Clinton Superdelegate Lead Dead or Dying

May 9th, 2008 By: Claudia, Assistant Editor | Tags: , , , ,
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I admit it, I’m addicted to RealClearPolitics. I’ve been watching their delegate counter for the past 24 hours regularly. Clinton’s lead in the superdelegates has been dwindling steadily since super-Tuesday, but the past day has been brutal. She’s literally losing her lead by the hour. Yesterday I saw it stood, according to RealClearPolitics, at 13. Several hours later it was at 10. This moring it was at 8 and as of now it’s at 7.

ABC’s count has Obama actually taking the lead in superdelegates, by one, and the New York Times estimate  has him up by two. On the other hand, the CNN count has Clinton leading by four.

What seems clear is that the West Virginia elections are going to arrive with Clinton losing in every single measure, including superdelegates.

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  1. Interested
    May 9th, 2008 at 22:47
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    and the clinton campaign is going hi tech

    To head off further defections and shore up her support, Clinton’s campaign circulated a powerpoint presentation that shows her strength in Republican-leaning congressional districts.

    oooo! a powerpoint!

  2. Tully
    May 10th, 2008 at 20:34
    Reply | Quote | #2

    Of course superdelegates have been known to change their minds, and aren’t "pledged" to anyone.

    So no matter how it shakes out the race will be decided by the party elites, the superdelegates, and not by the delegates actually elected by the voters in the primaries.

    What was the name of that party again?

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