And I agree with Will. Superdelegate counts change often.

That being said, Sally Clark must have forgotten that Clinton's husband signed DOMA. Just like Patty Murray forgot she voted for it.

However the Democratic party will implode if those Super Delegates carry more weight than they should. If they push Hillary into office to the detriment of the popular decision for Obama, there will be lawsuits galore.

It will destroy our very democratic system as we now know it.

Unless Obama clean up on Tuesday, then she'll be forced to pre-endorse Thursday, which means in time for the papers that go to bed at 2pm to be "published" for Friday, and with sufficient time to get cameras from the TV networks for the 5pm news.

Hillary has 35, which is 3 + 5 = 8

Obama has 33, which is 3 + 3 = 6

8 represents material accomplishment -- money, material freedom, business, high finance, control, power, success, achievement, recognition, profit, executive ability, management, authority, fairness, and responsibility.

6 represents social consciousness -- responsibility to others, adjustments, family, harmony, healing, counseling, teaching, education, truth, justice, domestic, reliability, tenacity, conservative, conscientiousness, and social balance.

I am not making this up.

Coincidence? YOU DECIDE.

Suck on that!

State's superdelegates

Washington's 17 "unpledged" Democratic delegates and whom they've endorsed:

Uncommitted

State party Chairman Dwight Pelz, Seattle; Vice Chairwoman Eileen Macoll, Pullman

Democratic National Committee members Ed Cote, Vancouver; Sharon Mast, Bellevue; David McDonald, Seattle

Gov. Christine Gregoire

Reps. Brian Baird, Vancouver; Norm Dicks, Bremerton; Rick Larsen, Lake Stevens; Jim McDermott, Seattle

Clinton

King County Executive Ron Sims

Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell

Rep. Jay Inslee, Bainbridge Island

Former House Speaker Tom Foley, Washington, D.C.

Obama

Democratic National Committee member Pat Notter, Wenatchee

Rep. Adam Smith, Tacoma

That's from the Seattle Times on Thursday, but I think it's still current.

Yes, if that were to happen, there'd be some awfully pissed off folks...

On the other hand, that is precisely how the process works. And, in some ways, that is precisely what the current percentage of superdelegates was set up for.

(And I say this as an Obama supporter.)

Unlike other delegates, they're not beholden to prior promises to vote for a specific candidate, so they frequently change their votes when the winds change.

This is why most people ignore what they say.

Fiscally responsible - no question. But Moderate (as in right of the Dems)? Nah.

I guess you'll be retracting this Slog item
http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/ed_murray_endorses_obama
posted by, um, Eli Sanders,
and dated, um, January 11 (though as comments noted, Ed has been on board for months).

Several other stale ones - it's a cumulative list.

Obama campaign Washington: please make your office more accessible, and add my name to the list of [ex] politicians for Obama!

Peter Steinbrueck

I'm not a fanboy, I just want to win. And I think the momentum is pretty damn well unmistakable. I have worked with many of Obama's field people now on the ground in WA in previous campaigns, and they are the best we have.

Most of them have been employed and trained by Adam Smith, AFAIK the very first of WA's superdelegates to endorse anyone at all. That means that their work ethic and performance are at the top of the scale.

That matters. Big time it matters. If his field staff in other states is as good as it is here, he is going to win this thing.

Our work is just beginning, even so. But this would be a good first step. Hillary would be a first step. But expectations would be higher for Obama, and it appears that people are willing to invest more of themselves in Obama than they are in Hillary.

I will support the nominee, whoever it is. The alternative is unthinkable.