Friday, May 9, 2008

Barack Obama ½ a Super Delegate Away from Majority


Photo from source, Yahoo! News

Hillary Clinton has moved the goal posts many times as it pertains to the Democratic nomination. Whichever numbers were on her side were the most important at any given time, from "states won," to "BIG states won," "elected delegates" to "super delgates. Her one big number--super delegates--is now also slipping from her grasp. Her former lead has shrunk to a tie, unless you count the "half delegate" that gives her a .5 lead. Is that anything like the .9 cents at the gas station?

Anyway, soon--probably by the time I write this, Barack Obama will have clinched one or two more, and there won't be any math left that works in Clinton's favor. I was pulling for her for a long time, even enjoyed the race a bit. But her behavior since Tuesday has been appalling, and this just has to end.

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Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union endorsement

Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign. . .

Read more at: Yahoo! News

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