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In a report that contradicts the assertion that Sen. Hillary Clinton’s staying in the race for the democratic nomination is good for the party, an unnamed finance director for a congressional candidate has written an email to Americablog.com that clearly lays out the difficulties in fundraising democratic congressional challengers are facing as a direct result of the prolonged nominating contest. Read the full story

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Washington - Leading democratic presidential contender Barack Obama is closing in on - and in some reports has already overcome - Hillary Clinton’s longtime superdelegate advantage. With a widening pledged delegate and popular vote lead, the superdelegate advantage by Clinton had been her sole remaining advantage for weeks. However, ABC news is reporting that Obama now leads in the overall superdelegate count. Different organizations have different counts as the superdelegate count is ever-changing and difficult to keep track of.

Obama picked up the backing of nine superdelegates on Friday, including Rep. Donald Payne of New Jersey, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus who had been a Clinton supporter.

In addition, the American Federation of Government Employees announced its support for Obama. The union claims about 600,000 members who work in the federal and Washington, D.C., governments.

Here is the latest count from each mainstream media news outlet:

ABC
OBAMA 267
CLINTON 265

CBS
CLINTON 271
OBAMA 261

CNN
CLINTON 268
OBAMA 258

NBC
CLINTON 274
OBAMA 260

AP
CLINTON 271.5
OBAMA 266

New York Times
CLINTON 263
OBAMA 258

Politico
CLINTON 268.5
OBAMA 260

Washington Post (uses AP statistics)
CLINTON 271
OBAMA 256

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A day after she was blown out in North Carolina and barely won Indiana - two states she needed to win convincingly - news broke that Senator Hillary Clinton has had to loan her campaign another $6.4 million dollars. Clinton has now loaned over $11 million to her campaign since February–yet another sign her presidential bid is on life support.

Ron Paul’s strong showing in Pennsylvania.

Robert Reich’s endorsement is the latest in a string of key nods the senator from Illinois has received in the weeks leading up to the Pennsylvania primary.

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