**Obama magic number 119.5** Delegate Updated Saturday Edition

all information from DemconWatch - the most reliable authority on delegate matters -
Obama's magic number is based on his website


Only 17 pledged delegates to win the pledged delegate majority;


1)DNC Pecoraro (MA) for Obama

CHICAGO, IL—Maryland superdelegate Greg Pecoraro endorsed Senator Barack Obama today, pledging to support Obama at this summer’s Democratic National Convention. Pecoraro’s endorsement brings Obama’s superdelegate total to 295.5. Obama is now 119.5 total delegates from the nomination.

Pecoraro is a city councilmember in Westminster, Maryland, where he serves as chairman of the Committee on Economic Development and Community Affairs, vice chair of the Finance Committee, and co-chair of the Special Committee on Growth and Annexation. He has also served as an assistant to U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and Maryland State Treasurer Lucille Maurer.


2) Weekend Addons Expected


Colorado 1 5/17/2008 Selected during the State Convention
Kansas 1 5/17/2008 Selected during the State Convention
Nevada 1 5/17/2008 Selected by the state convention as a whole
California 5 5/18/2008 Selected during the Delegation Meeting

Six of Edwards' pledged delegates from South Carolina have followed Edwards' endorsement and pledged their support for Obama. There are a couple more like that, but I can't recall where, off the top of my head.

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http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-happens-to-edwards-delegates.html


District Level Delegate: Joshua Denton, (Portsmouth) - Endorsed Obama 5/14
District Level Delegate: Deborah Bacon-Nelson (Hanover)
Pledged Leader Elected Official: Senator Peter Hoe Burling (Cornish)
At-large Delegate: Representative Sharon Nordgren (Hanover)

South Carolina:
Robert Groce - Endorsed Obama 5/15
Marilyn Hemingway - Endorsed Obama 5/16
E Tim Moore Barnwell
Christine Brennan-Bond - Endorsed Obama 5/15
Lauren Bilton - Endorsed Obama 5/15
Daniel Boan Kershaw - Endorsed Obama 5/15
Michael Evatt - Endorsed Obama 5/15
Susan Smith - Endorsed Obama 5/15

(we mistakenly listed John Moylan as a delegate - he is an alternate. Official list.)

Iowa:
Merci Wolff (Sioux City)
Machelle Crum (Newton)- Endorsed Obama 5/15
Arlene Prather-O'Kane (Cedar Falls)- Endorsed Obama 5/16
David Redlawsk (Iowa City)

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WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama inched closer to securing the Democratic presidential nomination with delegate pickups in Nevada, Kansas and Maryland.

In Nevada, Obama stole a delegate from rival Hillary Rodham Clinton by drawing more supporters at the state Democratic convention Saturday.

A vote of more than 2,500 convention delegates broke 55-45 percent in Obama's favor, giving Obama 14 of Nevada's 25 pledged delegates to the National Democratic Convention in Denver this summer to Clinton's 11.

The shift is a gain of one pledged delegate for Obama over the split calculated after the state's January caucuses.

Although Clinton won the support of 51 percent of the caucus-goers in January, under the complicated system of awarding delegates Obama was put on track to winning 13 delegates to Clinton's 12.

Nevada Democrats were also scheduled to select an additional unpledged, or "add-on," delegate later in the day.

In an attempt to draw supporters, the Clinton campaign sent the New York senator's most popular surrogate to speak on her behalf, former President Clinton.

Faced with a vocal crowd of Obama backers, Bill Clinton all but abandoned typical campaign rhetoric. He mentioned his wife's candidacy only briefly, and instead focused his comments on a call for party unity against the Republicans in November.

"Don't you forget why you came here. You did not go to all this trouble to have an argument with each other," Clinton said. "The argument is necessary so we can pick the best president and the most electable one. Those are the only two things that matter ... After that, we have to get the show on the road, folks. We have a country to change and a future to secure."

Kansas Democrats also held their state convention Saturday, selecting Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson as an add-on delegate. He endorsed Obama in February.

must....stop....numbers....head....might...explode.....

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We don't have names but it must include 2.5 pledged delegates

So it must be 1/2 Dem Abroad

And probably the one from Nevada and possibly one more Edwards pledged delegate

KY will actually put him over the top as far as a majority of pledged delegates is concerned.

Once that hits we get the Pelosi numbers

roughly

115

60 delegates on Tuesday

55 delegates to clinch the whole thing.

If they have 10 or more tomorrow then they want to do it in Oregon


I am thinking that they have something special planned for Florida - on Wednesday.

Hillary needs about 74% of the remaining delegates to get to 2025.

from Kentucky (the other white Appalachian state) with as little as 30% of the vote.

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rocknation

Rep. Mark Udall secured the Colorado Democratic Party's nomination as expected on Saturday at the party's convention in Colorado Springs, for which some 10,000 people poured into the Republican Party stronghold of Colorado Springs.

Udall, (D-Eldorado Springs), is seeking to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard.

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime feeling, exciting...There's a lot of spirit in this hall," Udall said after accepting the nomination. "Delegates here understand we've got to work together, to drive a new energy economy.



They also added another add on SD for Obama as anticipated in the OP Federico Pena for Obama

In addition to the nomination of Udall, conventioneers had to select the 12 final delegates and two alternates to the national convention, and also made official the selection of former Denver mayor - and Obama supporter - Federidco Pena, as the 15th and final super-delegate for Colorado.

"Every delegate count is important for the national convention in August," said Pena. "We're fighting for every delegate. This has always been about delegates. That's what this primary campaign has been about, so my election this afternoon is important. It adds another one to the column."

Numerous Clinton supprters at the convention expressed uncertainty, still, that they would be able to cast a vote for Obama in November, should he secure the party's nomination, as is currently expected.