Obama overtakes Clinton in battle for the superdelegates

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Barack Obama surpassed Hillary Clinton for the first time in the fight for the all-important superdelegates whose votes will be decisive in choosing the Democratic party's White House nominee.

At least three Democratic superdelegates pledged to back the African-American senator Saturday -- one of them formerly in Clinton's column -- marking a new milestone in his quest to represent the party in November's presidential election.

With Clinton gaining one new endorsement, based on the RealClearPolitics count, Obama's total reached 274 to her 271.

It marked a rapid change of fortune for Clinton, who though trailing Obama in the committed delegates from the primaries had maintained a solid lead in superdelegates -- a select group of 795 of the...

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