The Will Rhodes Portmanteau

Now the distance between Clinton and Obama is even closer still - even her pledged super-delegates are swapping over to Obama.

What does that mean for the race itself? Not much if you listen to the Clinton camp she still believes that she can win - remember yesterday with the humiliation? She would rather do that than dignifyingly leave the race.

Maybe she will after her predictable win in W Virginia. She had her chance this week to go, now this is a time where she can split the Democratic party - I don’t think she will, but you never know when a person is being obliterated in such a way.

The Obama campaign announced the support of seven superdelegates, including a previous Clinton backer.

Hawaii Rep. Mazie Hirono, New Mexico Democratic Party member Laurie Weahkee and South Carolina Democratic Party Vice Chair Wilber Lee Jeffcoat, announced they are backing the Illinois senator.

Other superdelegates that pledged their support to Obama on Friday include: California Democratic National Committee member Ed Espinoza; Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon told The Oregonian newspaper that he will support Obama’s bid.

Oregon voters are in the middle of primary voting, which takes place through the mail.

Rep. Donald Payne, a New Jersey Democrat and an early Clinton supporter, told The [Newark] Star-Ledger that he was switching to Obama.