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The Super Battle Continues
The super delegate continues to evolve today with Marc Ambinder reporting that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) has picked up the endorsement of Luisette Cabanas, a Puerto Rican superdelegate. Evidently Chelsea Clinton went all the way to Puerto Rico to get it!
Meanwhile, Rep. Lois More…
Indiana Super Goes for Obama
Greg Sargent at TPM reports that Indiana Congressman and superdelegate Baron Hill is going to endorse Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) Hill is Obama’s second superdelegate pick up today.
Hill could be as critical to Obama as North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley’s More…
Clinton Hits Back With Her Own Superdelegate
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) fired back with a superdelegate of her own this morning, gaining the backing of Pennsylvania AFL-CIO president Bill George.
George, per the release:
‘Hillary Clinton has the strength and experience to jumpstart the economy
Ok, Maybe Superdelegates Aren’t Worried About Wright
Just when I thought the Wright controversy was affecting superdelegates thoughts on Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), I find out that Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) plans to endorse Obama today.
By MSNBC’s tally, Obama now has 245 superdelegates and Clinton has 266. MSNBC also More…
Superdelegate Chimes in on Wright
In the New York Times write up of Obama’s denouncing of Rev. Jeremiah Wright yesterday, a telling quote from an uncommitted superdelegate surfaces in the second half of the story:
Bob Mulholland, a superdelegate from California, said the difficulties Mr. Obama had experienced
Obama ‘Unequivocally’ Denounces Wright
In his strongest terms yet, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) rejected his pastor of 20 years at a press conference in North Carolina this afternoon. Obama called Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s remarks at the National Press Club yesterday a "performance" that angered him.
"I want to make absolutely clear More…
Wright Fallout, Contd.
A day after all things Wright on the campaign trail, New York Times TV reporter Alessandra Stanley writes a bruising front-page review of Wright’s performance at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. yesterday. Here are the highlights:
Viewers who had seen the Chicago
Clinton Strikes Back With Easley
North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton this morning. This brings the the superdelegate tally to 265 for Clinton and 242 for Obama, by MSNBC’s count. (288 supers are uncommitted).
Per the release:
I am supporting Hillary
Obama Picks Up Bingaman
New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman endorsed Sen. Barack Obama today, bringing Obama’s superdelegate count to 242 to Clinton’s 264. (289 are still uncommitted.) Bingaman has served in the Senate for 26 years and is the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Axelrod Testy Over Wright Comments
As MSNBC was waiting to broadcast Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s remarks at the National Press Club in Washington this morning, things got a bit testy between the show’s co-host Mika Brzezinski and Obama chief strategist David Axelrod. Axelrod repeatedly emphasized that Wright does not More…
