Obama Pockets 5 More Delegates

Barack Obama won the support of five more delegates today, putting him within 145 total of clinching the nomination, by Huffington Post’s count. Obama's new backers include New Orleans' mayor, a former Democratic National Committee chair and the chairperson of DC’s Democrats. Obama also gained the support of an elected Hillary Clinton delegate from Maryland, a markedly rare switch of a pledged nominator.

Meanwhile, another new Obama superdelegate was pleased to say that Hillary Clinton is “striking a different tone.” Rep. Tom Allen, running for US Senate in Maine, said it was crucial to “reconcile these two camps in a responsible way,” and urged the Obama camp not to shove its rival out the door in trying to unify a fractured party. (More Barack Obama stories.)