But after picking up three more endorsements from superdelegates, who are crucial to winning the presidential nomination, Mr Obama now hopes the Democratic Party will quickly coalesce around him as its nominee. Mr Edwards, who received a ...

According to an unofficial tally by The Associated Press, Obama currently leads by a margin of 1,645 to 1,504 among pledged delegates and those superdelegates -- elected and party officials who get an automatic vote on the nomination -- who have ...

Richardson's foreign-policy expertise, and on-the-ground experience in difficult situations, has caught many of his fellow Dems' eyes -- especially the knowledgeable types who, by virtue of political office or long-time connections, will be ...

(and) we are going to make the argument to any superdelegates remaining that we should be the nominee, Obama said. Democratic Party leaders said the party's chances against presumptive GOP nominee ...

It is a message that will be delivered to the party's 794 superdelegates, party leaders who could finally decide the nominee ... Dowd said the Clinton camp has an uphill battle trying to persuade the superdelegates, many of them elected ...

Clinton, who has little chance of catching Obama in the race for pledged delegates, is counting on the nearly 800 superdelegates to give her the nomination during the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August. Superdelegates are ...

The Democratic leader has been pushing the notion that preselected superdelegates support the majority will of the voters represented by pledged delegates ... "This is an untenable position," their letter to Pelosi stated, "that runs counter to the ...

Although the delegates at stake here won't secure a nomination for either Democratic candidate, the Pennsylvania primary results will send an important message to uncommitted superdelegates, according to Madonna and Young. Those superdelegates ...

Helping keep her afloat is her thin lead among nearly 800 superdelegates, made up largely of party and elected Democratic officials - but some of those who once backed her have recently switched to Obama ... That includes both delegates won in ...

Roughly six in 10 Democratic voters Tuesday said superdelegates -- party leaders and elected officials who will cast votes at the party nominating convention this summer in Denver -- should vote based on results of the primaries and caucuses ...

By Lesley Clark, The Miami Herald May 9--WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama says Florida's delegation will be at the national Democratic Party's convention this summer, "happy, with their party hats on," two uncommitted Florida superdelegates said Thursday ...

" Swaying support In interviews Friday, several New Mexico superdelegates -- unpledged delegates chosen because of their party leadership positions -- said Richardson's endorsement won't convince them to follow suit ... Of the other ...

They also indicate that the time has come for the group that could hold the balance of power, those 796 unpledged superdelegates - party leaders and elected officials who have an automatic seat at the national convention - to follow suit ... And ...

Former Land Commissioner Garry Mauro, who leads Clinton's campaign efforts in Texas, said Obama is ahead in Texas by one to three delegates in the overall count, not including superdelegates ... Thirty-five others are superdelegates who can vote ...

Obama's aides prodded uncommitted lawmakers and other "superdelegates" to climb on board quickly -- as Clinton struggled to hold back the tide ... The former first lady campaigned into the night in South Dakota, scratching for a primary ...