Shouldn't we be using Obama's website for our delegate countdown?

[Roxy66]

His number is 31.5.

http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

[Nite Owl]

1. MSNBC

has it at 29. I like their number better!

[Roxy66]

5. Why would theirs be lower....I think the "horses mouth" is more accurate. Don't you?

[VolcanoJen]

8. Chuck Todd just explained in great detail why their count is slightly different from others.

I don't remember it to-the-letter, but he said his political team made a decision a long time ago to count delegates who informed the media of their decision, but had not yet formally announced.

I think MSNBC is only about 1.5 lower than Obama's site.

[NightWatcher]

2. I'm curious to see how many come out before and after the polls close

I think he'll get the magic number tonight

[mohc]

3. Its usually best to use an independent source

I think many here on DU and elsewhere have decided that DCW/The Green Papers are the most reliable sources for superdelegate/pledged delegate info respectively. Each source uses the other for info they are not the primary source for. DCW updates closer to real time, so for me that is the countdown number I will watch.

32.5 to go.

[Oregone]

4. Thats just Barackaganda

:)

[VolcanoJen]

6. I've been trying to refresh, and it's all locked up....

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hqblog

They must be adding delegates too quick to count. :-)

[bridgit]

7. I'm sure that would be Axelrod's preference for you, yes

[bain_sidhe]

9. his website crashes my browser

every time. I use Opera, which I realize isn't one of the top browsers, but it has a dedicated user base because it's better for certian people than anything else out there.

I do have firefox on my 'puter, and will occasionally, grudingly, fire it up for sites I absolutely have to go to that don't play well with Opera, but mostly, I just avoid sites like that.

[csziggy]

10. MSNBC is predicting a block of SDs will come out for Obama

After the polls close tonight. Earlier they were saying that there was a block of SDs that are elected Democrats that were waiting until the last primaries finished to declare - the numbers they were throwing around were more than Obama needed at that point and that they did not include the 10 or so that had already declared by then.

[LTR]

11. I've been referring to DemConWatch

These guys are thorough.

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/