Democratic superdelegates continue to flock to the Clinton campaign:
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has extended her already sizable superdelegate lead by several dozen since August, and is deploying former President Bill Clinton to bring more of the powerful endorsers on board.Based on a memo from campaign manager Robby Mook and delegate figures provided by the Democratic National Committee, Bloomberg Politics estimates Hillary Clinton has well over 500 superdelegate commitments, putting her even closer to securing the minimum number needed to win the party's nomination before ordinary voters cast a single ballot in a caucus or primary.
“Today, Hillary has more support from superdelegates than all the pledged delegates awarded in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, and a third of delegates awarded on Super Tuesday combined,” Mook said in the memo, which was sent to supporters on Tuesday and obtained by Bloomberg.
A reminder: Superdelegates have been a part of this process for decades and can switch their allegiance to another candidate all the way up to the convention. But this is unlikely, and their support along the way is absolutely crucial to victory.If you're wondering how many superdelegates Bernie Sanders has, my guess is around 5 or less. I'm not trying to be mean, that's just the situation. Sometimes it pays to be a lifelong Democrat I suppose.
I like this next one a lot: The Clinton Cash nothingburger (AKA Donategate) did nothing to stop the flow of charity funds to the Clinton Foundation. In fact, maybe it helped?
Donors to the Clinton family’s charitable foundation have not been scared off by the intense media scrutiny brought on by Hillary Clinton’s run for president, new disclosures show.Bruised and muddied by controversies this election season, the Clinton Foundation says it has nonetheless raised more money so far in 2015 than it did during the same period last year.
Not only has more overall money been raised, unwanted media scrutiny of donations from foreign governments and incomplete bookkeeping during Clinton’s tenure as secretary of State has had the opposite effect to what many expected. Instead of these controversies driving donors away, more people sent checks to the foundation during the first three quarters of 2015 than they did over the same period last year.