Obama Superdelegate Hunters In Quiet Capitol Hill Huddle

Chicago Sun-Times:

Sometime tonight, after the House and Senate finish voting, members of Congress who are backing Barack Obama's presidential bid will huddle in the Capitol Hill living room of Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) to map strategy to capture more superdelegates for the Illinois senator.

Obama's top congressional superdelegate wranglers will aim to be there: On the House side, Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who is handling the Senate portfolio. Mike Robertson, Obama's delegate and congressional relations coordinator, is also expected to be on hand.

They will go over lists of possible recruits broken down by state, region and by particular interests. Superdelegates are elected officials -- all Democratic members of Congress, Democratic governors, many state and local officials --who automatically have a vote at the Democratic nominating convention in Denver.

Many past and present Democratic party officials are also superdelegates, such as former Democratic National Committee Chairman David Wilhelm, who today is expected to declare his support for Obama. Wilhelm, who managed Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential bid, moved from Chicago to Bexley, Ohio, near Columbus, and was a strategist for Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) until he dropped out.

Though Obama thumped Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, the delegate vote may be close if Clinton prevails in the March 4 contests in the delegate-rich states of Texas and Ohio. That's why the spotlight is on the 796 superdelegates -- though there are two vacancies, with the recent deaths of Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) and former Cook County Board President John Stroger.

Obama has a campaign-within-a-campaign targeting the superdelegates, with Matt Nugen, the national political director, and Jeff Berman, the national director of delegate operations and ballot access, keeping tabs as campaign chief David Plouffe oversees the process, parceling out who calls whom.

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Comments

[GrammyinPA]

Anything Obama does is OKAY with the media, while Hillary gets blasted for everthing she says (Bill too).
Be careful what you wish for Obamamites.
I truly believe that if Obama is the nominee, that McCain will be our next president. How can we let that happen??

Support Hillary, a Woman of Substance.

[mrdontplay]

she has substance alright.

...like:
1. Authorizing the IRAQ WAR
2. VOTING FOR THE IRAN "terrorist" label
3. Uranium deal. Kazakastan yo, Kazakastan!
4. FISA vote, missed it huh?
5. SC comments. Jesse Jackson are you kidding
6. NV law suit b/c she didn't get endorsed
7. donations from Murdoch(fox news)
8. Tax returns. Obama showed his, show yours!
9. Lewinsky (you think that won't come up?)
10.Walmart. Experience helping screw America.

[Mollye]

Childish.

[GrammyinPA]

You are childish, indeed.

Don't you have any dirt on her behavior in 2nd. grade???

[BUSHsurvivor]

More proof of a media driven campaign.

When those who support Clinton do this the media readily attacks Clinton for courting superdelegates. When those who support Obama do this it suddenly becomes super-strategy.

Follow the true-leader!

[mrdontplay]

The media also attacks Dennis Rodman.

Why don't you Clinton folks get it!?

You are responsible for your actions, ok.

Stop acting like a victim when you cause the issues the media report.

They report a campaign mix up because SHE replaced her campaign head.

Is that the media's fault!?

They reported the ignorant SC "jesse jackson" coment because SLICK WILLY actually said, "Jesse Jackson won SC too", when asked how he felt about Obama's comments that he feels like he is running against two candidates.

You guys are sad.

I would not tell children to use your logic.

You have to stand up for yourself and accept the issues YOU create.

...not look for a scape goat.

OBAMA is the one with the class character and judgement to get it right the first time.

www.barackobama.com/issues

[Zhonni]

When? It is an open secret that they are all lobbying superdelegates so I don't know where you are coming from.

I want to tell Hillary supporters that not everybody is out to get Clinton so you can stop wearing the very partisan glasses that you view the media through.