Obama picks up delegates in Kansas, Maryland, steals one from Hillary in Nevada

By GottaLaff

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Sen. Barack Obama inched closer to securing the Democratic presidential nomination with delegate pickups in Nevada, Kansas and Maryland.

In Nevada, Obama stole a delegate from rival Hillary Rodham Clinton by drawing more supporters at the state Democratic convention Saturday.

A vote of more than 2,500 convention delegates broke 55-45 percent in Obama's favor, giving Obama 14 of Nevada's 25 pledged delegates to the National Democratic Convention in Denver this summer to Clinton's 11.

The shift is a gain of one pledged delegate for Obama over the split calculated after the state's January caucuses.

And the totals are....

The pickup brings Obama's delegate total to 1,907 to Clinton's 1,718. The number needed to secure the nomination is 2,026.

Obama has been widening his delegate lead over Clinton, thanks largely to the steady movement of superdelegates to his camp as party leaders coalesce around the candidate they anticipate will be the nominee.

From drip to stream. And again, it should be noted that Obama has been adding delegates and superdelegates at a pace that keeps him in the media eye without missing a beat, or when fortunes ebb and he needs a boost. Smart.