Demconwatch, of course, has the best superdelegate counter around. Obama has been catching up, slowly but surely, in recent days. But it's not from people deciding to endorse. It's just from the states choosing "add-on" delegates (this is explained over at talkingpointsmemo). The 76 add-on delegates are chosen in various ways by the states, but often the body choosing the delegates has a composition influenced by the state's vote. Thus, all these add-ons are (roughly) reflecting Obama's pledged delegate lead (although, since FlyOnTheWall thinks they'll mostly be allocated winner-take-all, they might actually give Obama extra, since he's won more states).
It's certainly not bad news for Obama, and he can hope that enough will come down the pipe that he might be ahead of Clinton in superdelegates as well as pledged by the time Pennsylvania votes, but these are a little bit different from the usual superdelegates-- they're less signaling accumulation in momentum than cementing victories that he's already won.
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