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Obama Rollout Of Super-Dels Begins

By Eric Kleefeld - May 7, 2008, 2:46PM

The rollout begins.

The Obama camp is announcing some more super-delegate endorsements today, a first step in a process that they hope will end the nomination fight in a relatively short time.

The new super-dels are: DNC member Inola Henry of California, North Carolina party chair Jerry Meek, and North Carolina DNC member Jeanette Council, who'd first announced her support yesterday to a local newspaper.

This will bring Hillary's lead among super-delegates to less than 15.

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Looks like it is wave time...

THIS

Posted by nisleib
May 7, 2008 2:49 PM | Reply | Permalink

Posted by Carol Soprano in reply to a comment from nisleib
May 7, 2008 2:50 PM | Reply | Permalink

EXCELLENT

Posted by flyinsaucier in reply to a comment from Carol Soprano
May 7, 2008 2:53 PM | Reply | Permalink

NEWS

Posted by nisleib in reply to a comment from flyinsaucier
May 7, 2008 2:55 PM | Reply | Permalink

FOR

Posted by flufferwink in reply to a comment from nisleib
May 7, 2008 2:55 PM | Reply | Permalink

FOR

Posted by Opus Hussein X in reply to a comment from nisleib
May 7, 2008 2:56 PM | Reply | Permalink

HILLARY!!!!!

Posted by flufferwink in reply to a comment from Opus Hussein X
May 7, 2008 2:56 PM | Reply | Permalink

HILLMENTUM!!!

Posted by Ein in reply to a comment from flufferwink
May 7, 2008 3:02 PM | Reply | Permalink

GREAT

Posted by Little Fish in reply to a comment from Carol Soprano
May 7, 2008 2:53 PM | Reply | Permalink

NEWS

Posted by turnip in reply to a comment from Little Fish
May 7, 2008 2:54 PM | Reply | Permalink

GREAT

Posted by sdnimmyt in reply to a comment from Carol Soprano
May 7, 2008 2:53 PM | Reply | Permalink

That was fantastic!

Posted by vandinem in reply to a comment from nisleib
May 7, 2008 3:26 PM | Reply | Permalink

Yes. Awesome wave!!!

Posted by DaddyD in reply to a comment from vandinem
May 7, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink

Cool, how did you do that? I'm impressed!

Posted by KateO in reply to a comment from DaddyD
May 7, 2008 8:14 PM | Reply | Permalink

Yep, here we go. Come on, folks, lets get on board and help Senator Clinton ease out gracefully...

Posted by Carol Soprano
May 7, 2008 2:49 PM | Reply | Permalink

I agree. Let's be gracious here. Gloating over Hillary's impending concession doesn't help heal the party, and let's be honest, our nominee really could use the help of her and her supporters to win in November.

Posted by Pinkystab in reply to a comment from Carol Soprano
May 7, 2008 2:55 PM | Reply | Permalink

I second that Carol. But you know what, I was thinking, Hillary proved herself to be pretty useful to Obama. Listen, I know that her argument about "toughening Obama up" is utter horseshit, she tried shamelessly smear a fellow democrat for her own benefit. But the one positive aspect coming out of Hillary's campaign is that the Wright and Ayers non-stories are already out there.

Posted by Humanity_Critic in reply to a comment from Carol Soprano
May 7, 2008 3:00 PM | Reply | Permalink

Tell you what? First sign I get from her that she's looking to ease out gracefully, graciously, then I'll be more inclined to making her exit one she can make with the grace she's so far refused to exhibit.

Posted by Apphouse50 in reply to a comment from Carol Soprano
May 7, 2008 4:49 PM | Reply | Permalink

Posted by Seth H.
May 7, 2008 2:50 PM | Reply | Permalink

LONDON?

Posted by JZ
May 7, 2008 2:51 PM | Reply | Permalink

SPARTA?!

I don't know what we're doing :(

Is there somewhere that there would be a running tally of which superdels have declared today and for who? I'm seeing some mentioned in this article, some in the other article, another in an article in another site that I'm not sure overlaps... it's all a bit confusing.

Posted by mcc
May 7, 2008 2:52 PM | Reply | Permalink

2008 Democratic Convention Watch

Posted by thewolfe in reply to a comment from mcc
May 7, 2008 2:57 PM | Reply | Permalink

This is a good site: Just make sure you scroll down to the latest updates. (It's a long page)

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html

They post when they are able to confirm the story.
Sometimes you may see endorsements on TPM before they show up on DemConWatch.

Posted by BP in NJ in reply to a comment from mcc
May 7, 2008 3:02 PM | Reply | Permalink

EXCELLENT?

Posted by idiotic
May 7, 2008 2:53 PM | Reply | Permalink

Seriously, no one does it better than you. Not even the train wreck at the top of the comments. I'd chip in a few bucks to see your timely comment.

Posted by Little Fish in reply to a comment from idiotic
May 7, 2008 3:05 PM | Reply | Permalink

NEWS!!!

Posted by CT Voter
May 7, 2008 2:53 PM | Reply | Permalink

FOR
(this is too much fun!!)

Posted by sdnimmyt in reply to a comment from CT Voter
May 7, 2008 2:54 PM | Reply | Permalink

FOR

Posted by SCMadden in reply to a comment from CT Voter
May 7, 2008 2:54 PM | Reply | Permalink

HILLARY!!!

Posted by flufferwink in reply to a comment from SCMadden
May 7, 2008 2:57 PM | Reply | Permalink

So today it is 4 supes for Obama and 1 for Hillary, not bad.

By the end of the week he may have caught up with HillZilla.

Posted by nisleib
May 7, 2008 2:54 PM | Reply | Permalink

HILL-A-RY!!!!!

Posted by anneeliz
May 7, 2008 2:55 PM | Reply | Permalink

If it's 4-1 today, he should be 12 back.

Posted by hyperRevue
May 7, 2008 2:56 PM | Reply | Permalink

Yep.

Posted by flufferwink in reply to a comment from hyperRevue
May 7, 2008 2:57 PM | Reply | Permalink

12.5 to be exact. :)

Posted by thewolfe in reply to a comment from hyperRevue
May 7, 2008 2:59 PM | Reply | Permalink

Clearly the comments are getting a little off topic.

Perhaps this is good time to share this link since it's completely off topic too:
http://gastaxscam.com/

Too bad most of the people who need to see that probably wouldn't get it (too much inside baseball I suspect).

Posted by mysticeti
May 7, 2008 2:58 PM | Reply | Permalink

Um...did anyone notice that Bill is missing from the "Calendar" off to the right? ------>

Posted by Opus Hussein X
May 7, 2008 3:00 PM | Reply | Permalink

Maybe he decided to head to Puerto Rico early to get some R&R?

Posted by Opus Hussein X in reply to a comment from Opus Hussein X
May 7, 2008 3:01 PM | Reply | Permalink

I was elated this morning and now Clinton is pissing me off all over again.

I could say something very crude here, and I'm sorely tempted. Let's just hope he's not lonely in PR. I'm sure he's just gone ahead to set things up for Hillary.

Posted by BP in NJ in reply to a comment from Opus Hussein X
May 7, 2008 3:07 PM | Reply | Permalink

Look again at that calendar. She is doing an event at 11:30 p.m. in Oregon?? What is it, a bar-hopping tour?

Posted by baristaberry in reply to a comment from BP in NJ
May 7, 2008 4:18 PM | Reply | Permalink

She's at Home Depot doing a Shopsmith demo for amphetamine insomniac carpenters.

Posted by PistonMoaned in reply to a comment from baristaberry
May 7, 2008 4:53 PM | Reply | Permalink

Just as people have been predicting, they're going to roll them out a few at a time so as not to look like they're piling on. I continue to be very, very impressed by how astutely this campaign is run. They never do anything that's not carefully thought out.

Posted by Steve LaBonne
May 7, 2008 3:02 PM | Reply | Permalink

I know, I thought the whole 50 block of yesterday was gonna be so badass but they were so much smarter to roll them out one or two at a time, always steady against the bad press and against Clinton SD's. They are realllly good at this.

Posted by jweb271 in reply to a comment from Steve LaBonne
May 7, 2008 3:12 PM | Reply | Permalink

If he just dropped a block of 50-75 superdels at once though, he wouldn't have to deal with half the shit that's going to be slung over the next 4 weeks. Do you really think she's going to let up? She might, but I wouldn't put it past her to keep digging.

Posted by Fugaizi in reply to a comment from jweb271
May 7, 2008 3:19 PM | Reply | Permalink

Yeah, a steady stream keeps the favorable press rolling in and it'll off-set the losses in WV and KY.

Posted by middlenamesareseriousbusiness in reply to a comment from Fugaizi
May 7, 2008 3:22 PM | Reply | Permalink

No, I don't think she will and that's why it's better to let them combat her a little at a time, as he has been doing all along. Dropping, say, fifty right now won't win him the nomination, so why waste it?

Posted by jweb271 in reply to a comment from Fugaizi
May 7, 2008 3:22 PM | Reply | Permalink

wont be any big attacks against Obama from hillary anymore.

Posted by JadeZ in reply to a comment from Fugaizi
May 7, 2008 4:38 PM | Reply | Permalink

They want to avoid making it look like they're letting the superdelegates decide it before the voters do. Now they can release them at a slightly faster pace.

Posted by DaddyD in reply to a comment from Fugaizi
May 7, 2008 5:13 PM | Reply | Permalink

If true, your suggested method is much better than what I envision.

I keep having nightmares that it'll come down to a "Survivor" style ending:

The host will come forward in a shroud of darkness and while unfolding a large piece of paper quietly say "Obama" or "Hillary". This will go on 200+ times while consuming 4 hours of TV time (1.5 hours of which will be commercials).

Posted by thewolfe in reply to a comment from Steve LaBonne
May 7, 2008 3:13 PM | Reply | Permalink