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Obama Takes Superdelegate Lead
According to ABC News and their amazing superdelegate estimator®, Barack Obama has taken the lead in superdelegates...
For the first time this campaign season, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton's support among superdelegates, according to the ABC News delegate estimate.
Sen. Obama, D-Ill., picked up two superdelegates this morning giving him a new metric to tout in addition to his current commanding leads in pledged delegates, popular votes, states won, and money raised.
Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., switched his endorsement from Clinton to Obama and Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., endorsed Obama. DeFazio was previously uncommitted.
With these endorsements, Obama has the support of 267 superdelegates and Clinton has 265 superdelegates.
Comments (5)
It's ridiculous there's not better agreement amongst the various superdelegate trackers. So, ABC has 267 for Obama vs. 265 for Clinton, Politico has 264 for Obama vs. 267.5 for Clinton, and DCW has 262 for Obama vs. 269.5 for Clinton. All three of these are including the most recent Payne switch.
May 9, 2008 8:32 AM | Reply | Permalink
And CNN has it at Clinton's 266 to Obama's 258.
May 9, 2008 9:25 AM | Reply | Permalink
Who are we to doubt "the most trusted name in news?"
May 9, 2008 9:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
Of course, as everyone says with the polls, the important thing is the trend, and they're all in agreement on this. Whether or not he already has more SDs than her, I think there's little doubt that all four SD trackers will have him ahead by this time next week.
May 9, 2008 9:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
I'm thinking more like this time tomorrow...
May 9, 2008 9:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
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