Hillary Nabs Second Super-Delegate Of The Day; Obama Gets Two More
Hillary picks up her second super-delegate of the day: Irene Stein, the chair of the Democratic party in Tompkins County, New York.
In a press release sent over by the Tompkins Dems, Stein argues -- as did Hillary's first super today -- that it's her responsibility to pick Hillary because she's the best opponent for John McCain.
"[Superdelegates] are given the solemn role of using their best judgment as to who will be the best candidate for the Party and the Nation," Stein says. "I believe that having Hillary Clinton as our nominee will give us our best shot at winning the election."
The Hillary camp will work hard to focus attention on super-dels justifying their choice of Hillary based on electability, in hopes that it emboldens other super-dels to ignore the pledged del and popular vote count and do the same.
That brings today's super-del total to two apiece.
Late Update: The Obama campaign just announced two more from Michigan: Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence, and Michigan Education Association President Lu Battaglieri.
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