The first is New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin:
“Since the immediate days following the storm, I have been traveling to our nation’s capitol to advocate for policies that aid our rebuilding effort,” Nagin said in a statement released by the Obama campaign. “I know first hand, we desperately need the leadership of someone committed to changing [...]

That’s +4 for the day for Obama since Hillary hasn’t picked up any.
First, senator Daniel Akaka endorses, making 19 senators for Obama…
“I’ve followed the campaign for president closely … to see which candidate would articulate a vision for our country, encourage hope and renew faith in our government, and stand to rigors of a nationwide [...]

R. Keith Roark, the Idaho Democratic Party chairman, had this to say about his endorsement…
“After several months of careful consideration, I am announcing today that I will cast my vote this August at the Democratic National Convention for the next President of the United States, Senator Barack Obama. I have evaluated the two remaining candidates [...]

Representative Tom Allen had this to say about his endorsement…
“It is time to bring a graceful end to the primary campaign,” Allen said in a statement. “We now need to unify the Democratic Party and focus on electing Sen. Obama and a working majority in the United States Senate.”
Agreed.
By the way, looks like an Idaho [...]

This time it’s Crystal Strait…
Strait, 28 years of age, the immediate past President of the California Young Democrats, and a member of the Democratic National Committee representing Young Democrats of America, is a powerful boost for Obama. She had been cited as an undecided delegate in an article as late as one appearing in [...]

2008 Democratic Convention Watch puts together these graphs to shows you how far the two have come.

Just 9 days until May 20th. Will Hillary do the smart thing and bow out gracefully or will she continue to claim the impossible?

Rough day for Clinton on Saturday and now Obama leads her in superdelegates support for the first time by my count. And MSNBC’s. And AP’s.
It. Is. Over.
First, Obama added Carol Burke and Kevin Rodriguez switched. Both were from the Virgin Islands. Next, Ohio gave Obama Dave Regan, an add-on super.
The only elected superdelegate pickup [...]

Now he’s just .5 delegates away from tying Hillary.
From 2008 Democratic Convention Watch:
Utah selected it’s add-on superdelegate last night: Kristi Cumming. We know that Utah Chairman Wayne Holland, an Obama supporter, had previously announced that the add-on would be an Obama supporter, and we have received confirmation from the Utah Democratic Party that Cumming will [...]

She lost 1 to Obama and picked up 2 undecideds, so that’s +1 for today.
So who was the super? Rep. Ciro Rodriguez from Texas:
“A big reason is because his district voted so overwhelmingly for her, that’s one of the biggest reasons,” said Rodriguez’ spokesman Josh Rosenblum.
Rodriguez said in a statement issued by the Clinton campaign [...]

This time it’s Vernon Watkins of Cali…
“The election is over, everybody knows that. Obama has won,” said Vernon Watkins, one of the two Californians.
Also, Joe Johnson of Virginia has apparently endorsed, but there are scant details about this anywhere.
Post-Pennsylvania delegate pickups:
Obama - 40
Clinton - 12.5
Total superdelegates:
Clinton - 273.5
Obama - 269
However, the AP reports that [...]

That’s +7 for the day. Are the floodgates about to open?
From RCP:
[...] the Obama campaign has won the endorsements of Hawaii Rep. Mazie Hirono and Laurie Weahkee, a New Mexico superdelegate and lead organizer for the Native American Voters Alliance.
Also, Wilber Lee Jeffcoat…
Jeffcoat, a retired trucking supervisor and member of the S.C. Democratic Party executive [...]

So he’s +4 for the day against Hillary who gained one and lost one.
From MSNBC:
The Obama campaign announced that California DNC Member Ed Espinoza has endorsed the Illinois senator as well today.
The NBC delegate counts:
PLEDGED: Obama 1,590, Clinton 1,426
SUPERS: Clinton 273.5, Obama 266
TOTAL: Obama 1,856, Clinton 1,699.5.
* There are 255.5 undeclared superdelegates (about 50 of [...]

They say Obama has 267 and Clinton has 265.
See, this is the problem with the DNC not having an official tally, because all of these news organizations have different counts.
Here’s their reasoning…
Every news organization’s superdelegate count is a little different because it is an imperfect science. Since October 2007, the Political Unit has continuously reached [...]

Wow, lots of news today. This one happened as I was writing the previous superdelegate pickup posts.
John Gage, the President of the American Federation of Government Employees, just endorsed him…
“Our people, I think, recognize the enthusiasm and vitality behind Senator Obama’s campaign,” AFGE President John Gage said.
Gage, a previously uncommitted superdelegate to the Democratic National [...]

No sooner do I write the post about Hillary below then I see another pickup for Obama.
I mentioned in the previous post that somebody defected to him today, and he added Rep. Peter DeFazio from Oregon, which is an important pickup before that state’s primary…
DeFazio told the Oregonian Thursday evening that Obama, who will begin [...]

This is almost the exact same post I wrote a couple days ago, and so far she’s simply running in place, unable to add any to her total.
First, she lost Rep. Donald Payne from New Jersey with the congressman citing the reason as trying to pull the party together…
“After careful consideration, I have reached the [...]

First it was Rep. Brad Miller from North Carolina and now Rep. Rick Larsen from Washington.
The Hill has the details…
Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) surprise visit Thursday to the House floor has already paid dividends in the form of a superdelegate endorsement.
Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) announced, after meeting with Obama at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee [...]

On February 22nd, Hillary Clinton said the following in an interview with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America:

So why was it the right number then, but it’s phony now?
Folks, this is about fairness, and you can’t move the finish line 3/4 of the way through the race and expect nobody to cry foul. You can [...]

Rep. Brad Miller has agreed to back the Illinois Senator…
Miller made his decision after meeting with Obama in Washington today.
“Senator Obama understands that he has the chance not just to win the election this year, but to be a great president,” Miller wrote in his announcement.

So that means Obama leads in post Pennsylvania pickups [...]