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Clinton’s Superdelegate Lead Is Fading

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton may be trailing her opponent, Senator Barack Obama, in the popular vote and total Democratic delegate count. But from the outset of the race she has been able to enjoy a consistent if narrowing lead in at least one mathematical area: pledged superdelegates, the Democratic Party insiders who are granted autonomy to support whomever they wish at the convention in August.

But that advantage — one of Mrs. Clinton’s few remaining trump cards — is fading fast. Mr. Obama picked up endorsements on Friday from two more superdelegates, one of whom switched his allegiance away from Mrs. Clinton, bringing the Illinois senator within one vote of his rival, according to the latest New York Times count.