MSNBC: 4 Edwards delegates pledge to Obama!

[HootieMcBoob]

Did anyone else see this? On MSNBC I just heard that "Barack Obama picks up support of four of John Edwards Delegates" That's 4 since the Edwards endorsement last night. They didn't say who they were but said that they would keep us posted.

[book_worm]

1. Excellent! Keep 'em coming.

[julialnyc]

2. Woo Hoo!! Is that 5 delegates today?

[HootieMcBoob]

5. I think so

I don't think McDermott is one of them so that would be 5 so far.

[dchill]

3. I step out for FIVE MINUTES and...

miss the best news of the day! Now they're talking about Tonya Harding. (The REAL one.)

[havocmom]

7. The day is young. The news is bound to get better & better

[HootieMcBoob]

8. I had to listen again on my DVR to make sure I heard it right

and sure enough it was reported exactly as I posted it. The quoted part in my post was the text on the screen as it was being announced as "breaking news"

[dchill]

13. They are now saying four Edwards delegates plus...

Congressman James McDermott. Gobama!

[cliffordu]

12. I saw that - I was ROFL....

[dchill]

16. Tragically, ironically FUNNY!

Tonya - meet Tonya!

[dkf]

4. Wow. I guess that Edwards endorsement really was a big deal.

Thank you John Edwards!

[Eurobabe]

6. Hot Diggity, smart people!

GO BAMA!!

[cali]

9. That makes 5 new delegates for Obama today

Rep McDermott and these 4. Only 131 to go. By next Wednesday, there'll be less than 60 to go. Obama's closing in on 2025 rapidly.

[MadBadger]

10. Are they updating Obama's delegate count like these were supers?

[HootieMcBoob]

11. Here's the NY Times on this

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/4-edwards-delegates-throw-support-to-obama/

[Renew Deal]

17. That's from January. Right before the NY primary.

I don't think that's relevant now.

[HootieMcBoob]

19. Whoops

you're right. those are four other ones I guess. The AP article is the one to look at.

[Ichingcarpenter]

14. I have the AP news link:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama collected the support of four of John Edwards' Democratic National Convention delegates on Thursday, then gained the backing of a West Coast congressman and a large labor union as he marched steadily toward the party's presidential nomination.

The fresh support brought Obama's overall delegate total to 1,892, compared to 1718 for his rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton. It takes 2,026 to clinch the nomination at the party convention in Denver this summer.

Edwards, who bestowed his long-sought endorsement on Obama on Wednesday, won 19 delegates before departing the presidential race in January.

Within hours, Obama picked up the backing of three of them from South Carolina and one in New Hampshire.

In addition, Rep. James McDermott, a superdelegate, endorsed Obama. "I believe now is the time to unite behind Barack Obama so we can be in the strongest place possible to win in November," he said.

Edwards also had been backed by the United Steelworkers Union, which announced it would now support Obama. The union has 600,000 active members.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iJhSowPhssEAjdaqWDYv-cK6erJgD90M60SO0

[cali]

18. I'd love to see him break 1900 today

and I'd love to see him pick up another 15 or so SDs before next Tuesday. We're so close now.

[last1standing]

15. The good people from the state of Edwards have spoken.

Obama WILL be the Democratic nominee!

[BlooInBloo]

20. Because it's never Clinton's fault. It's always somebody else's.

[NatBurner]

21. cnn says six

Edwards delegates in South Carolina move to Obama

(CNN) – At least six of John Edwards’ eight pledged delegates in South Carolina will throw their support to Barack Obama following Edwards’ endorsement of the Democratic frontrunner on Wednesday, CNN has learned.

Daniel Boan, Christine Brennan-Bond, Robert Groce, Susan Smith, Mike Evatt and Lauren Bilton — all elected as pledged delegates for Edwards following his third place finish in the South Carolina primary on January 29 — announced Thursday they will follow Edwards’ lead and pledge their support to Obama at the Democratic National Convention in August.

John Moylan, the Columbia attorney who directed Edwards’ campaign in the state and is now serving as an alternate delegate for Edwards, appeared on CNN’s “American Morning” Thursday. He stated his support for Obama and hinted that more members of the Edwards delegation would soon follow.

“I didn't reach all eight of them, but I can tell you that at least six of the eight are prepared to endorse Senator Obama,” Moylan said.

[HootieMcBoob]

22. Great!

The more the merrier right :)

[Scurrilous]

23. K & R

:thumbsup: