Obama Claims Delegate Lead

Politico :

In a surprise twist after a chaotic Super Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) passed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in network tallies of the number of delegates the candidates racked up last night.

The Obama camp now projects topping Clinton by 13 delegates, 847 to 834.

Read the whole story: Politico

Comments

[Nic]

This is from CNN...of course,it can be updated:

Clinton Del. 625 Super Delegates 193 Total 818

Obama Del. 624 Super Delegates 106 Total 730

Do the math...she's still ahead.

[kevenseven]

FISA UPDATE!

Remembering that the Reactionaries have half the seats in the Senate, it is not surprising that things are not going well.

The Rethugs are obstructing by blocking not only the amendments that would make the Intelligence bill even remotely palatable, but they are obstructing the Stimulus Package. The goal of all this is to force the Senate to vote on FISA just before the expiration of PAA in a few days, and give the House no time to consider the bullshit Senate bill in conference committee.

More details at Daily Kos:

FISA Fight: White House temper tantrum
by mcjoan
Wed Feb 06, 2008 at 09:13:17 AM PST
The Republican shenanigans on filibustering the stimulus package in order to delay consideration of the FISA fix now seems to have been orchestrated from the White House, if you could judge by a letter (pdf) AG Mukasey and DNI McConnell sent to Reid yesterday.
See full article at: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/6/121113/6419/454/451096

FISA Fight: Taking it to the House
by mcjoan
Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:58:33 PM PST
Yesterday's Republican shenanigans, that are continuing today as they filibuster that economic stimulus package that was such a high priority, highlight the importance of keeping the House strong on holding the line to keep their FISA legislation, the RESTORE Act, the base bill as they go to conference.
See the whole article at: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/5/155323/6199/90/450451

Action items: Contact your own Senators and also this list of Senators (see the articles linked above) likely to be persuadable. Tell them (1) NO on telco amnesty, (2) NO basket warrants or reverse targeting, (3) sequestration of illegally harvested evidence, (4) make FISA the exclusive means of surveillance, and (5) vote for a 4 year sunset.

Take action! Call and write!

[NicoleAnonymous]

When I was leaving the train station Monday night there was a person handing out flyers for Obama and I told him I didn't know where to vote in my neighborhood. He said he didn't know either but told me how to look it up online and that was good but I asked him if they were going to ask me for my identification or a voter registration card when I voted and he said he didn't know what they ask for but he thought they would just ask for my address.

It's really good that so many people are volunterring for his campaign but they should be able to tell people what to expect when they vote.

[Mattatat]

Unfortunately for you it's a lie.

Hillary won the delegate count. MSNBC/NBC are trying to rewrite the story. Very sad.

For the actual delegate counts, go here:

http://abcnews.go.com/politics/elections/delegates?ref=ipb

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/#D

[ariadne1]

it's hard to spin a spread sheet...

[jason10006]

CNN.com, 20 minutes ago: "CNN's overall count showed Clinton leading at this point in delegates with 823 to Obama's 731. They'll need 2,025 to secure their party's nomination."

The washington post, AP, and NYT currently have similar counts. Yet huffpost goes with a more Obama-friendly non-factual headline. As usual.

[Wrong2bRight]

It is GWB vs Gore all over again.

The popular vote should win, not the number of delegates.

[johnhummel]

Holy crap! Talk about a come from behind victory!

And with LA, DC, and Virginia coming up, he's got a chance to turn that into big lead before states like Texas.

I am curious to see how Washington state will go, since both Utah and Idaho went his way.

Either way, this looks like an exciting photo finish race - hopefully everybody can keep things civil and not devolve into stupid attacks.