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 Richardson to Endorse Obama 

Candidate picks up one of Democratic Party's most coveted nods

Mar 21, 08 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Richardson will back Barack Obama for president today, giving the Illinois senator one of the Democratic party's most coveted endorsements. The New Mexico governor and former presidential candidate called Obama a "once-in-a-lifetime leader that can bring our nation together and restore America's moral leadership in the world" in... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • New Mexico • Democratic presidential candidates • endorsement • superdelegates • Election 2008

John Murtha, War Critic,
Backs Clinton

Congressman says
Hillary has 'similar position' on Iraq

Mar 19, 08 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Murtha, the Pennsylvania congressman who has become a leading critic of the Iraq war, is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, CQ Politics reports. “I know that Senator Clinton has a similar position that I have in regards to the war in Iraq,” Murtha said. While both he... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John Murtha • Pennsylvania • troop withdrawal • Vietnam veteran • war authorization • endorsement • defense spending • superdelegates • Pennsylvania primary • Iraq war

  Hill Newbies Slow to Commit

Superdelegate lawmakers let hopefuls come courting

Mar 17, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A surprising number of freshman congressmen are holdouts in the Dems' superdelegate derby, Time reports, with  half of the House's 40 newbies and six of eight rookie senators still officially undecided. Impressive that they're tough enough to take the pressure, the magazine notes, but they also may be more averse... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • superdelegates • re-election

Superdelegates Should Follow Voters: Pelosi

Speaker agrees with Obama as hopeful gains 14 delegates

Mar 16, 08 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi boosted Barack Obama today by saying superdelegates should vote with the people, Politico reports. “If the votes of the superdelegates overturn what happened in the elections, it would be harmful to the Democratic Party,” the House speaker said on ABC’s "This Week". Ex-lawmaker Bill... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa caucus • delegates • California primary • superdelegates • Election 2008 • delegate count • Leon Panetta

Opinion

Journo Picks Up Clinton's Spin

AP scribe renames
'superdelegates' and becomes 'messenger' for campaign: pundit

Mar 16, 08 6:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The AP described superdelegates as "automatic delegates" in a story last night, just as the Clinton camp asked—and turned the news service into a spin "messenger," Josh Marshall writes on the Talking Points Memo blog. The campaign wants superdelegates to sound less privileged in case they... More »

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Hillary Clinton • journalism • journalist • Associated Press • political spin • superdelegates • Election 2008 • automatic delegates • terminology

Superdelegate Wants
Some Peace and Quiet

Mo. woman weary of candidates' outreach

Mar 14, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - With superdelegates like this, who needs Republicans? The Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaigns may be pondering that question after getting Leana Medley's voicemail again, but she doesn't care. "I'm more likely to take a call from a reporter," the director of Missouri’s National Education Association tells... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Bill Clinton • superdelegates • Leana Medley

Dem Office Holders Gravitate Toward Obama

Cuts into Clinton's lead among governors, members of Congress

Mar 14, 08 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is cutting into Hillary Clinton's lead among the most prestigious superdelegates, the Democratic Party's members of Congress and governors. Among those 313 superdelegates, Clinton has the support of 103 and Obama of 96, reports Bloomberg. Clinton maintains an overall lead of 259-212 among superdelegates, but that too is... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Jay Rockefeller • Kathleen Sebelius • Democratic presidential primaries • Chet Culver • superdelegates

Superdelegates Waiting to Pick Sides

Batch of party elites could pick the next nominee

Mar 9, 08 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton lost Wyoming yesterday, but today the Washington Post has some welcome news for the Democratic underdog: Many superdelegates say they’ll wait until the end of the primaries to chose a candidate. “You’re going to see a lot of delegates remaining uncommitted,” said one... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Denver • Democratic National Convention • Bill Clinton • Pennsylvania • Mississippi • Democratic National Committee • Democratic nomination • superdelegates • pledged delegates • Wyoming primary • Mile High City

Candidates Spin Tuesday: Math vs. Momentum

Superdelegates loom ever larger as Clinton barely narrows deficit

Mar 6, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's victories in Texas and Ohio changed little in the race for pledged delegates—by some estimates she netted only five—but Tuesday's primaries changed the dynamic of the Democratic contest, the Wall Street Journal reports. The candidates have divergent arguments: Barack Obama's team says the math favors him;... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic presidential primaries • Texas primary • Ohio primary • superdelegates • Pennsylvania primary • delegate count

OPINION

Mich., Fla. May Yet Be Hillary Key

Hillary-backer raises specter of do-over votes

Mar 5, 08 1:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite big wins yesterday, Hillary Clinton still needs a secret weapon to make up her delegate deficit and, Walter Shapiro writes in Salon, her strategy might have been presaged in Ohio by Gov. Ted Strickland urging, “Let’s go to Michigan and Florida." Do-over votes in those states,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Howard Dean • Democratic National Committee • Ted Strickland • Michigan primary • Florida primary • superdelegates • do-over primaries

OPINION

How Hard Will He Hit Back?

Clinton's attack plan worked; Obama must respond

Mar 5, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton scored her dramatic comeback in last night's primaries by getting tough—even nasty—with her opponent, Josh Marshall writes on TPM, and the question is now whether Barack Obama has it in him to fight that kind of fight. "Can he take this back to Hillary Clinton,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic nomination • negative campaigning • delegates • superdelegates

UPDATED

Clinton Revives Campaign With Wins in Texas, Ohio

She also won in Ohio to snap Obama's winning streak

Mar 5, 08 12:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton brought her campaign back from the brink tonight with primary wins in Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island, NBC reports. "For everyone who's ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, this one's for you," she told jubilant supporters in Columbus. Obama won Vermont in... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • politics • Ohio • presidential primaries • delegates • superdelegates

UPDATED

McCain Clinches; Huckabee Out

Front-runner racks up four easy wins
to secure the GOP nomination

Mar 4, 08 9:02 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain officially clinched the Republican nomination for president tonight, the Washington Post reports. Mike Huckabee conceded after McCain racked up easy wins in Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island to surpass the necessary number of delegates—1,191. He is expected to go to the White House tomorrow to... More »

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John McCain • Republican • politics • Texas • Ohio • Vermont • presidential primaries • Mike Huckabee • Rhode Island • delegates • superdelegates • Election 2008

Clinton's Black Superdelegates Under Pressure

Congressman calls
on Obama to refute 'ugly' racial smears

Feb 29, 08 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The heat on Hillary Clinton’s black superdelegates is rising, and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver has called on Barack Obama to speak out against “ugly" pressure from his supporters. The Missouri congressman said Clinton’s African-American backers are being "bludgeoned verbally" and told, “You’re not black if... More »

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Barack Obama • African Americans • threats • superdelegates • John Lewis • Emanuel Cleaver • Diane Watson

Lewis Switches His Support
to Obama

Georgia lawmaker and superdelegate initially backed Clinton

Feb 27, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - After a month of shifting signals, influential congressman John Lewis said today he’s switching his support from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Lewis says he’s unwilling to go against the voters in his Atlanta district—and that Obama “has tapped into something that... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Atlanta • civil rights • African-American voters • superdelegates • John Lewis

Hillary Superdelegates Hold Firm

Dem leaders worried insiders could snatch nomination from popular vote

Feb 27, 08 12:39 PM CST
(Newser) - House Democrats who support Hillary Clinton appear to be rejecting calls to switch their support to Barack Obama if circumstances give the super delegates the deciding votes, the Hill reports. Despite charges that it would be anti-democratic to defy voters in their home states, many who talked to the Hill ... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • primary • Democratic National Convention • caucus • superdelegates • pledged delegates • Emanuel Cleaver • Bill Pascrell • Gregory Meeks • Hank Johnson

Huck Funny Where
It Counts on SNL

Quips he's 'more of a miracle guy' than a math guy

Feb 25, 08 3:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Ok, so he's not a math guy, but GOP presidential contender Mike Huckabee proved on Saturday Night Live that he can take a ribbing as well as anyone. “Weekend Update” host Seth Meyers pointed out to Huck that even if he wins every remaining delegate, the candidate would still... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Mike Huckabee • comedy • superdelegates • Election 2008 • Seth Meyers

OPINION

Dems Need a 'Superconvention'

Earlier superdelegate event could fix Dems' drama: Politico

Feb 24, 08 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - With a tight race and a “crazy quilt of anti-democratic rules” that govern the Dems’ race for the nomination, we need a fair and transparent way to settle the matter. How? Try a July “superconvention,” writes Dan Gerstein in Politico. Superdelegates would gather to hear speeches from... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Democratic National Committee • Democratic nomination • superdelegates • Election 2008

Superdelegate Race Turns in Obama's Favor

Ill. senator gains 25 during primary
sweep while Clinton loses 2

Feb 23, 08 6:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's primary spree is swaying more superdelegates to his side: He has won over 25 of the elite voters and Hillary Clinton has lost two in the past 2 weeks, the AP reports. One California superdelegate has switched from John Edwards to Clinton to undecided, saying superdelegates must pick... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Democratic caucus • Democratic presidential primaries • superdelegates

Suitors Keep Lines Open to Superdelegates

From Michelle to Chelsea, big names
get on the horn

Feb 19, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Sometimes superdelegates respond to politics, ideology, or longstanding alliances. Other times, they're won by girl talk. For one Philadelphia party official, a morning call from Michelle Obama sealed the deal, the LA Times reports. The would-be first lady covered everything from strategy to motherhood. “She was talking to me... More »

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Michelle Obama • Democratic National Convention • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Chelsea Clinton • Madeleine Albright • superdelegates • Tony Podesta

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