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Update: Obama to get 2 more superdelegate endorsements this afternoon

Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 09:09:30 AM PDT

From the Raleigh N&O

Campaign manager David Plouffe will hold a conference call with reporters this afternoon to announce two new endorsements.
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That leaves 14 more superdelegates. Two are add-ons who will be named at the state convention. One is party chairman Jerry Meek, who has said he will remain neutral.

That leaves Gov. Mike Easley; Reps. Heath Shuler, Mike McIntyre, Brad Miller, Bob Etheridge, David Price and Mel Watt; Buncombe County Commissioner Carol Peterson; Statesville attorney David Parker; Employment Security Commission employee Muriel K. Offerman and Cumberland County Commissioner Jeanette Council.

Along with Rep. Andre Carson's endorsement today, the new endorsements from NC will put Obama only 23 superdelegates behind Clinton.

Update: The superdelegates have been announced as Mel Watt and David Price

Clinton is expected to pick up 2 add-ons from NJ tomorrow.

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