Obama Endorsement Watch

So yesterday Edwards finally got off his ass and endorsed Obama, so now the question is what will his pledged delegates, superdelegates and union endorsements do? Even before he endorsed Obama the vast majority Edwards supporters went straight to Obama, so now that Edwards has officially made his choice and the primary is all but settled it would be hard to imagine them not flowing straight to Obama. Well today (actually late last nighht) we have our first, New Hampshire Democratic Party delegate Joshua Denton:

Joshua Denton of Portsmouth, 26, an Iraq war veteran, says he thinks that both Obama and Hillary Clinton would be a better president than Republican nominee John McCain. He thinks that Obama is the change the country needs, along with having the best chance of beating McCain in the general election.

"My fear with Hillary was just because she is who she is -- for better or worse -- she would sink, not just lose the presidency," but Democrats in Congress, Denton said Wednesday.

I'm sure there will be more where that came from.

Update: Today the United Steelworkers Union became the first pro-Edwards union to endorse Obama since Edwards' endorsement yesterday (other unions switched to Obama before Edwards' endorsement). They released this statement:

We find ourselves once again in agreement with Senator Edwards, this time with his decision last evening to endorse Senator Barack Obama. And thus today, the United Steelworkers enthusiastically endorses Senator Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States.

All of us, including we hope Senator Clinton for whom we have the utmost respect, must now do everything we can to ensure that Barack Obama is the next president of the United States. Now is the time for contention and division to cease, and for us to unite behind the changes for which Senator Obama and our members are calling.

Update #2: Washington Rep. Jim McDermott endorsed Obama.

Update #3: Obama was also endorsed by Communication Workers of America president Larry Cohen, who is also a superdelegate.

Update #4: It has been announced that Reps. Henry Waxman and Howard Berman of California, and both powerful committee chairs, have endoresd Obama as well. Here's Waxman:

Senator Obama’s vision for change has inspired tens of millions of Americans. And he’s also proved that he has the experience, judgment, integrity, and toughness to bring real reform to Washington. Our nation faces big challenges. We need to bring our troops safely home from Iraq. We need to solve global warming and finally enact universal health care legislation. And we need to create new jobs and strengthen our middle class. Senator Obama is the leader we need both here and around the world. He will be an extraordinary President, and I look forward to working with him to make his vision for change the new reality in Washington.

And Berman:

Barack Obama has laid out a foreign policy vision driven by principle and conviction, and he understands that our moral authority and our safety as a nation go hand in hand. I spoke with him about a number of foreign policy issues that most concern me. He assured me that he shares my views. The moment President Obama takes office, we’ll send a powerful message to the world that America is back and ready to lead again—that we haven’t abandoned the values that made us the light of the world, and neither should anyone else.

Quite a busy day.

Update #5: At least Six (possibly all 8) Edwards pledged delegates from South Carolina have switched to Obama. They are Daniel Boan, Christine Brennan-Bond, Robert Groce, Susan Smith, Mike Evatt and Lauren Bilton. You can definitely say goodbye to Hillary's WV advantage from WV.

Update #6: Obama just gained an extra pledged delegate from North Carolina, and Hillary lost one, after they actually finished calculating the vote. It seems weird that they are constantly giving Obama more delegates after the fact in all these elections, but they never underestimate Hillary's delegate numbers on election night. Not saying there is some conspiracy there or anything, it just seems odd that they always overestimate the number of delegates for Hillary. It seems to happen quite often.