Superdelegate Round-up

by: Chris Bowers

Thu May 01, 2008 at 15:43

• Clinton picks up the four add-on delegates from New York. No surprise there.  Clinton 4-0 Obama.
  
• Obama picks up the three add-ons from Illinois. Again, no surprise, although they won’t be officially superdelegates until Monday. Clinton 4-3 Obama
  
• Obama picks up Texas super John Patrick. Obama 4-4 Clinton.
  
• Clinton super John Andrew switches to Obama. That makes it Obama 5-3 Clinton.
  
• Superdelegate John Olsen endorses Clinton, making the margin Obama 5-4 Clinton.

But wait, there’s more! Here is some worthwhile future add-on delegate information I can now confirm:

• On May 9th, Utah will appoint an add-on delegate that supports Obama.
  
• On May 18th, California will split its five add-on delegates 3-2 in favor of Clinton
  
• On May 24th, Wyoming will appoint an add-on delegate who supports Obama.
  
• On June 1st, Maine will appoint an Obama supporter as its add-on delegate.

That covers another eight superdelegates, breaking 5-3 in favor of Obama. Adding the three Illinois supers who will be officially chosen on Monday, that makes for another eight Obama supers and three Clinton supers to add onto Democratic Convention Watch’s totals. With a current count of Clinton 265-244 Obama, that creates a grand total of Clinton 268-252 Obama, with 274 undecided. Throw on the Pelosi Club delegates, and the totals are Clinton 267-258 Obama, with 269 either undecided or not yet named.

At this point, it seems like only a matter of time before Obama takes the lead in superdelegates. I would be very surprised if he doesn’t lead in superdelegates before June 1st.