No 'if's" about it .... "If Obama notches a few more victories, it could become a stampede."

[kevinmc]

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Barack Obama is gaining steadily on Hillary Clinton among Democratic superdelegates, nearly erasing her last advantage in a presidential race where those party insiders could be the ultimate kingmakers.

In a danger sign for Clinton, Obama over the past few months has sharply cut her lead among superdelegates -- nearly 800 elected officials and party leaders free to back any candidate.

"Obama has won more delegates, he's won more votes, he's raised more money, and now you see it happening with superdelegates too," said Simon Rosenberg, head of the Democratic advocacy group NDN.

Neither Obama nor Clinton is likely to win enough pledged delegates in state contests to clinch the hard-fought battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, leaving superdelegates to decide the race. The Democratic nominee will face Republican John McCain in the November election.

Despite heavy courting by Clinton, most of the superdelegates who made up their minds since January backed Obama. Clinton's superdelegate lead dwindled to about 30 from 100 in that time.

A count by MSNBC gives Clinton 256 superdelegates to Obama's 225. Obama, an Illinois senator, has gained steam in the past month, winning more than two dozen new commitments, compared with a handful for Clinton, a New York senator.

"It has been a drip, drip, drip toward Obama," said Steven Schier, a political analyst at Carleton College in Minnesota.

"Superdelegates can see Obama's advantages growing, and it's pretty clear it's going to be very hard for Clinton to catch him," he said. "If Obama notches a few more victories, it could become a stampede.".......



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[TheDonkey]

1. Obama needs to wrap this thing up. FULL SPEED AHEAD

let's get this done.

[SunsetDreams]

2. Go Obama!!! K&R

[Major Hogwash]

3. If they have a debate next week, Hillary is going to get her assed kicked clear back to New York!

Because there is no way that she can laugh off all of the absolute bullshit that she has spewed for the last 6 weeks.

"Ducking sniper fire", "throwing bookbags", her husband being paid almost a million dollars to promote a policy Hillary is supposedly for, NAFTA, her vote on the Iraq War, Mark Penn, etc.

She has so much baggage, she's going to have to get porters to help her carry it all!!

She's done.

[Adelante]

4. The debate is about faith

I doubt any of that will come up.