Delegate Countdown To The Nomination

This post is constantly being updated to reflect the dwindling number of delegates that have yet to endorse Barack Obama and allow him to officially confirm the Democratic nomination. The magic number of delegates Obama needs to claim the nomination is 2,118.

UPDATE 8:22 PM Tuesday, June 3: 8 Needed
Pennsylvania Congressman Bob Brady has endorsed Barack Obama. for President.

UPDATE 7:55 PM Tuesday, June 3: 9 Needed
Maryland Superdelegate Bel Leong-Hong endorsed Barack Obama for President.
Oklahoma Democratic Party chairman Ivan Holmes will endorse Barack Obama.

UPDATE 6:18 PM Tuesday, June 3: 11 Needed
Kansas Rep. Dennis Moore says he is endorsing Barack Obama's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

UPDATE 5:40 PM Tuesday, June 3: 12 Needed
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) endorsed Barack Obama for President. Waters switched her endorsement from Clinton to Obama.

Delaware Secretary of State Harriet Windsor, Delaware Democratic Chair John Daniello, and DNC Member Rhett Ruggerio announced today that they will vote for Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer.

UPDATE 5:37 PM Tuesday, June 3: 16 Delegates Needed
Today, Florida superdelegate and Democratic National Committee Member Diane Glasser endorsed Barack Obama.

Obama is 16 delegates away from securing the Democratic nomination.

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UPDATE 5:20 PM Tuesday, June 3: 16.5 Delegates away
The following delegates pledged to former Senator John Edwards have committed to vote for Senator Obama at the Democratic National Convention. With today's announcement, every delegate pledged to Senator Edwards in Iowa (four delegates), New Hampshire (four delegates) and South Carolina (eight delegates) will be voting for Senator Obama at the National Convention. In addition, 10 of the 13 Edwards delegates from Florida will be voting for Senator Obama at the National Convention.

And California DNC member Kamil Hasan and DNC member Ben Johnson endorsed Barack Obama.

These latest announcements leave Barack Obama 16.5 delegates away from the nomination.

UPDATE 4:46 PM Tuesday, June 3:

Michigan superdelegate Tina Abbott, Secretary-Treasurer of the Michigan AFL-CIO and Vice Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party, endorsed Barack Obama.

Obama now needs 27.5 delegates to secure the Democratic nomination.

UPDATE 3:26 Tuesday, June 3: The Obama camp has announced another superdelegate endorsement: Maine DNC Member Deb Kozikowski. They conclude he is 30.5 delegates away from securing the nomination.

UPDATE 1:51 PM Tuesday, June 3: The Obama campaign has released a statement saying they've received the endorsements of two more superdelegates: Ohio House Democratic Leader Joyce Beatty and Maine superdelegate Jennifer Dechant. The Obama camp concludes that they now need 31.5 delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination.

UPDATE 1:31 PM Tuesday, June 3: Ben Smith of Politico reports that Rep James Clyburn, who endorsed Obama earlier, has announced that Obama will gain three more delegates today: Rep. John Spratt of South Carolina; New York superdelegate Ralph Dawson, and Tim Moore, a South Carolina Edwards delegate.

UPDATE 12:25 PM Tuesday, June 3: Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and Congressman John W. Olver have endorsed Barack Obama. DNC Members Debbie Dingell and Rick Wiener also endorsed Obama.

UPDATE 8:00 AM Tuesday, June 3:
Two more supderdelegates threw their support behind Barack Obama this morning:

Missouri State Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal and Michigan's Joyce Lalonde

UPDATE 5:00 PM Monday, June 2:

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn is endorsing Barack Obama for president.
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Comments

[MacD2B]

For all the Obama supporters:

When is it your turn to stop the insults and bashing of Clinton supporters and of Hillary herself...YOU are now dividing the party with your childish and mean spirited garbage.

How in the world do you expect Clinton supporters to come over to your side when you clearly hate the canidate we support?? Do I really have to explain this to you????

Come on , use your heads people!

[OmegaJamie]

I agree, MacD2B: here's an interesting comparison. Look at HillaryCli­nton.com's comments: a TON of Obama bashing. And it is hard to say he has run a dirty campaign or been hateful to Hillary, but they're doing it. Here on the Huff: LOTS of hatred toward Clinton that is unacceptable, immature and personal. But then go to BarackObama.com and you'll see that Obama's supporters are NOT anti-Hillary. There are a few crazies, of course, just as there are over at Hillary's site, but for the most part we all understand there must be respect between these two camps. MOST Obama supporters (and I say this as a member of several groups) respect Clinton and are too busy supporting Obama to waste their time bashing her. So don't let the few spoil the reality of respect for Sen. Clinton and her hard-fought campaign.

[Crozier]

For all the Clinton supporters.

The choice is now yours. The choice is between Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama. If WOMYN and diehard underclass comprise her base, then I suggest that the former examine a world without a FEDERAL ROE V WADE and state choices in a theocratic and Dominionist state, then go ahead and vote for A NEOCON THIRD TERM.

If you are the gun totin', two fisted drinkin' underclass with one paycheck away from living under the viaduct since even your car is too expensive to live in.....go ahead and vote against your economic survivabil­ity...you'­ll richly deserve McBush....the maverick McCain died before this primary season. He is completely and I mean completely in the neocon Rethuglican camp.

[jdkjdk]

Sadly, HC won't go away until O gets 55 Superdelgate commitments to make up for the 55 he got in MI which ostensibly should have gone to Uncommitted.

[olivia]

She doesn't like to mention that in MI he also got 30,000 votes that wrote in his name. His actual name.

[timm0]

"This post is constantly being updated to reflect the dwindling number of delegates that have yet to endorse Barack Obama..."

Cool..... but the last update was 8:22 PM, June 3.... there's been no declarations made since that time? Damn!

[dhinds]

Hillary is asking for comments from her supporters (I get her campaign's email)

So I just sent the following to:

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/splash/sdmt/?sc=1982&utm_source=1982&utm_medium=e

Congratulations for running a historically successful race.

My suggestions for the immediate future:

1).- STAND with BARACK without reservations, to reunite the Democratic Party;

2).- Campaign with (or for) him;

3).- Accept the position of Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the next Democratic Administration, a position from which you can do a tremendous amount of good for the country during the next four to eight years.

Thank you for your attention and as always, good will.

Dxxxxxx Hinds

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If accepted on both sides, it would resolve a potentially complicated problem.

[KarlaElisa]

Update: Obama cinches nomination, Clinton kicked to the curb for trash removal.

[PAposter]

Barack Obama is a natural born leader. What an incredible man.

I want one of those, LOL!

[TXOBAMAGIRL73]

Graceful and Humble ....This man is a leader

[ChewyToy22]

She still says she's the better candidate so why would he want her as his VP? It just makes no sense to me. I am so sick and tired of hearing this woman it isn't funny.

Do you see any attempt at unity from Hillary? She's acting like Obama can only be President if she is breathing down his neck. He needs to shut her down immediately.

He's already been declared the winner in Montana, BTW.

[PAposter]

She is laughable! An insanely funny woman.

Not funny ha ha, but funny perversely peculiar!

[FreeThinkn1]

I've had goose-bumps all day. It started when I heard that Obama will give his convention speech on the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech and for every delegate that closed the gap to 2118.

[TXOBAMAGIRL73]

This is why she not needed on this ticket ....Delusional

[scandinavian]

Congratulations America for a wonderful mature move! Keep the momentum going and lights on! These are exciting times for the whole world.

[mahalosili]

Hillary won South Dakota

[GrandpaMcCain]

Too little, too late.

[TXOBAMAGIRL73]

And do you and she want a cookie

[Jinxykb]

I sooo want a cookie!

[ChewyToy22]

That said. Congratulations, Mr. Obama! And congratulations to those Americans who believe in you!

[GrandpaMcCain]

Fox is calling SD for Clinton.

[johnwinner]

The media wanted to play out onelas Clinton victory; actually, after the voote is finally tallied, in a wek or so, we'll see Obama winning, as has happened in several contests, including Texas. At any rate, the superdelegate tally (which Clinton defended as definitive back in February) gives the nomination to Obama, show's over.

[Mogamboguru]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4987177&page=1

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