Pennsylvania outcome could sway undecided super-delegates

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The outcome of the Democratic presidential primary in Pennsylvania, pitting Hillary Clinton against Barack Obama April 22, could sway undecided "super-delegates" now expected to decide who gets the party's nod.

With the race as it stands, whoever wins in Pennsylvania and nine other primaries through June 3, neither Clinton nor Obama can lock in the 2,025 delegates needed to secure the Democratic nomination.

According to the independent site RealClearPolitics (RCP), Obama has 1,641 delegates compared to 1,503 for Clinton.

Among these delegates 1,415 are pledged to vote for Obama and 1,251 pleadged to vote for Clinton.

Obama has the support of 226 so-called super-delegates and Clinton 252. Those are out of a total of some 800...