3 More Superdelegates For Obama
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Indiana, North Carolina, Super Delegates!!!
From North Carolina and Indiana no less.
Barack Obama rolled out three more superdelegate endorsements Wednesday, all of them coming from North Carolina and Indiana, which hold their Democratic primaries May 6.North Carolina Representatives Mel Watt of Charlotte and David Price of Chapel Hill announced their support for Mr. Obama on a conference call with reporters.
“Only one candidate has marshaled this spirit of change into a movement that is completely inclusive, uniquely democratic and uniquely American,” said Mr. Watt, according to The Charlotte Observer. “That candidate is Barack Obama.”
Good news for him right before a debate where undecided superdelegates will be asking the questions.
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April 17th, 2008 at 6:29 am
As an outside observer (I am Canadian), I find your election process to be perplexing yet fascinating at the same time. I wish someone would provide a way of seeing where these super delegates are putting their support and when. It would be interesting to see if a pattern of support is emerging for either candidate. I also find it curious that everyone seems to have a different total for the delegate counts.
April 17th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Mark,
You should not assume that those of us south of the border are any less perplexed. Many of us have learned more this year about the Democratic Party nomination process than we ever wanted to know. To some degree, there is less than meets the eye with these Superdelegate announcements. There are no rules committing them. They can change their mind as often as they like up to the nomination. Obama has been very effective in managing these announcements to try and create a PR impression of momentum and inevitability. Of course that rings false if Clinton takes PA and IN and the popular vote differential continues to narrow, with Clinton surpassing Obama after Puerto Rico in June. All of which I expect to happen.
The thing to look for, is when the first Superdelegate announced for Obama changes his/her mind and announces for Clinton. The end is nigh for the Obama campaign when that starts.