HAHAHA "CAMPAIGN NEUTRAL"

[Nederland]

3. Facts are facts

If you don't like them that's not the fault of those that present them.

[grantcart]

4. meaning just statistical information and known facts and no commentary

do you have any factual corrections that can be added?

[rox63]

5. Are you saying that facts have a bias?

:shrug:

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. facts are usually most biased against the people yelling the loudest

[iconoclastic cat]

8. Who said that? nt

[THUNDER HANDS]

16. me

feel free to put that on a t-shirt if you'd like. ;)

[iconoclastic cat]

22. Well, being that you're the graphic/web/multimedia designer,

shouldn't you hit Cafepress with that one?

[THUNDER HANDS]

23. I'm the court reporter

I couldn't do graphics outside of crude MS Paint stuff.

[iconoclastic cat]

25. Really? I thought you did graphics. Sorry! nt

[mythyc]

18. great quote magic rat! n/t

[Yael]

9. Yes. Facts are biased and math is sexist.

Or so I keep being told.

[TheDoorbellRang]

14. Yes. They have a well known liberal bias

(channelling my inner Colbert) :)

[mythyc]

19. i go with my gut! n/t

[grantcart]

21. no one asks but I will provide the explanation just in case someone is curious

In order to get as many Democrats living abroad involved the party has decided to allocate the 11 delegate seats to 22 delegates that are selected in primaries mostly in Europe and Asia

[Orsino]

39. The wind is definitely blowing Obama's way.

The next round of primaries may end one campaign or the other.

[Greyskye]

10. I agree.

Truthiness trumps facts every day of the week! (All three!)

[grantcart]

13. yeah for FACTSINESS

[TexasObserver]

2. k&r

[mohc]

7. With the change of Ken Curtis from ME to FL

One less superdelegate is available, bringing the count to 794, and 4047 pledged and unpledged delegates. The new "needed to win" number is 2024, down ½ a delegate.

[grantcart]

11. That is correct thus eliminating the whimisically interesting possibility

of a Super Delegate from Democrats Abroad (the only 1/2 delegates) providing a decisive vote to put a candidate over the top

[mohc]

12. Well

It does eliminates the possibility of a tie breaking DA Superdelegate where the campaigns were both at 2024 waiting on the final vote. But one candidate could still end up with 2023.5 delegates with a DA Superdelegate yet to vote and they could put that candidate over the top. But with Edwards having a handful of delegates these tie breaking scenarios are not very realistic anyway.

[grantcart]

17. having lived abroad for 20 years I would love to see a DA get it.

[mythyc]

20. o my god that's hilarious

can you imagine?!

[grantcart]

26. well how about a super delegate from DA that was

a conjoined twin from Thailand? lol

[emilyg]

15. TY

[grantcart]

24. ty for yr comment

[grantcart]

27. Adding DNC Jeffers Obama and Gill-Pratt (LA) to Clinton

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/politics/15728047.html?index=1&c=y

[Scurrilous]

28. K & R

:thumbsup:

[bigbrother05]

29. K and r

[grantcart]

30. DNC Melendez and Cassutt (MN) for Obama

Obama picks up two more superdelegates in Minnesota
by: Joe Bodell
Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 07:30:00 AM CST

DFL Chairman Brian Melendez and Associate Chair Donna Cassutt have announced their support for Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential nomination race.
http://www.mncampaignreport.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1138


And there was a very interesting comment about their own roles that they included in their announcement
http://www.mncampaignreport.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1138

[ORDem]

31. Can't hardly wait until the Y-axis starts with ZERO. n/t

:dem:
:woohoo:

[grantcart]

36. at the current rate mar 5th lol

[meow mix]

32. watch hill drop the second they are even... lolz

how gracious will that be? guess itll be clear what she thinks of voters.

[grantcart]

37. drip drip drip swoosh Mar 4

[grantcart]

38. DNC Yvonne Davis (TX) for Obama

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/29/115239/277/516/466289

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

33. and now Clinton isn't so happy with Super Delegates

:shrug:

[grantcart]

34. Renee Pfenning (ND) for Obama

http://www.kxmc.com/News/214153.asp

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) North Dakota's Democratic national committeewoman is endorsing Barack Obama for president.

Renee Pfenning's choice means that six of North Dakota's seven Democratic superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention are backing Obama. The seventh is state party chairman David Strauss, and he has said he's staying uncommitted.

[hogwyld]

35. But superdelegates won't count n/t

[grantcart]

40. Sen Rockefeller (WV) for Obama

msnbc first reported by hnmnf

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4822186&mesg_id=4822186

[NJSecularist]

41. It's a 49 delegate difference now, no?

[grantcart]

42. correct but I also like to point out that he is ahead in Gov/Sen/Cong

and only lagging behind in DNC - and he is picking those up every day



His total lead is now 103

[hogwyld]

43. According to MSNBC

It's down to 46.

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
Sen. Jay Rockefeller has thrown his support behind Obama. Rockefeller is the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

SUPERDELEGATE COUNT (as of 3:40 pm ET, Feb. 29)
Clinton 254
Obama 208

NOTE: Obama has picked up 38 delegates since Super Tuesday, Feb. 5. Clinton has lost a net of 6.

Super delegate numbers reflect totals gathered by the NBC News Political Unit from the campaigns and public endorsements.

The NBC News Hard Count stands at Obama leading Clinton 1,194-1,037.

GRAND TOTAL
Obama 1,402
Clinton 1,291

[NJSecularist]

44. Nice!

Seriously, I think he could be down by 30 by the middle of next week at this pace..

[hogwyld]

45. Depending on the outcomes next Tuesday

We could see a whole lot of people jumping onto the Obamawagon, and off the sinking HMS Hilltanic.