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FlyingSquirrel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:34 PM
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Nearly 100 Superdelegates Poised To Endorse Obama on May 20?
From a Superdelegate:

http://mrsuper.org/

While I cannot pretend to know which way Supers will vote, I do know most of these people personally and I can offer some insight as to where I think each currently stand.

Governors (7): All Pelosi Club members, though Kentucky's Steve Beshear could conceivably endorse Senator Clinton, and North Carolina's Mike Easley could endorse Senator Obama.

US Senators (19): As colleagues in the Senate, it's feasible that all could be Pelosi Club members.

Undeclared House Freshmen (18): All Pelosi Club. there 40 freshmen in the class of 2006, the 18 who have not endorsed look to be facing tough re-elects and don't want to risk splitting their base by picking a side. It's not what they were elected to do.

House members (52): Of the remaining House members, most are Pelosi Club. There are a few who may endorse prior to their state's primary, that's a total of nine members when you take out the Freshmen who were referenced above.


The "Pelosi Club" refers to Superdelegates who intend to endorse the candidate who wins the Pledged Delegate vote. On May 20, Obama will exceed the halfway mark, ensuring that he will be the PD winner.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:38 PM
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1. This is interesting because someone here referenced his site and I
coresponded with him a while back and introduced him to the Pelosi Club concept.


He is an anonymous super delegate. By the time Oregon is finished there will be little doubt where people stand.
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:41 PM
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4. That's great grantcart - at least we know he's a real person :) We
will prevail on this - we just have to tune out all the
bullshit noise until it happens !
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slick8790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:49 PM
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9. DCW also had a post today basically along the same lines as the OP today.
So i guess he;s pretty reputable.
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FlyingSquirrel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 11:23 PM
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11. This was featured on DemConWatch today... he referenced it on his site
as being the place to go for accurate info.

:)
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SaveAmerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 11:39 PM
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14. Will you correspond with him again and ask if he can find out if there's any way they will annouce
who they endorse any sooner than that? Like tomorrow?
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jkshaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:39 PM
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2. I do hope you are right
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:40 PM
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3. K&R. I just decided this evening to just relax and let this all play
out. I think everything now is just futile Clinton noise that doesn't matter - and

we need to tune it out.

He will win enough to bring over the SDs - it's just a matter of time and

we all need to be patient.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:45 PM
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7. Ya know - I decided just this evening to let this play out, too...
I have no need to fight with the 'baiters'.


k&R
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FlyingSquirrel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 11:25 PM
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13. Hey, instead of "LET IT SINK" we should post a thread saying "LET IT PLAY OUT!"
lol
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Pisces Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:43 PM
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5. We need this thing to be finished so we can all move on to McCain
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Zachstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:45 PM
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8. Amen! Tho Clinton will never exit before May 6th so we will have to wait.
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Zachstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:44 PM
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6. If just 30 of those endorsed Obama he would lead in superdelegates.
Which effectively means the Race is over.

So I hope they do not wait until the 20th. I can understand waiting to see how May 6th turns out but by the 20th nothing changes unless Clinton pulls off bigger wins then she has ever done.
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Gore1FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 11:00 PM
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10. effectively it has been over for a month and a half.
but this drive the last nail into the coffin and the left over force puts the coffin in the ground.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 11:25 PM
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12. I can't wait. These Primaries are so over and I'm tired of even hearing HRC's name n/t
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