Barack Obama Elected President!

[Ryan]

Please use the multi-quote feature if you plan to respond to multiple posts.

[Roman]

From MSNBC:

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro

The Obama campaign announced two more superdelegate endorsements -- Laurie Weahkee, a New Mexico add-on, and Rep. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii. This is Obama's fifth pick up today. (The campaign also announced CA DNC Member Vernon Watkins, but we did not add him into our count, because he was already on our list.)

So far today, it's a net of Obama 7-0.

OBAMA (7): Weahkee, Hirono, Wilmer Lee Jeffcoat, Edward Espinoza, NC DNC Member John Gage, Reps. Donald Payne of NJ and Peter DeFazio of Oregon (+7).

Clinton (0): Rep. Chris Carney of PA (+1), but she lost lost Payne (-1).

The NBC delegate counts:

PLEDGED: Obama 1,590, Clinton 1,426

SUPERS: Clinton 273.5, Obama 269

TOTAL: Obama 1,859, Clinton 1,699.5.

* There are 252.5 undeclared superdelegates (about 50 of which are not named yet).

* Since the Indiana and North Carolina primaries on Tuesday, it's a net of Obama 13-1 in superdelegates.

* Obama has picked up 99 since Super Tuesday to Clinton's 13.5.

* Obama is 166 away from the magic number of 2,025.

[Roman]

Yep. They look like they are rushing to her today.

[Roman]

From CNN's MB:

After further review,Texas May 9th, 2008 2:50 pm ET

Is she telling about her moonshine making ability and huntin deer from the back of a pickup truck?

[Ryan]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_...7WlYnZepf9h24cA

[Wales2004]

Pat Buchanan is loving her right now.

The problem for the super delegates who aren't from areas that voted for her, is her mouth. She's made it harder for them to support her without seeming to condone her divisiveness. It's kind of hard to justify backing a candidate who shows she's more regressive than progressive.

[Roman]

He sure is. He believes that type of BS.

I didn't think this would gain traction, but it has. People are PISSED at her.

[Roman]

I also would dare say, that she has now knocked herself out of the VP seat.

All because of her big mouth.

[Wales2004]

I didn't either but it looks as if it will slowly pick up. Chris Matthews is having a field day with this.

Ted Kennedy doesn't want her on the ticket.

[Roman]

What?!

Damn.

She F-ed up this time. And I wonder what will be said on MTP and TWWGS on Sunday.

[Ryan]

Chris Matthews loves this

[Roman]

Someone needs to tell me what Keith Olbermann says on his show, which comes on after CM's.

[Ryan]

Chris Matthews: "I tell ya. It's the only sport in which you get a new score card every inning. A brand new...first of all it was going to be elected delegates, then it's superdelegates, then it's popular vote, then it's votes in states that were knocked out of the competition Florida and Michigan, those votes, I mean how many mulligans can this guy take?!"

WORD Chris Matthews. She keeps moving the goal line.

[Wales2004]

I might have to watch him more often. He was on a roll yesterday with HC's man who said they were going to include Puerto Rico in their argument. He must've asked him several times how he could say it with a straight face.

If I watch it, I will. The Ted stuff is coming up now on Hardball.

[Ryan]

I'll tell ya ROman. I'm gonna DVR it.