It's been a little quiet on the Super front. Hillary Clinton was 1-0 for yesterday so today makes up for that.
(so far)
One of todays Supers was on the rules committee, so hopefully we'll see more announce that were on the committee and wanted to wait.
These are via Time's "The Page"
Today’s Tally: Obama 2, Clinton 0
OBAMA GETS:
–Maine add-on super Gwethalyn Phillips of Bangor.
–Nevada DNC super and member of the Rules Committee Yvonne Gates.
Update1:
HatTip: by Daniel Gruhn
ZappoDave: Could it be? A concession speech? NY on the last election night?
Coming home?
Hillary's spending Monday night in New York City, a suggestion that she'll be having election night in her home state Tuesday.
That would be her first New York election night since Super Tuesday,when she won big states but, in retrospect, more or less lost the nomination.
Update2: Ben Smith at Politico has retracted. He says she will be in Washington, DC.
The Add-on:
–Maine add-on super Gwethalyn Phillips of Bangor.
AUGUSTA, Maine—Barack Obama picked up a national delegate from Maine on Sunday as the Democratic State Convention closed.
Delegates ratified the party chairman's nomination of Gwethalyn Phillips of Bangor, a former state party official, as an "unpledged add-on" delegate as specified in party rules. But Maine Democratic Party Executive Director Arden Manning said Phillips was recognized as an active Obama supporter.
Phillips, who played a lead role in the Maine presidential campaign of Bill Clinton in 1992, said in a telephone interview she has been involved with the Obama effort this time around, "in Penobscot County in particular."
Putting her in the Obama column brings Maine's national delegate total to 19 for Obama and 10 for Hillary Clinton, with three superdelegates not yet committed.
One from the Rules Committee:
Obama picks up Nevada superdelegate
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, AP
Posted: 2008-06-01 03:45:34
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has picked up the support of Nevada superdelegate Yvonne Gates, nudging him closer to the nomination.
The former Clark County Commissioner and member of the national party's Rules Committee told The Associated Press late Saturday that she had been impressed by the Illinois senator's campaign.
"I have been admiring, just from afar, looking at the way they run the campaign. I have been pretty impressed with this operation," she said. "I think he would make a great president."
Her decision comes as Obama is on the verge of winning the nomination fight against Hillary Rodham
Clinton.
Obama To Hold Huge Rally Tuesday Night At Site Of 2008 GOP Convention
Some folks have already reported this, based on anonymous sources, but now the Obama campaign has made it official via a press release: He and his wife, Michelle, will hold a big rally on Tuesday evening -- the night of the last voting in the Dem primary -- at the site of the 2008 Republican National Convention.
It will be at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Expect Obama to use the occasion to frame his entire argument against McCain.
It's a pretty ballsy move. To state the obvious, the event will strongly symbolize that the real significance of the completion of the Dem primary voting is that the general election has begun, with Obama as the standard-bearer challenging McCain and the GOP.
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