NH delegate count: Obama 12, Hillary 11, Edwards 4 (according to CNN)

Final: The New Hampshire delegate breakdown

Posted: 12:04 AM ET

In the New Hampshire Democratic primary

CNN estimates:

* Hillary Clinton has won 9 New Hampshire delegates (3 statewide, 6 district-level)

* Barack Obama has won 9 New Hampshire delegates (3 statewide, 6 district-level)

* John Edwards has won 4 New Hampshire delegates (2 statewide, 2 district-level)

* 22 Democratic delegates were at stake in the New Hampshire primary

* There are also 8 Democratic “superdelegates” in New Hampshire. Of those, 2 support Clinton and 3 support Obama, according to a CNN survey.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/09/final-the-new-hampshire-delegate-breakdown

Funny, but no matter all the hype, these delegates are what counts. (I had to remind myself of that when Hillary didn't do as well in Iowa as I wanted.)

...since they're not pledged to vote for any one candidate.

Most superdelegates have already been decided nationwide. At this time, a large percentage of them have gone on record supporting Hillary (I suspect that, if superdelegates were included in totals, HRC would have a substantial lead), but that was from many months ago. Such superdelegates will usually switch to another candidate should that person finish the primary season with more elected delegates than their previous endorsee, or if the leading contender gets hit with a crippling scandal, or so on.

So, all superdelegates should probably be considered "undecided" at the moment, and the NH results are really 9 delegates each for Clinton and Obama and 4 for Edwards. All else is merely speculation.

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