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Obama Pulls Even With Congress Superdels  

Posted May 1, 08 12:00 PM CDT in Politics    Most Covered

(newser) – With three endorsements yesterday, Barack Obama has caught up to Hillary Clinton among Congress' superdelegates; in a race Clinton once dominated, the Democrats have each been endorsed by 97. In a positive sign for Obama, many of his recent converts have come from Republican-leaning constituencies—though swing-staters say they're no longer sure Obama would be a less divisive general-election candidate than Clinton.

Obama passed Clinton among their Senate colleagues with Monday’s nod from New Mexico's Jeff Bingaman, the Washington Post reports—and then pulled even in the Capitol overall yesterday. The front-runner is now within 20 in the overall superdelegate count, a major development in a field Clinton once led by triple digits.

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Obama Pulls Even With Congress Superdels
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Obama Pulls Even With Congress Superdels
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a rally in Bloomington, Ind., Wednesday, April 30, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Obama Pulls Even With Congress Superdels
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Obama Pulls Even With Congress Superdels
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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