Saunter To The White House 81 ; Obama Countdown - Needs 32.5 delegates

After the latest endorsements by Ohio House Democratic Leader Joyce Beatty and Maine superdelegate Jennifer Dechant, Barack Obama now needs 32.5 delegate and/or superdelegates to get the required number.

Tell The Truthiness ; Who is the 0.5 and are they less functional than other members of the DNC, because they're half?

Saunter To The White House 58 ; Obama Takes More Superdelegates

In another numbers story (well, an election really comes down to just the numbers in the end), Barack Obama has overtaken Hillary Clinton in the number of committed Superdelegates.

The above video gives a good description of the maths, but isn't specifically about the superdelgates, however, it's great seeing simple whiteboards to explain this mammoth contest. Well done Tim Russert!

The Illinois senator now has 267 to the New York senator's 265 after the support of an additional three superdelgates was announced since this weeks primaries.

Tell The Truthiness ; Three for none, it's a good score.

Saunter To The White House 49 ; Drip, Drip Of Superdelegates To Obama

The Reverend Wright story seems to lose any sort of effect when, just hours afterwards, more superdelegates move for Obama. This shows just how much, as the primaries rumble on, that the numbers are what it is all coming down to.

Tell The Truthiness ; As the delegate count is tipped in Obama's favour, so the same is happening for the superdelegate count.

Saunter To The White House 39 ; Bill Rails On Superdelegates At Private Meeting

We've all seen Bill Clinton getting rather forceful on the campaign trail. At the start of the year, when things weren't going Hillary Clinton's way, much blame was placed at the door of whoever thought it would be a winner to keep wheeling Bill out. That wasn't the media saying that, that was Hillary's own campaign. Hence for a few days afterwards the two-term President was no-where to be seen.

But now, the wrath of Bill has been spent on a meeting of superdelegates in California. Behind closed doors, he ripped into the press, the delegates and was incensed at Bill Richardson's endorsement of Barack Obama.

Tell The Truthiness ; Who is running for President, Bill or Hillary?