Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Obama Rides The Superdelegate Wave



(image via bewilderingstories)

Politico's Mike Allen is calling the steady stream of superdelegates veering towards Obama a "tsunami." In the past few hours one Florida super and two Michigan supers -- a total of 1 1/2 superdelegate votes after Sunday's rules committee ruling -- have gone Obama. From CQPolitics:

"The first superdelegate endorsements of the day for Barack Obama are coming in, in what could be the start of a wave over the next couple of days.

"The biggest name of the day so far is House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, who officially threw his support to Obama in a statement shortly after 8 this morning. ('Officially' because he's been dropping pro-Obama hints for quite some time.)

"But other, non-congressional superdelegates are trickling in too, including Michigan superdelegate Joyce Lalonde and Missouri state Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, both announced this morning.

"The next thing to watch for is the possible endorsements of at least some of the 16 uncommitted Senate superdelegates and the 51 House superdelegates after the polls close tonight in Montana and South Dakota."

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