Obama Cuts Into Clinton's Delegate Lead Among Elected Officials

[book_worm]

Barack Obama has pulled almost even with Hillary Clinton in endorsements from top elected officials and has cut into her lead among the other superdelegates she's relying on to win the Democratic presidential nomination.

Among the 313 of 796 superdelegates who are members of Congress or governors, Clinton has commitments from 103 and Obama is backed by 96, according to lists supplied by the campaigns. Fifty-three of Obama's endorsements have come since he won the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, compared with 12 who have aligned with Clinton since then.

``That's not glacial, that is a remarkable momentum,'' Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, a superdelegate and Obama supporter, said in an interview. ``I don't think there is anything that will slow that down
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[karynnj]

1. Nice article - the trend in superdelegates is not in her favor

It's kind of hard to see her getting the disproportionate number needed to win.

[book_worm]

2. what is most telling is the numbers since Iowa with O picking up 53 and C 12

[thereismore]

3. What's even more telling is that he leads 9:1 in supers after TX/OH. Momentum? nt

[thereismore]

4. Coattails in Nebraska - electors are awarded by district, not winner-take-all.

Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska said Obama, unlike Clinton, stands a chance of winning at least part of his state, which has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1964 and is one of two states that award some presidential electoral votes by congressional district rather than winner-take-all.