Muhammad Ali had with Larry Holmes. The
old rope-a-dope didn't work then and it ain't
going to work now. So why doesn't she just
throw in the towel before she does greater
damage to the democratic party?
The flow of Democratic superdelegates to Sen. Barack Obama continued today, and at least two media outlets reported that their tallies show him catching Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the last significant voting category in which she had claimed superiority.
ABC News put Obama slightly ahead, and the New York Times counted them even. The Associated Press, the tally used by the Los Angeles Times, still gave a slight advantage to Clinton -- with Obama closing quickly.
The five new endorsements include at least one defection. Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-N.J.), an early African American supporter of Clinton, jumped ship this morning, telling the Newark Star-Ledger that he backed Clinton when he thought Obama's campaign was "just a trial balloon."
Among the previously uncommitteds now behind Obama: Ed Espinoza, a Democratic National Committee member from Long Beach, who also urged uncommitted superdelegates to make their declaration by May 26.
"This needs to be over and done with by Memorial Day," Espinoza said.
Evidencing the kind of behind-the-scenes lobbying underway, Espinoza said he backed Obama in part at the urging of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, for whose presidential campaign he had worked before Richardson dropped out.
Vernon Watkins, a Democratic National Committee member and superdelegate, also shifted to Obama this morning, the Associated Press reported. Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.) announced his support for Obama and was scheduled to campaign with the Illinois senator this morning. The fifth new superdelegate was John Gage, president of the American Federation of Government Employees.
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