Former DNC Chair Kirk to Endorse Obama

This came across the wire earlier today, according to ABC News' The Note:

From Kirk's statement Friday morning:

"It is with a great sense of pride and confidence in his leadership that I am delighted to publicly endorse Senator Barack Obama and pledge my support to him as former National Democratic Chairman and as a superdelegate. Senator Obama is the one candidate who has and will continue to expand the electorate beyond the traditional Democratic party base and bring young and new and Independent voters to the Democratic banner in November, an essential ingredient to a Democratic victory."

There were some questions as to whether or not some of the news outlets already had already assigned Mr. Kirk as an Obama superdelegate or not, so I'll wait a bit before declaring this an official addition to the delegate count. This article, written on April 28th, seems to indicate that Paul Kirk had already endorsed Obama earlier. NBC News does not have him listed as a commitment, though.

And, I'm sure I'll be back with more announcements later today. I'm predicting five total, but then again, maybe I'm being greedy. UPDATE: I was pretty off here. Explanation above.