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Obama Picks Up Extra Delegate in Nevada Statewide Convention

By astral66 - May 17, 2008, 10:22PM

From the Reno Gazette-Journal, as reported by The Field:

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama succeeded in driving more supporters to the Nevada state convention than his opponent U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, who had won the state in the Jan. 19 caucuses. Obama essentially reversed Clinton’s lead from the caucuses, capturing 55 percent of the state delegates to Clinton’s 45 percent.

The heavy turnout earned Obama one more delegate to the national convention, than previously expected based on the caucus results.

The final tally: Obama won 14 national delegates and Clinton won 11 national delegates. Under the caucus results, Obama was expected to win 13 national delegates to Clinton’s 12. Although Clinton won the caucuses, Obama out-performed her in rural Nevada and Washoe County.

Comments (6)

That makes four today- 1 add-on from Kansas- Lt. Governor Mark Parkinson
1 super from Maryland- DNC member Greg Pecoraro http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/
1 switcher from Clinton- DC Councilmember Jack Evans
http://washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/17/jack-throws-support-to-obama/

Posted by Spade
May 17, 2008 10:34 PM | Reply | Permalink

Since Nevada ended up being a 14-11 split, instead of 13-12, I'm guessing that this means that Hillary had a delegate subtracted from her column?

Posted by Opus Hussein X
May 17, 2008 10:37 PM | Reply | Permalink

I think it makes minus two- the guy from DC and the one from Nevada.

Posted by Spade
May 18, 2008 12:59 AM | Reply | Permalink

Here's another superdelegate switching from Hillary to Obama!

http://www.borowitzreport.com/archive_rpt.asp?rec=6881

Bill Clinton Switches to Obama
Latest Superdelegate Defection for Hillary

In what some Democratic Party insiders are calling a particularly ominous sign for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, former president Bill Clinton today became the latest superdelegate to switch from Sen. Clinton to her rival, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill).

Sources close to the former president said that Mr. Clinton had been mulling such a defection for weeks, as early as the night of the Iowa primary, but that he only decided to make his decision public today.

“The American people want change,” Mr. Clinton said at a press conference in New York. “Lord knows I do.”

The former president said that “sometimes, at the end of a race, you have to put an old horse down,” adding, “I’m not speaking metaphorically.”

Mr. Clinton fueled speculation that he was seeking a role in an Obama administration, saying, “I know my way around the Oval Office, and I know how the super-secret double-lock works.”

The former president said he would relish a return to the White House, calling his tenure there “good times.”

For her part, Sen. Clinton said that the defection of her husband would not deter her from staying in the race, adding, “To my knowledge, he’s the only white voter Sen. Obama has.”

The New York senator denied that she was playing the race card, arguing, “Every other member of my family is supporting me, and by the way, they’re white.”

Elsewhere, a defiant John McCain said that his wife will not release her tax returns, “and neither will my girlfriend.”

Posted by rabbitsmorgasbord
May 18, 2008 1:45 AM | Reply | Permalink

In an interesting side note, Bill Clinton was in Nevada to represent HRC:

In an attempt to draw supporters, the Clinton campaign sent the New York senator's most popular surrogate to speak on her behalf, former President Clinton.
Faced with a vocal crowd of Obama backers, Bill Clinton all but abandoned typical campaign rhetoric. He mentioned his wife's candidacy only briefly, and instead focused his comments on a call for party unity against the Republicans in November.

"Don't you forget why you came here. You did not go to all this trouble to have an argument with each other," Clinton said. "The argument is necessary so we can pick the best president and the most electable one. Those are the only two things that matter ... After that, we have to get the show on the road, folks. We have a country to change and a future to secure."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEMOCRATS_DELEGATES?SITE=ILMOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Posted by Opus Hussein X
May 17, 2008 10:34 PM | Reply | Permalink