3/31/08

BREAKING NEWS: Obama camp picks 2 more confirmed supers & possibly 9 more!

The dripping faucet for the Clinton campaign is now becoming a full-fledged leaking faucet as Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), yes another woman politician, announced her public endorsement. It was earlier in March when she told the NY Times when referring to the Illinois senator's victory in Minnesota's caucuses last month:
"Barack's impressive showing in our state is attractive to me..."
Texas superdelegate Senfronia Thompson, the state representative from Houston, reported the Houston Chronicle originally pledged her support to Clinton, upon hearing from enough of her constituents she threw her support to Obama. Thompson says she will stay with Obama — unless her constituents feel strongly she should support Clinton.

"The people I represent may say we need to change our position again," Thompson said.

They also reported that superdelegate Al Edwards, stated he pledged his support to Obama over the weekend. But on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Obama campaign said they weren't counting on Edwards' support.

The Boston Globe and Wall Street Journal is reporting that Klobuchar joins eight other Minnesota superdelegates who are supporting Obama Reps. Jim Oberstar, Keith Ellison, Tim Walz, Betty McCollum and DNC members Mee Moua, Ken Foxworth, Brian Melendez and Donna Cassutt.
"One North Carolinian confirmed that at least several of the state's House members would go public in favor of Sen. Obama before long."
While MSNBC reports that the campaign has not confirmed it yet...
"North Carolina's seven Democratic House members are poised to endorse Sen. Obama as a group -- just one has so far -- before that state's May 6 primary, several Democrats say." But Obama spokesman Bill Burton tells First Read that there will be no endorsements from North Carolina congressmen coming today. "That did not come from our campaign, we have not confirmed that," Burton adds.
This puts the hard count on superdelegates at 214-to-246, and now 10 soft confirmations meaning that Obama is probably within 22 of Clinton---AND GAINING. In March (to date Obama picked up 27 superdelegate endorsements to Clinton's net 6 (she lost 2, possibly 3).

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