OFFICIAL Endorsements Thread

[Verily]

Obama got a superdelegate out of the Teamsters endorsement, too.

CLEVELAND, OH – Sonny Nardi, President of Teamsters’ Local 416, today endorsed Barack Obama for President, citing his 20-year record of standing up to special interests and fighting for economic fairness.

[NHPolitico]

Obama got a superdelegate out of the Teamsters endorsement, too.

CLEVELAND, OH – Sonny Nardi, President of Teamsters’ Local 416, today endorsed Barack Obama for President, citing his 20-year record of standing up to special interests and fighting for economic fairness.

What is the best site at tallying these almost daily superdelegate changes?

[Verily]

Obama got a superdelegate out of the Teamsters endorsement, too.

CLEVELAND, OH – Sonny Nardi, President of Teamsters’ Local 416, today endorsed Barack Obama for President, citing his 20-year record of standing up to special interests and fighting for economic fairness.

What is the best site at tallying these almost daily superdelegate changes?

Politico tends to run a day or two behind, but they have the most comprehensive list (and they actually mention each superdelegate by name instead of just providing a number that can't be verified).

[Χahar]

Sticky?

[IDS Judicial Overlord John Dibble]

Obama got a superdelegate out of the Teamsters endorsement, too.

CLEVELAND, OH – Sonny Nardi, President of Teamsters’ Local 416, today endorsed Barack Obama for President, citing his 20-year record of standing up to special interests and fighting for economic fairness.

What is the best site at tallying these almost daily superdelegate changes?

Generally speaking I find http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/ to be the best for superdelegate counts.

[Kalimantan]

Obama got a superdelegate out of the Teamsters endorsement, too.

CLEVELAND, OH – Sonny Nardi, President of Teamsters’ Local 416, today endorsed Barack Obama for President, citing his 20-year record of standing up to special interests and fighting for economic fairness.

What is the best site at tallying these almost daily superdelegate changes?

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html is the best place to go. You'll see the last 11 to endorse have all gone to Obama, 2 of them switching from Clinton

[Erc]

Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) has said that he voted for Obama in this week's primary, and will likely vote for him at the convention.  link.

DNC Connie Borde (D-DA) has said that she is supporting Obama "for now."  She may "fall in line" for Clinton if the mood of the party swings in her direction, however.  Borde, as a superdelegate from Democrats abroad, only has a half-vote at the convention. link

DNC Leon Lynch (D-PA), former VP of United Steelworkers of America, has endorsed Obama.  "I am endorsing Barack Obama because he is the only candidate I have encountered who truly has the capability to activate, motivate, and lead the American people in a new direction."  link (on an Obama website, but seems credible).

[Grumps]

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Dem superdelegate from Pittsburgh backs Obama
Friday, February 22, 2008
The Associated Press
A fourth Pennsylvania superdelegate has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Leon Lynch, a retired vice president of the steelworkers union from Pittsburgh, announced his endorsement in a statement released by the Illinois senator's campaign.

In the statement, Mr. Lynch says Mr. Obama is the only candidate he's met capable of motivating and leading the American people in a new directiion.

Mr. Obama has previously been endorsed by three other Pennsylvania superdelegates.

Thirteen have endorsed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and the other 12 remain neutral.

The other 12 will be paying attention to the next few weeks.

[True Democrat]

Texas Newspaper Endorsements

Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Houston Chronicle
Dallas Morning News
San Antonio Express-News
Austin American-Statesman
El Paso Times

You didn't say who they endorsed.

[Democratic Hawk]

Texas Newspaper Endorsements

Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Houston Chronicle
Dallas Morning News
San Antonio Express-News
Austin American-Statesman
El Paso Times

You didn't say who they endorsed.

I've just assumed Obama

[Alaska Thunderfvck]

Texas Newspaper Endorsements

Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Houston Chronicle
Dallas Morning News
San Antonio Express-News
Austin American-Statesman
El Paso Times

You didn't say who they endorsed.

I've just assumed Obama

Obviously, he even said at the Debate that he was endorsed by every major city newspaper in Texas.

[Erc]

DNC Belinda Biafore (D-WV) has confirmed her support for Clinton: "She's still in the race, isn't she?  So I'm still supporting her."

[Grad Students are the Worst]

Is Tina Fey a superdelegate? 

[Verily]

Not sure whether Clinton's been endorsed by any Ohio newspapers, but if not, Obama is well on his way to a clean sweep in Ohio as in Texas. The Dayton Daily News has endorsed him.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/oh/story/opinions/editorial/2008/02/24/ddn022408presdemxxmg.html

[Erc]

DNC Mark Mallory (D-OH), Mayor of Cincinnati, endorsed Barack Obama today.  "I have decided to give my endorsement to Barack Obama..."

Link

[NHPolitico]

Is Tina Fey a superdelegate? 

She represented all bitches like herself, so, maybe.

[Verily]

DNC Mark Mallory (D-OH), Mayor of Cincinnati, endorsed Barack Obama today.  "I have decided to give my endorsement to Barack Obama..."

Link

It was apparently quite dramatic an endorsement, too.

[Alaska Thunderfvck]

Former Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White switches support:

Six months ago, I supported Senator Hillary Clinton. My wife JoAnn and I are friends of the Clintons. President Clinton was only the second elected official, after the assassinations of the 1960s, to give me hope again. Not withstanding his personal transgressions, President Clinton loves America and tried to do as much for the same Americans that the Kennedys and Dr. King were concerned about. But, after watching the primary election process by the day and sometimes by the hour, I decided that I cannot cast my vote for Senator Clinton.

On March 4th, I'm voting for Barack Obama because I want real change in our America, and he's made me hopeful that he has the intestinal fortitude to make the change which our country so sorely needs.

[So the Heroes Fall]

When's the last time Hillary received a new endorsement from a superdelegate? I imagine it's been quite awhile.

[Pictor Ignotus]

From http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html she got one on the 22nd:

"Added DNC Belinda Biofore (WV) for Clinton"

[So the Heroes Fall]

But from this thread it sounds as if she just reiterated her support, not announced it.

[Democratic Hawk]

Not sure whether Clinton's been endorsed by any Ohio newspapers, but if not, Obama is well on his way to a clean sweep in Ohio as in Texas. The Dayton Daily News has endorsed him.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/oh/story/opinions/editorial/2008/02/24/ddn022408presdemxxmg.html

Seemingly, the Akron Beacon Journal endorsed Clinton

http://1290whio.com/includes/news/indepth/5279860_Ohio_Papers_Split_Endorsements_053903.html

Dave

[Trilobyte]

Not exactly influencial, but The Daily Texan of the University of Texas at Austin surprisingly endorsed Clinton:

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=8fd2d256-8e07-4410-ada4-472b700786d6&page=2

A student newspaper endorsing Clinton? That's a bit ... strange. How did that happen?

[Lief]

This summarizes how ridiculous that endorsement was. As someone who occasionally reads Daily Texans lying on the seats of the bus, I am very disappointed in them.

[Sarnstrom]

Chris Dodd will be endorsing Barack Obama this morning and will campaign with him in Ohio.