Obama gets boost from House Speaker

Barack Obama’s hopes of winning the Democratic Party’s nomination for US President were boosted by remarks by House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi.

With neither front-runner Mr Obama nor his rival Hillary Clinton looking likely to claim outright victory in the primaries, it looks as though so-called superdelegates – party grandees – will have the casting vote on who will challenge the Republican Party’s nominee-in-waiting John McCain in November’s Presidential election.