Breaking: Clinton picks up another superdelegate

[OzarkDem]

No doubt Obama supporters will spin this in a negative way, but she is gaining support.

Obama is NOT inevitable.

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=63646

[GarbagemanLB]

1. So that makes it what, only a net loss of 4 since super tuesday?

[redqueen]

61. Yup I think that's right...

[Tesha]

87. Did anyone actually expect any of the Ark SDs to suport Obama? Really?

text from the linked article:

Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has picked up another
uperdelegate in Arkansas who said he'll support the state's former
first lady.

Land Commissioner Mark Wilcox, who was selected last month as the
Arkansas Democratic Party's last remaining superdelegate to the
national convention, said Monday he's supporting the New York
senator.

Wilcox says the only way he'd change his mind is if Clinton
drops out of the race before the convention this summer.

Wilcox's support gives Clinton 11 of the state's 12 superdelegates,
members of Congress and other party leaders who are not selected
in primaries and caucuses. The superdelegates supporting Clinton
include Governor Beebe and Senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln.

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[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. This cancels out the 50+ SDs Obama got in the last few months.

[TheWraith]

52. Oh wait... it doesn't.

Ironic that the Clinton supporters are now the ones screaming "Not inevitable!" when they had exactly the opposite approach for a year, demanding that everybody kneel down and accept the candidate.

Then the voters weighed in. :)

[ShortnFiery]

3. Good for HRC.

Now HRC is only -4 (vice -5) Superdelegate net since Feb 4th. :shrug:

[Thrill]

4. LOL. Anyone surprised a SD from ARK would go to Clinton?

[JayFredMuggs]

58. I'm SHOCKED!

[AX10]

5. Thank you Mr. Wilcox!

Welcome aboard!

:party:

[stratomagi]

60. Welcome aboard indeed

I'm sure theres ample room on the life raft. :)

[MadBadger]

6. By gaining support, do you mean at a pace of -2 a month?

Congrats on her Arkansas Superdelegate.

[MannyGoldstein]

7. Just Curious - What Do You Think Her Odd Are? [nt]

[Liberal Veteran]

25. They have increased substantially from 3.232% to 3.2325%, she has Joementum!

:D

[NDambi]

41. Lmaoooooooooooo

[nxylas]

86. RCP has Intrade live quotes

At the time of writing, they give Obama's odds of becoming the Democratic nominee as 87% and Clinton's as 12.3%

[anonymous171]

8. lol

;) ;)

[Botany]

9. So that puts the latest superdelegate trend @

Obama +70

Clinton -1 (she was @ -2)

:rofl:

"Team Team ... We Got the Steam .... Go Hillary!"

:rofl:

[LittleClarkie]

10. Of course he isn't. But then, she wasn't either, as I heard over and over before the primaries

I guess that's what chaffs the average Hillary supporter's butt, that Obama got in the way of that which was supposed to be inevitable.

[TTUBatfan2008]

11. No one spins more...

than you on here, Ozark.

[Zhade]

75. Indeed, if by "spins" you mean "lies".

This is the same person who denied that clinton lied about Tuzla.

[Catherine Vincent]

12. You forgot to put "Breaking"

:)

[OzarkDem]

39. Thanks!

How's that? :hi:

[grantcart]

56. I actually did report it earlier with other delegate updates and also

advised Demconwatch so that their numbers could be adjusted.

[kwenu]

13. She has to win 2/3rds of the superdelegates and win by large margins in the remaining primaries.

in order to be the nominee. No spin is necessary. Come back to reality, friend. It ain't happening for Hillary.

[Liberal Veteran]

27. Don't forget that she has to lead the hobbits to Mt. Doom and defeat Voldemort....

:D

[kwenu]

47. Defeat Voldemort? But I thought she....? Nevermind.

[mucifer]

14. I like Obama but you guys don't need to be hostile.

[kwenu]

22. Hostile how??? We're just being truthful. It just feels hostile to Clinton supporters.

[mucifer]

38. I'm not a Clinton supporter and it seems hostile to me.

[kwenu]

44. I actually asked you to explain how but that's okay. Your opinion is duly noted.

[mckeown1128]

32. Please some of these Clinton supporters spent...

all of 2007 shoving polls and inevitability crap down out throats... how could some of us NOT be hostile?

[TAWS]

15. Obama gets a superdelegate a day, Hillary gets one every month

[Condem]

16. Hey, Ozark

Do you live in ArKansas?

[PresidentObama]

17. "picks up another" Since when is she "picking" up ANY superdelegates?

Wasn't she losing them?

[DJ13]

18. Conratulations. Arkansas, that must have been a tough one to get

:hi:

[City Lights]

19. Good for her. eom

[totodeinhere]

20. She still has a net loss of supers since February.

[Dinger]

21. Good To Hear

Thanks for posting:)

[hedgehog]

23. "and hurls him across the room"?

[TahitiNut]

24. Wow. What're the odds? It's pretty courageous for a ...

... white male in Arkansas to stand up for Senator Clinton. Sure is. Ubetcha. Yup.

[PseudoIntellect]

26. She's gaining support!! She is!!!

It's true.

But relative to Obama, her rate of SD trickling is very low.

[Jim Sagle]

28. We don't discuss such things on OU.

[Upton]

29. Why even post this?

It just reminds everybody of her net loss, of supers, since Super Tuesday.

[Liberal Veteran]

31. It's the primary version of winning a years supply of Rice a Roni as a consolation prize.

[Botany]

48. Better Rice a Roni than Condi Rice

[OzarkDem]

45. No, it counters the "inevitability meme"

Obama has "peaked".

[Upton]

49. By picking up the Ark. Land Commissioner?

I don't know what's more pathetic, this or the AOL poll thread.

[JayFredMuggs]

62. I think the two threads are TIED for stupid . eom

[redqueen]

63. It does counter her "inevitability meme" that she started last year...

quite nicely, huh?

[Zhade]

76. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

You wish!

[AtomicKitten]

30. So, that makes her -4 superdelegates since SuperTuesday; Obama +56.

[Upton]

33. Hey, but she's "gaining support"

at least the OP is good for a chuckle.

[City Lights]

37. And he's NOT inevitable!

Don't you forget it!

:rofl:

[JimGinPA]

34. Great Pickup For Her!

The Arkansas Land Commissioner!

The joke here is just too obvious, so I'll just leave it alone.

[CoffeeCat]

35. Ok, if ONE Superdelegate = "gaining support"...

...then Obama's onslaught of successive Superdelegates must mean he's
got an unparalleled, never-before-seen, titanic, mind-blowing avalanche
of undying, history-making support.

[bowens43]

36. Not inevitable? He's already won the nomination.

You hillary crusaders are fucking insane.

[davidinalameda]

40. that's not nice

you shouldn't compare those who are fucking insane to Hillbots

the hillbots are much worse

sorry-couldn't resist

[Hepburn]

42. Another???

:rofl:

As distinguished from the four she lost!?!?!?! Too fucking funny!

[Spider Jerusalem]

43. Gaining support in fucking ARKANSAS?

This is news how? And one additional superdelegate still puts her net gains at MINUS FOUR since Super Tuesday. The depth of support for her candidacy among superdelegates is ASTONISHING, let me tell you.

Reality has called; they say they'll let you come back any time you're ready.

[isuba]

46. Allsome!!111

At this pace she'll have the nomination sewn up by 2016.

[IDemo]

50. At this rate, she'll have it all locked up by June

of 2020

[GoldieAZ49]

51. August 2008

In Denver

be there!

[Zhade]

77. ...to witness clinton accept her loss!

Because she will have to do so.

[Hippo_Tron]

53. Yup, Hillary is gaining support, she has Joementum

[Window]

54. Good for Hillary.

But, Hillary was billed as the "inevitable" candidate, not Senator Obama. It's just here lately some supporters may get a little cocky because he is leading.

[Thepricebreaker]

55. Arkansas? WOW A SHOCKER!!!

[grantcart]

57. Today - Tuesday Clinton loses a Super Delegate

WASHINGTON (Map, News) - A D.C. Council member and unpledged Democratic delegate has withdrawn his prominent public support for Sen. Hillary Clinton, preferring instead to be listed as undecided in the race for the nomination.



http://www.examiner.com/a-1326716~D_C__councilman_no_longer_member_of_Clinton_camp.html

[JayFredMuggs]

59. I guess that "victory" of one ARK delegate was short-lived!

Oh Well,

Hillary can make up for it, I'm sure, with all the primaries she's leading in now... oh wait, she's not leading in all of them, but heck, she's a woman, she can do ANYTHING to win.

[stratomagi]

64. Maybe theres a maximum ceiling of superdelegates that can

stand her bullshit at any given time?!

[GarbagemanLB]

65. Guess that cancels out this whole thread. LOL. Sorry, Hillary, but you won't be closing that gap.

[Political Heretic]

69. LOL DOH.

:)

[City Lights]

70. Oopsie.

Clinton seems to be doing the one-step-forward-two-steps-backward dance. Paulette Reverse seems more fitting than Paulette Revere.

[Zhade]

78. LOL! Nice!

Such brief "momentum"!

[Tom Rinaldo]

84. That is a loss of a clear endorsement, not a pledged delegate

Just to be accurate, Clinton did not lose a listed SD vote:

"A D.C. Council member and UNPLEDGED Democratic delegate".

Certainly not positive news for Hillary, but this is about as unexpected to have a DC backer back off from her to nuetral as it is for an Arkansas SD to endorse her. Given the where they each reside and the politics at play in their home communities.

[rodeodance]

66. Thanks. Great to see this.

[grantcart]

71. You may have missed the update Today - Tuesday Clinton loses a Super Delegate

WASHINGTON (Map, News) - A D.C. Council member and unpledged Democratic delegate has withdrawn his prominent public support for Sen. Hillary Clinton, preferring instead to be listed as undecided in the race for the nomination.



http://www.examiner.com/a-1326716~D_C__councilman_no_longer_member_of_Clinton_camp.html

[rodeodance]

73. I saw it---that SD is now neutral. as he did not switch---just so you know.

[zulchzulu]

67. So it's Obama 55, Clinton -4 since Super Tuesday

Obama has gotten 55 SDs to Clinton's -5 until today.

:scared:

[Political Heretic]

68. Congratulations on your gain. Obama IS inevitable.

[Bullet1987]

72. Gaining support based on what exactly?

It's about time she got another SD endorsement...for a second I thought they ALL secretly favor Obama.

[BenDavid]

74. If I were a super delegate I would look and see what red states

in dumbfuckistan obama won and see if there is any conceivable way obama could win them in November. My answer at this moment is NO! No way that he will ever carry Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Miss. Alabama, Georgia,North and South Carolina.....and of course Texas.....but what about Ohio and Florida? At the moment obama would lose both states to mccain....on the other hand HRC would carry both Ohio and Florida, and all those red dumfuckistan states obama believes he can win, hrc would not even campaign there, for the simple damn reason, NO DEMOCRAT WILL CARRY THOSE STATES...So when HRC wins the nomination and begins her campaign, she will take those new england states that kerry and gore won and then proceed to new york, new jersey, pa. rhode island, deleware, and then over to west virginia(another state obama cannot carry) and then into Ohio and into Illinois and then come south to florida, and into Tenn, and over to arkansas, and then to New Mexico and then to Nevada and then to California and oregon and washington state. Even if she loses tenn and ark, she is still the president because she willl have won Flordia and ohio...even if she lost ohio and won florida she is still president, and if she won ohio and loses florida she still is president.....obama on the other hand will be like this if he is the nominee....oh about 8 23 pm on november 4th cnn, fox, msnbc will flash they have a projection for Pa. and then drum roll please and all will say they are projecting Pa. to go for McCain....Folks you can turn your tv off and the tivo and go to bed the republicans keep the white house.....and the reason.....

the dems decided to go with the one trick pony and not the seasoned candidate. IF Obama is unelectable because of Wright,should we just eat that and lose again? That is what you obama folks would have us do if hrc is not the nominee. How can you ask hrc supporters to support a man that for 20 years sat in a church where the pastor preached anti white, anti jew and anti israel sermons and expect us to forgive and forget....I guess I am not that big a person.....

[Zhade]

79. Keep dreaming, she's not going to be the nom.

NT!

[grantcart]

83. Really

Lets just deal with the first state you mention, Montana. It has a Democrat Governor and 2 Democrat Senators but you are sure it cannot be won in the GE. Your logic starts at ground level and goes below sea level.

The plain fact is that Senator Clinton is disliked.

In three months Clinton has gained 3 points and Obama has gained 14. Her high negatives guaranteed that she would have a low ceiling from the begining.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

80. if that's present tense, shouldn't it be "a single delegate," not "another delegate"?

it's not like it's a trend.

[krawhitham]

81. She picked up a SD from Arkansas, SHOCKER

Good for her, but way was that SD not in the bag months ago

[DefenseLawyer]

82. I wonder if Roger Clinton is a superdelegate from Arkansas?

What ever happened to Roger? I always kinda liked him.

[lojasmo]

85. How'd that work out for you Ozark?

Still Obama +55
Still Clinton -4

D'OH!

[shaniqua6392]

88. Congratulations to Senator Clinton.

She does have many admirers. Sometimes when I look on GD-P it is easy to forget that she has millions of supporters. I am really proud of her. She is a fighter.