Part 2

Obama’s Minnesota rally in St. Paul

Minnesota primary results

California puts gay marriage on November ballot

Sen. Kennedy up and about after surgery

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Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, the longest serving Senator in United States history has endorsed Barack Obama for president.

The endorsement, which should help significantly in combatting any criticism Obama receives from here on out over Rev. Wright, comes from a man who was once the leader of his local KKK chapter.

As President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate, Byrd is third in line of presidential Read the full story

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Obama in Portland:

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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