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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (19773)	5/1/2008 8:18:30 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Hi all, including superdels switching from Hillary to Obama, since April 21st to today, Obama has picked up 13 superdel endorsements to Hillary's 5 (source: demconwatch). You'll notice that she needs to pick up 73% of the remaining superdels, and yet, Obama continues to pick up 2 for every 1 she picks up. This thing continues to be over. Here's my latest prediction spreadsheet. As you can see, Obama will pass the 2,025 total delegate mark on May 20th, just after the Oregon results are in, which means he will irrevocably clinch the nomination (assuming Obama and Hillary split all remaining superdels):

To: stockman_scott who wrote (19773)	5/1/2008 8:45:37 AM
From: zeta1961	Respond to of 149317

Oops, sorry Scott..didn't see your post and I put up the WSJ piece..gave me such a smile this morning that I could hardly wait to post!

To: stockman_scott who wrote (19773)	5/1/2008 8:48:06 AM
From: zeta1961	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Money quotes from Joe Andrew endorsement: Mr. Andrew said in his letter that he is switching his support because "a vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote to continue this process, and a vote to continue this process is a vote that assists [Republican] John McCain." "While I was hopeful that a long, contested primary season would invigorate our party, the polls show that the tone and temperature of the race is now hurting us," Mr. Andrew wrote. "John McCain, without doing much of anything, is now competitive against both of our remaining candidates. We are doing his work for him and distracting Americans from the issues that really affect all of our lives." And................. "He has shown such mettle under fire," Mr. Andrew said in the interview. "The Jeremiah Wright controversy just reconfirmed for me, just as the gas tax controversy confirmed for me, that he is the right candidate for our party