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Will Doyle and Altmire put our Democratic nominee over the top?

PA is left with four remaining undeclared superdelegates:  Reps. Mike Doyle and Jason Altmire of Southwest PA, Rep. Tim Holden of Harrisburg, and Rep. Bob Brady of Philadelphia.  As of today, Obama needs 61 more delegates to secure the nomination (though it is likely that after the Rules Committee meetings on May 31, that number will go up slightly.)

The decision for Mike Doyle to go public should be easy.  Obama won his district overwhelmingly and his former endorsee Gov. Bill Richardson has endorsed Obama.  Is Doyle afraid to go against Rendell?  Murtha?  Onorato?

Conventional wisdom is that Jason Altmire is supporting Obama, but he has yet to make a public endorsement.  Melissa Hart has already even put together an attack ad on Obama and Altmire together (seriously?  liberal kool-aid?)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDGsizFF6Es[/youtube]

Almire expressed his fear to endorse and his desire for the contest to end:

“Three months ago, everyone in the district was saying how great it was to have these strong candidates,” he said. “Now, whenever I’m at a rally or somewhere else, I hear people saying, ‘I used to like Jason, but if he endorses the one I don’t like, I’m not going to vote for him.’”

Nationwide, Obama’s superdelegate lead is up to 30.  Obama leads her among Governors, Congressmembers, Senators, and DNC Members.  Clinton leads Obama only among distinguished party leaders.

So, the question out there is will Doyle or Altmire be among those who put Obama over the top to officially to secure the nomination?

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