Breaking: Total of FOUR supers for Obama so far Thursday!

[DemsUnited]

http://thepage.time.com/2008/05/01/thursdays-super-battle/

Net gain: Obama 4, Clinton 0*

Obama to pick up three prominent Illinois supers — Mayor Daley, House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie and Cook County Board President Todd Stroger — as the state finishes filling out its delegate slate.

Also nabs former DNC leader Joe Andrew after a defection from Clinton.

While Clinton is expected to get Connecticut AFL-CIO President John Olsen.

*Superdel Andrew leaves Clinton camp for Obama.

Edited to reflect changes in quoted article from The Page.

[Kukesa]

1. You made my morning! Thanks. n/t

[my2cent]

2. Congrat obama

:toast:

[cali]

18. Thanks, Hillary supporter

that's nice of you. And congrats again on the SD endorsement to Hillary from CT.

[greguganus]

3. Illinois is another state dead to Hillary now.n/t

[powergirl]

8. Isn't that her real home state

I wonder why she didn't win there? :sarcasm:

[lisa58]

12. lol

[ClassWarrior]

13. Well, one of several dozen, at least.

:rofl:

NGU.

[Texas Hill Country]

17. is anyone shocked that the IL supers went to Obama?

[powergirl]

21. Wasn't Sen. Clinton born in Illinois - or didn't she grow up there

She talks about it all the time. I'm confused about which state was her "home" state.

[mckeown1128]

35. Haven't you seen her new commercials...

here homes state is Southern-Illinois/Indiana.

[Cheap_Trick]

47. It's wherever she happens to be campaigning at the moment n/t

[SemiCharmedQuark]

22. Yeah but now that it is official, they can be added to his column.

[powergirl]

4. Keep it coming, baby!

"Obama picks up 3 more Illinois superdelegates: Daley, Currie and Stroger.
WASHINGTON--When the Democratic Party of Illinois meet next week to finish filling out the delegate slate, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will pick up three more superdelegates, according to Steve Brown, a spokesman for state party chair Michael Madigan, who is also the speaker of the Illinois House.

"That's because the three appointments are all pledged to Obama: Mayor Daley --he shares strategist David Axelrod with Obama and brother Bill, the former Commerce Secetary is on the Obama team; Illinois House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago), a Hyde Parker who lives near the Obamas'; and Cook County Board President Todd Stroger."



http://thepage.time.com/2008/05/01/thursdays-super-battle/

[Hope And Change]

5. K & R!

:kick:

[saltpoint]

6. You know, I'm not convinced the current Mayor Daley is the most

forward-looking Democrat around but on the other hand, he manages forward-looking constituencies in that city quite well.

I think he's made a damned smart choice this time, too.

Congrats to Senator Obama.

[ej510]

15. Hell Yeah!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GLDD9utP8Zc

[C_U_L8R]

7. Joe Andrew is a minus one in the Clinton column as well as a plus for Obama

sweeeeeeeeeet.

[powergirl]

10. Right you are - that was a SWITCH

Any Switcharoos going in the other direction????

[Bigleaf]

9. Awesome! The end is near.

[1776Forever]

11. Yes Yes Yes!!!!!!

:applause: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause:

[TragedyandHope]

14. GO GO GOBAMA!

[DangerousRhythm]

34. That is a super cute photo! N/T

[Scurrilous]

Great news.

K & R :thumbsup:

[madwivoter]

16. Keep 'em coming...

This is wonderful news!!

:headbang:

[crankychatter]

19. k/r

:)

[newmajority]

20. Not bad for this early in the morning.

Well it's still early here on the West Coast anyway....

[grantcart]

23. Just so people don't double count, the Illinois SDs are add on /won't be officially added until 5/5

[City Lights]

26. Thanks for clarifying that, grantcart.

I came to that conclusion when I came up empty after searching for their names on the list of undeclared soopers.

[grantcart]

31. Here is the add on schedule

1 4/26/2008 Laurie Weahkee Selected by the State Party Central Committee.
Maryland 2 5/1/2008 Selected at the State Democratic Central Committee meeting.
New York 4 5/1/2008 Selected during the State Democratic Executive Committee
Louisiana 1 5/3/2008 Selected by the Democratic State Central Committee).
South Carolina 1 5/3/2008 Elected during the State Convention
Illinois 3 5/5/2008 Selected during the State Convention

[DemsUnited]

33. Thanks for this info Grantcart. Maryland & SC are probably net

pickups for Obama, don't you think? Not so sure about Louisiana and New York obviously favors Senator Clinton.

[Window]

24. Oh, hell yeah. Come on SDs, do the damned thing.

:kick:

[bobbert]

25. That looks like 4-0 since she lost one :)

[TheDoorbellRang]

I wonder if they have to wait until May 5 to go in Obama's column

According to TheGreenPapers, the three Illinois add-ons are officially selected during the state convention, which isn't until Monday.

From their site on Illinois:

Monday 5 May 2008: State Convention

The remaining 31 National Convention delegates consist of

28 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
14 Democratic National Committee members.
13 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 11 Representatives).
1 Governor.
0 Distinguished Party Leaders.
3 Unpledged "add-on"s (selected during the State Convention).

[casus belli]

27. That's alot of Judases.

Bada crash!

I'm here all week folks, don't forget to tip your waiters and waitresses.

[nxylas]

38. I guess that makes 120 pieces of silver

In real math, that is. Don't know what 4*30 makes in Clinton math, sorry.

[casus belli]

39. That's easy...

factored to account for "Clintonian Theory", 4*30 = I where I = inevitability and the real numbers are optional.

[NotThisTime]

28. Excellent news this morning!!!

[mckeown1128]

29. drip drip drip drip...

drip drip drip drip DRIP DRIP DRIP PLOP PLOP PLOP PLOP PLOP PLOP

[mckeown1128]

30. Everyone remember...

Hillary needs two supers for every one that Obama gets just to maintain the balance...


Obama is +4 today

Hillary is +1
and she is -1


after the 1:2 conversion...

Hillary needs 8 more super delegates today just to maintain the balance.

[Barack_America]

32. How far back is he now?

How did yesterday end up? 19?

So that would be 16 with the IL folks added on.

And then 14 with Joe Andrew, considering he's a switcher.

14? Is that right? :wow:

ETA: Forgot that she got one. So I guess that makes it 15? Still impressive.

[SurfingAtWork]

36. Its going to be funny to watch Clinton and her supporters

Backpedal on thier take on the role of the supers.

[Arugula Latte]

42. They'll say "Supers don't matter. It's SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT that counts."

Under that scenario, Hillary wins the nomination, hands down.

Welcome to DU, by the way! :toast:

[cliffordu]

44. DING DING DING We have a winner!!!

Just right!!!

:patriot:

[Texas Hill Country]

37. You guys do realize that the 3 IL SD's are Add-ons that are getting announced today, right?

NY is getting 4 of them today...

6 others will be announced today as well...

[dkf]

40. It's now a count down, not a race with Hillary. 295 - 5 = 290

Obama is 290 delegates away from the Presidency.

[grantcart]

46. Yes also just picked up another SD for Obama from TX

[book_worm]

41. Wonderful news.

[Lucky 13]

43. HELL YEAH!!

Unleash the superdelegate flood gates!! This thing is about to become OVER... FAST.

[mythyc]

45. K&R, just made my morning visit to DCW to disciver this great news!

:kick: