by kos from DailyKOS
Earlier I wrote about Obama’s delegate victory this past week despite Clinton’s wins last Tuesday. My list was incomplete.
A reader passed on a full list of all the super delegates who announced the last six days their endorsements:
Obama

DNC Carol Fowler (SC), 3-4-08
Mary Long (GA), 3-4-08
Roy LaVerne Brooks (TX), 3-4-08
Rhine McLin (OH), 3-5-08
DNC [...]

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by KOS
So CW is that last week was the “week from hell” for Obama, and given that he could’ve closed this thing out and didn’t, we can stipulate that it could’ve been better.
But let’s see just how horrible the week was:
Per Obama’s count (if Clinton had a similar count, I’ll happily link to it), Obama [...]

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Tuesday’s big wins? The delegate calculus just got worse.
Article by Jonathan Alter at Newsweek.
Hillary Clinton won big victories Tuesday night in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island. But she’s now even further behind in the race for the Democratic nomination. How could that be? Math. It’s relentless.
To beat Barack Obama among pledged delegates, Clinton now needs [...]

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Hillary’s wins yesterday in Texas and Ohio breathed new life into her campaign. Basking in the glow of fresh momentum, Hillary did six morning show appearances today, and will continue to try to shape the story as a brand new race.
But Hillary’s spin, and the media adoption of that spin, will do little to change [...]

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