Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Superdelegate endorsements for Tuesday 5/20

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Obama leads in superdelegates so far today with 2.

Guam Representative Madeleine Bordallo has endorsed Obama Continue Reading...

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Senator Kennedy diagnosed with a brain tumor

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Our thoughts and prayers are with Senator Kennedy and his family.

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Obama clinches non-MI/FL pledged delegate majority (and most MI/FL scenarios also)

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Sen. Barack Obama tonight clinched a majority of the pledged delegates as currently defined, not counting Michigan and Florida. Under the current rules there are 3,253 pledged delegates, a majority is 1,627, and according to the DCW numbers, based on The Green Papers and estimates of tonight delegate allocations, Obama will have more than 1,627 delegates when the night is over.

Is this important? Officially, no, but symbolically, it could be in the minds of the only people that matter at this point, the remaining uncommitted superdelegates. A few of them, in our Pelosi Club, have explicitly said they would vote for the pledged delegate leader, and many others have hinted at it.. If they define the pledged delegate count as not including Michigan and Florida, we may see a large number of superdelegates endorse Obama in the next few days. Continue Reading...

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Kentucky and Oregon Primary Results

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Kentucky and Oregon hold their primaries today. A total of 103 delegates are up for grabs.

Polls opened in Kentucky at 6am EDT and close at 6pm in the Eastern and Central time zones.. There are a total of 51 pledged delegates which include 34 district, 11 at-large and 6 pledged PLEOs. Continue Reading...

Monday, May 19, 2008

Superdelegate endorsements for Monday May 19th

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Obama leads so far today with 5 superdelegates:

Washington State Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz endorsed Obama overnight: Continue Reading...

Monday, May 19, 2008

Sad news to report…

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Although not political I think it’s important to share.

Police say a trailer loaded with 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos has overturned, spilling the cookies still in their plastic sleeves into the median and roadway. Continue Reading...

Sunday, May 18, 2008

A South Carolina Edwards delegate speaks up

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From the comments, South Carolina Edwards pledged delegate Robert Groce clarifies his plans to vote for Obama:

I, Edwards delegate from South Carolina, am still attending the convention as an Edwards delegate. Continue Reading...

Sunday, May 18, 2008

The Real McCain

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While we’re all waiting to hear who the new add-on superdelegates are from California I want to share a video from BraveNew Films that nails John McCain using his own words.

As soon as we find out who the add-ons are we’ll let you know. Add-ons named… you can see who they are here Continue Reading...