In advance of the Oregon Primary, Congressman Peter DeFazio has annoucned his endorsement of Senator Obama, citing Obama as the Democrats' "best chance of winning in November."
Similarly, New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne has endorsed Obama, but as a previously committed superdelegate for Clinton, his move serves as yet another defection from the Clinton campaign.
Making up for the loss of Payne, Clinton announced the endorsement of Congressman Chris Carney of Pennsylvania. Carney had said previously that he would endorse the winner of his district. This marks the third superdelegate (Shuler and Ellsworth) that have thrown their support to Clinton based on an external metric: performance in their district.
There is still a dispute over whether Ellsworth actually committed to Clinton or not, but for now he counts as a Clinton superdelegate.
Today (so far) marks a net +2 for Obama, who extends his lead over Clinton to 154.5 overall (1854-1699.5) and cuts Clinton's lead in superdelegates to 9.5.
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