Casey's support provides a local ally who can vouch for Obama as well as a signal of confidence to Democratic superdelegates that controversy over Obama's former pastor, the Rev ... , has not damaged the Illinois senator's ability to win over the ...

In the overall race for the nomination, Clinton leads with 1,135, including separately chosen party and elected officials known as superdelegates. Obama has ...

That could be a mess, with in-fighting to win the superdelegates and credentials fights over whom to seat from the two states whose primaries the Democratic National Committee ruled illegal because they were held too early ... If Obama ...

  Actually, I really only wanted to discuss the Democratic race insofar as it concerned the situation with the superdelegates, because a lot of issues about superdelegates are misunderstood and could have been drawn out during the show ...   ...

What will superdelegates do now? The math is clear: Superdelegates will decide the Democratic nomination ... "The pressure on superdelegates will continue to accelerate," said John Temporiti, Missouri Democratic Partychairman and a ...

She declined to say what Obama should have done, or whether the subject is now a legitimate topic for her appeals to Democratic superdelegates, the party leaders who will decide whether she or Obama will be the presidential nominee. Over the ...

These so-called "superdelegates" may be crucial because neither Obama nor Clinton may accumulate the delegates needed to ensure the nomination at the August convention in Denver ... Among the nearly 800 superdelegates, Clinton leads in ...

Clinton, on the other hand, is hoping a victory in Pennsylvania will help persuade party "superdelegates" to support her and allow her to catch Obama in the race for National Convention delegates ... Patrick Leahy, a Vermont senator who endorsed ...

Clinton wants a primary in Michigan to try to narrow Obama's sizable lead in delegates and help convince superdelegates to support her. Neither candidate can clinch the nomination without the votes of superdelegates -- party officials, elected ...

He won the support of five new superdelegates yesterday, pushing him close to a lead of 200 in combined superdelegates and pledged delegates ... In addition, Patti Solis Doyle, the former chief of staff axed by Clinton for reckless spending and ...

Florida DNC member Jon Ausman on Friday filed an appeal to the rules committee asking that the states 23 superdelegates and half its at-large delegates be restored. He argued that party rules say superdelegates shall be seated and that the ...

" The governor backed Obama despite his earlier statements that Democratic superdelegates, of which he's one, should pick sides based on the votes of their state or constituency ... As a superdelegate, the governor plays a part in the tight ...

Richardson's endorsement could help Obama in the remaining 10 nominating contests between now and June, especially among Latinos, while also providing a nudge for superdelegates _ party leaders and elected officials _ still on the fence ... ...

Among the eight superdelegates, two have pledged to support Clinton, and another two have said they favor Obama and the rest are undecided ... 5 to 12, American Democrats living in 164 countries and territories around the world voted via the ...

They justify lifting whole chapters from Karl Rove's Republican playbook as an attempt to demonstrate to Democratic voters and superdelegates that these kinds of charges will make Obama "unelectable" in the general election ... ...