Clinton Has Not Gained A Superdelegate Since Super Tuesday

MSNBC News:

By our count, the Clinton campaign hasn't publicly announced the support of a new superdelegate since just after February 5. Indeed, since Super Tuesday, Obama has gained 47 new superdelegates, while Clinton has lost seven (including Eliot Spitzer). Does Clinton have a bigger problem on the superdelegate front than folks realize? Why do we think party leaders -- who saw the Democrats lose governorships, state legislatures, and the control of Congress during the Clinton years -- suddenly jump on board the Clinton campaign? Isn't this the reason the Clinton campaign has only been able to keep uncommitted supers from climbing board Obama's bandwagon but they haven't been able to woo a new super to their side in a month? ? Isn't this also an explanation for why the Clinton campaign has done so poorly in the caucuses? The caucuses are made up of the activists who follow this stuff closer and think about things like electability and who can help the party keep Congress, etc. If Clinton's not winning over caucus activists, why should we believe she'll win over a large enough chunk of superdelegates to overcome Obama's pledged delegate lead? Ultimately, her best chance is to convince supers that Obama is completely unelectable on par with McGovern, an argument that might have been helped a tad by Rev. Wright.

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Comments

[barry5]

I'm white from Europe. But something tells me that many whites in this country are aware of the right-wing spin, especially about Obama. I pray. He is young, but he is a good man.

[nevadakid]

Following her comments of the last two weeks, Senator Hillary Clinton should abandon her Presidential Campaign. In fact she should probably resign her Senate seat. Endorsing the Republican candidate over Senator Obama and casting aspersions on Senator Obama's patriotism and religion are tactics we expect from certain Republican political advisers. We do not expect them someone who would ask us to vote for her for President.

A petition made by Obama supporters to be sent to the DNC
stating that if Senator Clinton becomes the Democratic Nominee for
the presidential election, you will either:
a) abstain from voting in the general election
or
b) a third-party-candidate during the general election.
Here's the link: http://www.petitiononline.com/obama725/petition.html

[rojo7449]

We, as voting citizens, have every right to approach the superdelegates from our states and encourage them to cast their vote for a candidate. I know I lobby mine. There are plenty of people who are wishing they had cast their vote for the other candidate after the exposures last week. The superdelegates will vote at the convention and they can change their mind 30 times between now and then if they so choose.

My guess is the ones who changed their votes publicly once won't be telling anyone who they are voting for again and risk looking like "flip floppers".

[hugs4u]

Obama is leading with delegates, the popular vote and it is impossible for Hillary to win, so now all the super delegates need to just tell hillary that she had her 10 minutes of fame and now it is time for her to shut up and go home, before she further damages the party, beyond repair.

[OckhamsElectricRazor]

Now let me get this straight: The Black guy has an insurmountable lead in terms of pledged delegates, popular vote, and states won. His opponent is trying to make a case to the predominantly White superdelegates to up and take the nomination away from him, while claiming that the party will understand and not splinter into chaos. Amazing!

[robXdion]

Also by using surrogates, darkened pictures, leaked costume pictures, and other innuendo with code-speak to remind said white superdelegates that Obama is still black at best or some foreign unknown entity at worst. And so many have a problem with blacks like Rev. Wright that actually express outrage? At least Rev. Wright served in the military unlike 90% of elected Republicans and Democrats in office. Hillaryous!

[nevadakid]

Following her comments of the last two weeks, Senator Hillary Clinton should abandon her Presidential Campaign. In fact she should probably resign her Senate seat. Endorsing the Republican candidate over Senator Obama and casting aspersions on Senator Obama's patriotism and religion are tactics we expect from certain Republican political advisers. We do not expect them someone who would ask us to vote for her for President.

A petition made by Obama supporters to be sent to the DNC
stating that if Senator Clinton becomes the Democratic Nominee for
the presidential election, you will either:
a) abstain from voting in the general election
or
b) a third-party-candidate during the general election.
Here's the link: http://www.petitiononline.com/obama725/petition.html

[Plowboy]

Why should anyone be surprised at Hillary's destructinve path? She is Hillary,after all. And the Neocon controlled media supports he only in order to help Uriah Heep McCain win for them in the fall.

[Grannysue]

Yup he's ahead in all catagories, but according to them it's a tie! Maybe it's new math!

[cblcar]

Superdelegates can change their minds at ANY time. You can bet Obama's "Minister-gate" is going to have them thinking twice about his snowball's-chance-in-hell of beating McCain in November now.

Hillary '08

[kevenhussienseven]

All the recent polls indicate Obama having a stronger chance against McCain than Clinton, and that Obama will have much longer coattails.

What do you have to back up your stupid assertion?

[rojo7449]

That's the exact opposite of the newscast I saw. The poll broadcast said Hillary would beat McCain, and Obama would not.

[JavaCityGal]

Obama has picked up TWO superdelegates since the whole pastor mess began. So much for your "theory".

[Egghead]

Has it occurred to you that if this were as poisonous as you think it is, he wouldn't have picked up any?

[KINOKO]

I'll take "minister-gate" any day over "Peter-Paul-Gate", whitewater-gate, and "the most secretive politician (EVER) in Washington". seems to me like the snowball melting in hell right now is Hillary "Republican Golwater Girl" Clinton. HRC, release those tax returns, show that Bill gave you an illegal $5 million donation, accept the Federal indictment the grand jury gives you, and fall on your sword. Don't wait until McBush's "spooks" leak it to FAUXNEWS.

[AC500]

For the sake of the Party and to win the election in November, the Super Delegates must quietly by their votes encourage Hillary Clinton to bow out of the race ... and this needs to happen SOON ... way before June.

[Gabrielle]

I MEAN
GOBAMA!

[ppreal]

Yes, Gobama !!! Hillary's superdelegate lead has been eroding steadily since Barack's surge began in Iowa... hey, that's when the primaries started !!! And now, he leads in the popular vote even if we include Florida and Michigan, though he got zero votes in the latter, since his name wasn't on the ballot. So, if there is a revote in Michigan, Barack will only increase his lead in the popular vote, which will bring more superdelegates to his side and possibly give him the lead before the convention !!! He may not reach the magic 2025, but with the lead in popular votes, states, delegates and superdelegates, the outcome will be clear. Pepe :))

[Gabrielle]

POOR POOR BILLARY
GOBAM

[nellie]

I'm listening to Obama and Clinton supporters at the Take Back America conference, and I have to say I'm hearing the same pattern in the interviews as what goes on here at Huffington Post. Obama supporters are much more specific when stating the reasons that they support him. They're more specific when they defend criticisms of him. They are very knowledgeable about his record. And they don't really talk about Clinton at all.

I can only guess, but it seems for the Super Delegates, when they look at the records and get to know the two better and better, Obama surfaces as the better candidate. It's not about being against Clinton. It's about being for Obama.

[MelCraig]

~

The race is not over.

Millions of Americans still have to vote.

Not everyone wants Obama.

As a matter of fact, the electorate who voted Democratic in the primaries is evenly split and the popular vote differences are statistically insignificant.

Obama may have more elected delegates, but the ones who came from caucuses are suspect.

Who knows if all the DNC and moveon.org people who swarmed those remote caucuse sites in Idaho and N. Dakota were all citizens of that state?

Who knows whether Obama bussed caucus voters into those states, as he did in Iowa?

The caucuses do not represent the will of the people.

Polls this weekend show that 64% of us who voted for Hillary Clinton will vote for McCain if Barry is the nominee.

So don't count your chickens yet, kool-aid drinkers.

~

[themne]

We've got 47 chickens since February 5 -- HRC a big fat 0. I like our odds at chicken counting; yours not too much.

[rmetz74]

Well there is a LOT of unsubstantiated garbage in there, huh?

Show us the poll that says 64% of Hillary supporters would support McCain over Obama.

Show us some evidence that Obama "bussed" people in to the caucuses.

Would it kill you to consider that people who support Obama are not brainless zombies, but smart, thoughtful people who simply have a different opinion than you do? Or that he's winning not because he's constructed an elaborate multi-state fraud that's gone unnoticed in the longest and most studied primary in recent history, but because, very simply, the majority of people who have voted and caucused so far prefer him?

It would... So you construct conspiracy theories and fake statistics...

Yet we're the brainwashed ones.

[TWOSHORT]

200 years we Black folk have been waiting for one of us to change the way White folk see us.Dr King died never seeing the changes-No more Black only signs over drinking fountains and restrooms-Dinners are now open to all with cash in there pockets-Shop till you drop at any store you can afford to go in and buy there goods-Now housing and Jobs are still a problem for the 8-9 million black men of america[32 million black folk most are females not that many Black men any more] Prisons-jail-probation-parole-highblood pressure-diabetes-Homeless Black Vet who fought for this nation living under freeways- And now you see comm made by our armforces asking young Black men to join up-What did Rev Wright say that i didn't? White folk start acting like you know GOD because until you do!!! YOU SIT IN THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL- GOD DIDN'T PREACH HATE FOR HIS FELLOW MAN- Why aren't more White churchs[small business owners] reaching out a hand to Help an American Citizen who happens to be Black get and hold a Job instead of sending him to [Prison or to a death due to poor health care] Show Black folk how to fish instead of making them look for a hand out-A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS are need in the black community now creating tax base for schools and other services- When are White Americans going to start talking to Black Folks about living in poverty[KATRINA WE ALL SAW THE FACE OF BLACK AMERICA] THANK YOU White folks for the top of my story the bottom part is what scares me it seem to me after the Black Male Baby Boomers die there won't be that many Black Men in america-SLOW GENOCIDE TO THOSE WHO WENT TO COLLEGE AM I RIGHT ON THIS?

[BXM1]

Kos has got it right:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/17/12417/1285/527/478498

She's going to split the party and she doesn't care. The superdelegates need to put an end to this nonsense now.

[CheshireCat2]

How do you propose they do that? I am assuming that you want them to throw their bid in for Obama. If that is the case, they won't. They are too afraid they would be jumping the gun and therefore going against the status quo. Thus, ending their political career.

[Marioth]

This needs to end today. Just 37 superdelegates coming out in open support of Obama would deflate all expectations in PA, and the pressure for her to drop out will deafen anything else she tries to say.

If Rezco and Wright are baggage, the Clintons retain the entire Samsonite Luggage Factory. There is a mile of daylight between the ethics of the two camps (as far as I know, let me check the definition of "is").

McCain got a free pass in Iraq over the weekend. The streets he strolled down last year in "freedom" are now controlled by Sadr.

The dems need to end this now before the wounds can no longer be healed. It cannot wait until PA. Obama will not be loosing his lead in delegates before or after or ever. It's been death by a thousand cuts as a few delagates seem to be added to his take every other day.

Wrap it up, people. We have much bigger fish to fry, such as how we're going to bring war crimes against the principles of Chimpy McWar Co. McCain, though it will be sad to watch, will defeat himself.

No more Bush/Clinton Barony, thanks.

Pax,
M.