Two more unions that don't matter.

Another super-delegate that doesn't matter.

And another considering whether he should count or not, because he's having trouble going against his constituency that voted 3-1 not to matter.

Here's to not mattering!

Angry Vet sounds like a typical Clinton dismissive comment. Red states dont matter, black voters don't matter, etc etc. Eventually, all this stuff that doesn't matter is going to swamp the Clinton campaign.

Although unions may not have as much clout as they once use to, either candidate would be VERY happy to get their support.

This is big news and another nice boost for Obama.

Obviously, UFCW can't deliver Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas or Pennsylvania any more than AFSCME delivered Iowa for Hillary, but it sure helps. UFCW is one of the largest unions in the U.S., it has members in virtually all of the key states, and it will help Obama gain ground among working class voters. Also, it dovetails with Obama's increasingly populist tone and emphasis on the economy. Another thing is that UFCW is leading the anti-Wal-Mart fight and this helps draw a contrast between Obama's time as a community organizer and Hillary's time on Wal-Mart's Board.

One other point -- UFCW represents a lot of Latino workers. While the endorsement comes too late to help in California, it may also help Obama pick up support among this key demographic group, too.

I can't help but be snarky. Giddy and snarky. yes, I know we have a lot of work to do. You see, we are up against a very tough advertising juggernaut.

They bring you ads like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hb63ruEt4I

From the people who brought you this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVENWl8uBeg

Super delegates who backed Clinton, contemplating going neutral or switching sides...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLINTON_SUPERDELEGATES?SITE=NEYOR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

A bit of digression, but can we refrain from using the term "big labor?" This is a creation of the right; it is a fine bit of Republican Newspeak designed to suggest that somehow unionized workers are on par (or better) than the corporate fat cats whose power they were designed to temper. It is every bit as much a product of the right-wing lexicon as 'tax relief,' 'liberal elitists,' 'the homosexual agenda' etc.

The media may adopt these terms like the putty in paws of the right-wing echo chamber that they so happen to be, but let us at least resist using them.

Robert

Yeah, disloyalty, going back on your word, and bandwagon jumping are such admirable traits.

Maybe John Lewis and Hillary's black congressional supporter should make sure McCain's not looking like he may win it first before coming out so strongly for another Democrat.

Maybe you should consider the switching delegtes as having the ability to think and reconsider choices as new information becomes available- a welcome relief from our current administration.

High profile politicians routinely give campaign contributions from their own war chests to other politicians who are their friends or allies. Some of the beneficiaries also happen to be superdelegates. And in fact, Obama gave money to friendly politicians well before he began his run for the presidency. So it is not necessarily the fact that he is giving money to delegates as a means of influencing them at some future convention. I would think you have to give the same benefit of the doubt to Clinton.

The fact that Obama has given more money to people who happen to be superdelegates than Clinton has may just be a reflection of his generosity.

The interesting data would be to show which superdelegates received money from whom since the candidates declared for the nomination. That would be much more revealing than just publishing the totals of money given to people who coincidentally are superdelegates.

We don't need no stinking Badgers!

Go Blue. And go Barack.

People are fawning all over Sen. Barack Obama, especially since Super Tuesday. But do people really know his record in the US Senate and shouldn't people know it before voting for him? After all, you wouldn't buy a car without researching it first. Here are
some facts about Sen. Obama's voting record, pursuant to www.senate.gov: He voted for an additional $36Million for Guantanamo Bay (SenRollCate 93 in 2005); He voted to move interstate, class action lawsuits from state to federal courts, thus making it harder for consumers to sue [SenRollCall 9 in 2005). He failed to vote at all on S.Amdt 3164 in 2007 to safely redeploy troops from Iraq. One final note. He did not even vote to bring Bin Laden to justice (SAmdt2135 in 2007).
Enough said.