Jamie Dupree

The Obama Countdown

Jamie Dupree

@ May 20, 2008 12:00 AM Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Just to give you an idea of what Team Obama is saying on delegate numbers, I am posting an email that was sent out on Monday night, which says Obama is 14.5 delegates from being able to claim that he has a majority of pledged delegates.

So if you are keeping score at home, here's the Obama Numbers:
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COUNTDOWN TO THE NOMINATION: 14.5 to a majority of pledged delegates; 110 to secure the nomination

This weekend and today, Obama picked up the support of 9 superdelegates and 3 pledged delegates meaning that Obama needs 14.5 pledged delegates to win a majority of pledged delegates and 110 delegates to secure the nomination.

New Superdelegates:

Cindy Spanyers and Blake Johnson from Alaska

Larry Gates from Kansas

Greg Pecoraro from Maryland

Dwight Pelz from Washington State

Senator Robert Byrd from West Virginia

1 add-on delegate in Kansas (Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson)

2 add-on delegates in California

New pledged delegates:

1 pledged delegate in Nevada reallocated because of the state convention

2 additional delegates previously pledged to John Edwards (for a total of 9 Edwards pledged delegates now supporting Obama)

The Math