The Obama campaign announced its second superdelegate ironically another from a "Red State" Audra Ostergard, (DNC-NE) Associate Chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party.
Furthermore if any of you are reading this please email me or comment here on the rising prospects of the "arranged marriage" by Democratic leaders of an Obama-Clinton ticket? To me it is obvious political necessity in that the great divide by the bitter nomination process would need a game-changing and almost forced unification effort. It would mirror many successful political marriages; Bill Clinton- Al Gore in 1992, Ronald Reagan-Bush I marriage in 1980, John Kennedy-Lyndon Johnson in 1960, William McKinley-Theodore Roosevelt in 1900. All proved politically successful in gaining the White House although coincidentally three resulted in assassinations attempts and two were successful.
Also an important movement from the Edwards campaign the Obama campaign announced the the support of Ed Turlington, the former national general chairman of John Edwards' campaign, a huge North Carolina Democratic activist.
The calm before the storm is now facing the Clinton campaign with their finances. TPM reports that Mark Penn is owed $4.6M, MSHC Partners (a mail order outfit) is owed over $1M, over $525,000 to Mandy Grunwald's consulting firm and finally
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