In an expected development, Senator Clinton tallied all four add-on delegates from her Senatorial state of New York. The only question here was whether or not Clinton's state machinery was coordinated enough to stave off any Obama support to peel off a superdelegate. I thought perhaps that one add-on delegate might be undeclared today as a political compromise, but it looks like New York locked in its add-ons for Senator Clinton.
Senator Obama is expected to pick up all three add-on delegates from his home state of Illinois on Monday. For now, though, we can't count those.
Finally, it looks like Maryland's add-on selection will not take place until Saturday, when Guam goes to the caucuses and Louisiana and South Carolina are scheduled to announce their add-on selections (one apiece).
Whether fair or not, these add-on delegates will be seen as "momentum" for either candidate lucky enough to have announcements made at specific times. Heading into the Tuesday elections, Obama will possibly be able to announce 4 more add-on delegates on Saturday, plus 3 more on Monday, to demonstrate momentum from a preordained add-on selection calendar.
More on this later.
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