NYT...Obama: more superdelegate endorsements & more money coming

[progressoid]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/us/politics/22cnd-campaign.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

More difficult would be amassing enough delegates to overcome Mr. Obama’s lead on that front — he now has about 150 more delegates over all. His advisers say that in the coming days, they also plan to roll out additional Obama endorsements from superdelegates, the party leaders and elected officials who have an automatic vote in deciding the nomination and the discretion to choose a candidate.

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A greater concern in the shorter term for Mrs. Clinton is fundraising: She raised $21 million in March, compared with Mr. Obama’s $42 million, and her campaign faces a cash squeeze as unpaid bills mount and she spends more money than she is taking in, according to new campaign finance filings.

Mrs. Clinton currently has $10.3 million in outstanding primary debts but only $9.5 million available to cover them, leaving an $800,000 shortfall at the end of March. In February, the Clinton campaign had unpaid bills of $8.7 million and $11.7 million in cash.

By comparison, Mr. Obama had $43 million in cash for the coming primaries and a campaign debt of less than $660,000 at the end of March. Mr. Obama is spending 75 cents for every dollar he is taking in; Mrs. Clinton is spending $1.10.

[Mme. Defarge]

1. Send in the cavalry! n/t

[Triana]

2. Obama knows how to handle a budget....

...we need a President who can do that. Hillary - well...

[KittyWampus]

3. It occurs to me Hillary's campaign is like Terri Schiavo. Essentially dead but hanging on due to

machines intervening and preventing a natural death.

Really, those who really care about the Democratic party would let this thing end.

Most of those who really want this to go on don't have the best interests of the Democrats at heart.

[Triana]

4. The "Terry Schiavo" campaign

Ha! Good analogy.

[Hardrada]

5. That's good!

[progressoid]

7. Tee hee hee!

[SaveAmerica]

10. Uh, oh, time to hitch him up, Bubba:

[aquart]

6. So big corporate media is still pushing for Obama?

What a surprise.

[FrenchieCat]

8. It would be a surprise, since we all know who the puppet moderators who

work for ABC, as well as those who work for CNN have been pimping; and it ain't Obama.

OBama is being pushed by the people only.

Clinton pushed by low information voters and the big corporations.

[progressoid]

15. I watched some of Nightline on ABC...

:puke: The first thing they said was that it was a HUGE win for Hillary but kept dancing around her lack of money, delegates, and her dropping poll numbers.

[Scurrilous]

9. K & R

:thumbsup:

[washingdem]

11. Hopefully a good number of superdelegates. I'd prefer a block of 20,30,50 than a slow trickle

[Zachstar]

13. Amen! If Clinton loses her Superdelegate lead before May 6th it would be GREAT!!

[Zachstar]

12. Looking forward to more supers endorsing!

[ORDem]

14. Makes perfect sense that the SDs would start coming over to Obama now, after PA.

He's got two big wins on the horizon in 2 weeks and the SDs can add to the momentum. After IN and NC Hillary's chances are so pathetic that even the MSM is going to really have to stretch to keep the perception of a horse race alive.

:dem:

[LTR]

16. Spending $1.10 for every $1? Sounds like GOP economic policy

I knew she was a closet Republican!!!