One week after Barack Obama was beaten in West Virginia, that state's Sen. Robert Byrd -- longest serving member of the US Senate -- endorses him. Byrd, who voted against the Iraq War when Clinton voted to authorize it, emphasized the war:
"As people all across this great nation know, I have been one of the most outspoken opponents of the Bush administration's misguided war in Iraq and its saber rattling around the globe...Barack Obama is a noble-hearted patriot and humble Christian, and he has my full faith and support."
Byrd said he didn't want to endorse before the WV primary for fear of tilting the result.... Wrapping up the weekend's delegate action:
Obama picked up seven superdelegates. In addition to Byrd, he got Greg Pecoraro of Maryland and Washington State Democratic party chairman Dwight Pelz. He also picked up four "add-on" superdelegates -- superdelegates chosen at state party conventions who tend to reflect the portions of the pledged delegates each candidate won: one from Kansas, one from Colorado (former Clinton transportation secretary Federico Pena), and two from California.
Clinton won three California add-on delegates.
Obama now leads by 178 total delegates, not including any switches by John Edwards' 18 delegates, a number of whom have already indicate they will support Obama.
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