Another day, another superdelegate for Barack Obama. Later today, former DNC chairman Joe Andrew will announce he’s switching his allegiance from Hillary Clinton to Obama. In a letter explaining his decision, he said:
A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote to continue this process, and a vote to continue this process is a vote that [...]

It’s 3 to 2 in today’s superdelegate race, and so far the post-Pennsylvania count stands at 10 to 5, Obama’s pickups to Clinton’s pickups.
The first one for Obama today was Rep. Bruce Braley from Iowa, and we covered that earlier today.
The second was a Rep. Baron Hill from Indiana.
The third was Rep. Lois Capps from [...]

So it’s 8 to 4 post-Pennsylvania in Obama’s favor since he announced an additional superdelegate today.
From PennLive:
Hillary Rodham Clinton will pick up the support of another influential superdelegate this morning when Bill George declares his support for the senator from New York.
George, the president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, had been one of six remaining undeclared [...]

First, this nugget from The Caucus…
Since Mrs. Clinton’s win in the Pennsylvania primary, Mr. Obama has landed more superdelegates, 7 to 3.
So after these two superdelegates today, Obama will be leading Hillary 3-1 post-Pennsylvania.
Now, onto the first superdelegate of the day (via TPM)
The Obama campaign confirms that he will get the endorsement of Rep. Bruce [...]

And Clinton’s gains in Pennsylvania continue to dwindle.
First, a key endorsement from Kentucky congressman Ben Chandler…
Chandler will announce his support for Obama at a midday news conference in downtown Louisville. Chandler represents a central Kentucky district and carries one of the most famous names in Kentucky politics.
The endorsement means Obama will have the backing of [...]

Yet another story that proves Pennsylvania meant a lot to the media, but little to the math.
Charlie Cook breaks it down…
Almost half of the delegate advantage she netted against Obama in Pennsylvania was offset by losses of superdelegates the same week. Colby College political scientist and delegate selection expert Anthony Corrado estimates that Clinton [...]

And that means another superdelegate for Obama.
From NY Times:
Sen. Barack Obama officially pulled ahead today in the scramble for endorsements from colleagues in the U.S. Senate, thanks to Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico.
Never one of the Senate’s most high-profile members, Bingaman now has a claim to political fame: He put Obama over the top [...]

It’s not official yet, but this from the AP:
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A person close to North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley tells The Associated Press he will endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.
Easley is a Democratic superdelegate who has served as the state’s governor for two terms. His decision comes despite several recent polls showing [...]

Why should we trust somebody who has shifted her opinion so many times on what contests matters and what don’t?
Jon Stewart dives in…

That just gave me chills. Because it’s like watching George Bush explain the rationale for war. Seriously.
And the Clinton’s latest argument, that if the Democratic process were more like the Republicans then [...]

Come on people…at this point this is getting a little silly. I mean, the totals are much closer now, but what’s with all the different numbers?
All of these include superdelegate numbers:

ABC: Obama 1,721, Clinton 1,586
Leader: Obama +135
NBC: Obama 1,727, Clinton 1,594
Leader: Obama +133
CNN:Obama 1,719, Clinton 1,586
Leader: +133
CBS:Obama 1,715, Clinton 1,585
Leader: +130
AP: Obama 1,714, Clinton 1,589
Leader: [...]

Via TPM:
Another red state super-del comes out for Obama this afternoon, the campaign announces: Audra Ostergard, Associate Chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party.
This makes the tally for today Obama - 2, Hillary - 1. As stated before, she needs this to be the other way around.

From TPM:
Camp Hillary just announced the backing of super-del and Blue Dog dem John Tanner, a Congressman from Tennessee.
Like I said previously, she has to start beating the weekly superdelegate pickup totals of Obama if she wants to show the momentum she needs to take this thing all the way to the convention. And I [...]

Get ready for a lot of posts like this, because there really aren’t a ton of superdelegates left and this math matters now more than ever.
From NewsOK:
Gov. Brad Henry, who said earlier he would not endorse a Democratic presidential candidate until this summer’s national convention, announced this morning he is supporting Barack Obama.
The endorsement means [...]

Basically, it is ABSOLUTELY impossible for Obama to lose his lead in pledged delegates. Not only that, it looks impossible for him to dip much below a lead of 140 or so.
Chuck Todd has the numbers…

So what else is there? Superdelegates. And does anybody really think they’re going to break for Hillary enough to make [...]

Here’s some more fuel for the “Hillary can’t win” fire from Bloomberg:
April 21 (Bloomberg) — To overtake Barack Obama in the nationwide popular vote, Hillary Clinton needs a bigger win in tomorrow’s Pennsylvania primary than she has had in any major contest so far. And that’s just for starters.
After more than 40 Democratic primaries and [...]

Good news for the Clinton camp in the wake of the Reich and Nunn endorsements for Barack today.
From TPM:
After picking up the support of Ohio Rep. Betty Sutton today, Hillary adds two more super-dels, her campaign announces.
They are former New Jersey Governors Jim Florio and Brendan Byrne, who both threw their support to Hillary today [...]

I agree. It’s about time for these people to decide, and if that means more people go for Hillary, so be it.
From CNN:
(CNN)— An increasingly firm Howard Dean told CNN again Thursday that he needs superdelegates to say who they’re for – and “I need them to say who they’re for starting now.”
“We cannot give [...]

From North Carolina and Indiana no less.
From NY Times:
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 [...]

Polls suggest that the take from Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Indiana will basically result in a net tie in pledged delegates between the two candidates for those three states, so that leaves only the superdelegates to decide this thing.
Forbes does the remaining math…
Real Clear Politics does not have poll numbers for the remaining states, [...]

And in alphabetical order!
ABC: Obama 1,634, Clinton 1,498; (Obama +136)
AP: Obama 1,639, Clinton 1,503; (Obama +136)
CNN: Obama 1,629, Clinton 1,486; (Obama +143)
CBS: Obama 1,633, Clinton 1,494; (Obama +139)
NBC: Obama 1,641, Clinton 1,508; (Obama +133)
NY Times: Obama 1,631.5, Clinton 1,473.5; (Obama +158)
Wash Post: Obama 1639, Clinton 1503; (Obama +136)
So the average lead for Obama is 140.
And [...]