Thursday’s campaign round-up
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:
* What’s up on the superdelegate front? Over the last 24 hours, Obama has picked up two (Mike Morgan in Oklahoma and Lena Taylor in Wisconsin) and Clinton got one (Vicky Harwell of Tennessee). An Edwards pledged delegate from New Hampshire has also moved to Obama. (At this point, Edwards’ delegates are, to a certain extent, like superdelegates, in that they can pick whomever they want.)
* Speaking of endorsements, the United Steelworkers, which had supported Edwards, also announced their switch to Obama this morning.
* In a classy move yesterday, Hillary Clinton defended Obama from McCain’s Hamas-related attacks. Good for her.
* Bloomberg reported yesterday that Obama picked up endorsements from “three former chairmen of the Securities and Exchange Commission, two of whom were appointed by Republican presidents.” “We believe Senator Obama can provide the positive leadership and judgment needed to take us to a stronger and more secure economic future,” they said
* Obama has been wearing a flag pin on his lapel this week. Reporters find this fascinating.
* A woman reporter pressed Obama on the plight of auto workers before a media availability had begun, prompting Obama to ask her to “hold on one second there sweetie.” He later called her directly to apologize.
* I find it hard to believe, but a Rasmussen poll found that more than one in four Clinton supporters (29%) want her to run as an independent, third-party candidate if her Democratic bid comes up short.
* NARAL’s decision to endorse Obama was not immediately embraced by some of the organization’s state affiliates, who have decided to remain neutral.
* I’d like to hear a little more about this: “Progressive Media will not be running an independent ad campaign this year,” David Brock, the head of the organization, confirmed in a statement. “Progressive Media was established to be an independent on-going progressive issue advocacy organization,” Brock added. “We were not established for one issue, one candidate or one election cycle. But donors and potential donors are getting clear signals from the Obama camp through the news media and we recognize that reality.”
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