From The Hotline Latest Edition for Thursday, May 1,2008

SUPERDELEGATES

Righting A Wright

Thu. May 1, 2008


Barack Obama "is closing in on" Hillary Clinton's "advantage among superdelegates, building on his lead in the primary race even as he faces troubled times."

As of early p.m. on 4/30, "Obama trails Clinton by just 20 superdelegates, 243-263, cutting her lead in half in less than two months. This week, he picked up seven delegates to her four."

"Party leaders are encouraging superdelegates to pick a side by late June to prevent the fight from going" to the convo, "and it seems some are listening as the race enters its final five weeks of voting" (Pickler, AP, 4/30).

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