The end was never going to be determined by the final states voting or Obama securing the required number of delegates. It was always going to end when Clinton decided to end it.
The nominee is not officially the nominee until the convention. Like McCain, when Obama reaches the “magic number” he will simply become the [...]
Simply: Obama should have 25 to 30 super delegates come out for him today and Tuesday morning and put him within 20 or so delegates of the nomination.
That way, when the results come in from Tuesday’s Montana and South Dakota primaries, he’s put over the top.
That way, it’s not a super delegate putting him over [...]
According to the AP’s delegate math, Obama now has enough delegates to secure the nomination…
The AP tally was based on public commitments from delegates as well as more than a dozen private commitments. It also included a minimum number of delegates Obama was guaranteed even if he lost the final two primaries in South Dakota [...]
Eleven delegates away as of 6:30pm ET.
The Huffington Post has a running tally here.
TalkingPointsMemo’s can be found here.
In a sudden and surprising recognition of math and reality, Clinton appears to be considering the Veep slot…
The Huffington Post has learned that Sen. Hillary Clinton’s reported openness to the vice presidential slot on an Obama-led ticket, as first noted by the AP, came during a call with supporters in New York’s congressional delegation that [...]
With the results from South Dakota in, Obama’s delegate count has surpassed the 2,118 needed to secure the nomination. Obama is now the presumptive nominee of the Dems.
McCain gave his first speech devoted entirely and directly aimed at Obama and the general election. You can see how, on paper, this speech had the makings of [...]
All the news organizations are reporting it (update: the expected day of the announcement is now Saturday instead of the previously-reported Friday)
I will believe it when I see it.
TPM points out this amazing quote from The New York Times…
“We pledged to support her to the end,” Representative Charles B. Rangel, a New York Democrat who [...]
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