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Obama Is +11 on the Delegate Count Today
So far:
Super Delegates:
Obama +4
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)
Larry Cohen, the president of the Communication Workers of America and a super-delegate from D.C.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA)
Pledged Delegates:
Obama +7 from Edwards' Delegates.
Reportedly the breakdown is
(1) - NH
(6) - SC
Daniel Boan, Christine Brennan-Bond, Robert Groce, Susan Smith, Mike Evatt and Lauren Bilton are the South Carolina Edwards Pledged Delegates confirmed by CNN as supporting Obama.
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Comments (25)
Reminds me of Spinal Tap, "It's better, because it goes up to 11."
May 15, 2008 4:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
You are so stoked, aren't you?
May 15, 2008 4:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Super stoked!
May 15, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks. I've been trying to figure out how many all afternoon.
May 15, 2008 5:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for tracking this.
May 15, 2008 5:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
It may even be up to 13 at this point.
A reader diary on Daily Kos (SlowNomad) indicates
that following the release of official canvass results in North Carolina, apparently Obama is +1 and Clinton is -1, resulting in a net gain of 2 more for Obama.
Not a bad day at all. Thanks for tracking all this!
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May 15, 2008 6:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sorry, this was my first attempt at using html tags. The link to the Kos diary, if anyone's interested, is
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/15/11363/3895/470/516168
May 15, 2008 6:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was just going to update this but you beat me to it. Thanks!
May 15, 2008 6:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Waxman. Awesome!
Thanks your updates, Opus.
May 15, 2008 6:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
and one from Iowa, M. Crum, so that makes a + 12
May 15, 2008 6:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
With the updates:
+4 Superdelegates
+8 Pledged Delegates
+1 Obama, -1 Hillary from NC canvass results
+13 on the day, yeah!
May 15, 2008 6:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Woohoo! It's a good-news day!
On an unrelated note, Opus, remember that thread where you & other TPMers raked Matthew Weaver over the coals for capitalizing "black" and "white", and he got into a snit and said he was leaving? As I recall, I said I thought capitalization was the least of the problems with the things he wrote, but that if you'd succeeded in driving that racist troll away, I'd be grateful? Well, looks like you guys really did drive him away. Thank you!
May 15, 2008 8:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, let's just count our blessings then. I know I'm guilty of talking my fair share of smack, and maybe saying a few things that I shouldn't have (I am an agitator after all), but the racist stuff I just can't stand, and don't think that any of us should tolerate it here or anywhere else. I would prefer to convince someone to drop the racist talk and attitude, rather than run them off, but then again...good riddance to that.
May 15, 2008 10:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't think Weaver was looking to listen and learn from anybody. I quite enjoyed your running him off :)
May 15, 2008 11:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Seconded
May 15, 2008 11:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Excellent news!
Bout time Jim, sheesh. He only won WA by 68%, was it really that risky?
May 15, 2008 10:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Excellent news... for Hillary!
May 16, 2008 12:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
THIS
May 16, 2008 1:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
IS
May 16, 2008 5:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
EXCELLENT
May 16, 2008 8:46 AM | Reply | Permalink
NEWS!!!!
May 16, 2008 10:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
(Anyone also got the feeling that bsuey21, goodreverend and MaximumBob are one and the same poster with at least 2 illegal extra logins?
I call on all Obama supporters to show grace in winning. Equally, I call on all Clinton supporters to show grace in defeat.
We shouldn't talk about it anymore, we should about how to take on McCains 527 groups.
May 16, 2008 9:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
Whenever I post on McCain, no one wants to talk about it:
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/05/mccain-campaign-boots-another.php
Only two coments.
On the other hand, we're all looking forward to Obama reaching the magic number of delegates. Cheering each add that get's us to that number is not disparaging of Hillary, and you'll notice that I don't even mention her in the original post. We can't officially move on until enough delegates come forward to allow us to do so.
That said, we're one more closer today:
Rep. Pete Stark, Superdelegate:
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/05/mccain-campaign-boots-another.php
May 16, 2008 11:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
d'Oh! Coffee hasn't kicked in yet. Pete Stark link:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_9281004
It's a good read!
May 16, 2008 11:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
Another update:
May 16, 2008 1:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
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