APThe Iowa primaries were held in January, but at Saturday's convention Barack Obama picked up nine delegates that previously had been allocated to John Edwards.
Iowa has 45 delegates to award candidates. Originally, Edwards won 14. Six stuck with him through the convention, nine switched to Obama, giving him a total of 25 delegates. Hillary gained none at the convention, keeping a total of 14.
Last week Obama increased his delegate lead by six because of a recall in California. With this nine delegate increase he continues to creep ahead.
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, commented on the super-delegate situation. The super-delegates seem impressed with Obama's string of wins.
"If the votes of the super-delegates overturn what's happened in the elections, it would be harmful to the Democratic party," she said in an interview with ABC's This Week. Super-delegates should fall in behind the person who emerges from the state-by-state popular vote with the most number of pledged delegates, said Pelosi.
2,173 of the total 2,500 delegates at the Democratic convention have been allocated at this point.
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