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10 May 08
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Clinton and Obama have been wooing undeclared superdelegates this week in Washington, but many say they prefer to let voters or the candidates themselves decide the nominee. Furthermore, Obama supporters on Capitol Hill do not want to appear to be hounding their Senate colleague from the race given that they will want Clinton's support in the general election.
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The shift was an enormous blow for the Clinton campaign, which has pinned its hopes on convincing superdelegates that Clinton is more electable in November, despite Obama's lead in the total popular vote and pledged delegates awarded in primaries and caucuses.
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The Obama campaign has tended to announce superdelegate endorsements at difficult moments - such as the day after losing a primary - but yesterday's announcements seemed designed to further establish him as the likely nominee.
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The surge signaled a critical psychological turning point for the Illinois senator, who had trailed Clinton by more than 100 superdelegates on the eve of the first nominating contests in January, when many in the party viewed her as the inevitable nominee.
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After adding at least nine yesterday - among the biggest one-day hauls for either candidate since the primaries began - Obama, with 271 superdelegates, has nearly pulled even with Clinton, who has 272.5, according to the latest unofficial tally by the Associated Press. Counts by other media organizations showed him taking the lead among the 795 superdelegates, the party leaders and elected officials who will almost certainly put the eventual nominee past the finish line of 2,025 delegates overall
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