From NBC's Chuck Todd
Buzz on the Capitol Hill suggests that has many as 34 of the undeclared superdelegates residing in the House will endorse Obama by Wednesday. As many as 18 of these 34 -- many of them elected to Congress in the last four years -- will come out for Obama tomorrow so he can edge closer to his magic number before the vote counting ends in South Dakota and Montana. The biggest Obama get in the House to date will come tomorrow when House Dem Caucus Chairman Jim Clyburn officially declares.
[MORE BREAKING] CO's Sen. Ken Salazar is reported from WaPo to have called a meeting with Iowa's Sen Harkin, of the 15 of the uncommitted U.S. Senators meeting at the Democratic National HQ's.
The remaining Democratic senators who have yet to pick a side in the party's presidential nomination fight will meet this afternoon at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's headquarters on Capitol Hill to plot strategy for the coming days, according to Democratic sources.
The gathering was put together by Sens. Ken Salazar (Colo.) and Tom Harkin (Iowa), neither of whom has publicly endorsed a candidate. Roughly a dozen other Democratic Senators are also in that category, plus Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.), who is avowedly neutral but has been in discussions with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over how to bring the contest to a close soon. It is not clear yet how many Senators will attend the meeting at the DSCC, since the chamber is not expected to vote until later today.
CNN reported today that "most" of the currently uncommitted Senators will endorse Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) after tomorrow's primaries, though the network did not give any further details.
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