There’s a good site that’s keeping track of the daily superdelegate endorsements. From it I learned that in addition to the delegates I reported on earlier, Clinton picked up another SD from New York and Obama another several.
Keep in mind that the superdelegate race is no longer about who is getting MORE superdelegates, but how fast Obama can pick them up. It’s in his interest to get a flood to reach the magic number on Tuesday as the votes come in. I don’t see that happening by tomorrow, but it very likely will by Friday.
UPDATE: An interesting tidbit. On the page is a list of unpledged superdelegates and in green they have the ones who have promised to endorse the delegate leader at the end of the primaries. On that list are 5 superdelegates including Nancy Pelosi and Jimmy Carter.
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June 3, 2008 @ 4:26 pm CESTIf I was running the Obama campaign, I’d try to get just enough superdelegates lined up that tonight, as the votes come in, the new pledged delegates would put him over the top. So much better in PR terms to get that last step via an election, rather than via an superdelegate endorsement. Not that it matters in terms of getting the nomination. But it just feels better to have some voters wrap it up.