Obama Takes Super Delegate Lead
According to numbers at 2008 Democratic Convention Watch, Obama now has 274 super delegates to Clinton's 270.5, with 251 still uncommitted. In the past week he has picked up 26, and she has picked up just 1.5.
This race is over. The super delegates were Clinton's only chance to win, and they're leaving her, not joining.
We get it Hillary, you have a lot of support, except just not as much as Obama has. That's life, deal with it. Kentucky and West Virginia won't change a thing. Those primaries won't demonstrate any point other than the fact that the Democratic party still has a lot of people unable to vote for a black man in it. Tell us something we don't already know.
The thing is, it is high time that things change, and electing an African American as president is just the kind of cold water wake up call this nation needs, and a lot of people agree on that point.
Posted at 5/10/2008 11:29:00 PM PT
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Mellow out, yes it's over, yes Senator Obama is the nominee.
Let it play out for the last few states. That's part of the healing.
Senator Clinton staying in until at least May 20 let's both candidates whack at McCain and gives her supporters time to come to terms with the reality.
The last thing we need now is to conclude and diss the last few state's voters, that thier vote just doesn't matter.
After June 3rd, it probably won't make much of a difference how the PLEO's vote, AND THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD reason to play it to the last primary
Dave Gibney
Dave - I don't buy your argument because I don't buy the argument that votes don't matter. People in the upcoming states can vote as they wish. They can even choose to vote for Edwards if they want. It doesn't matter if Clinton has conceded or not. However, when a candidate no longer has a chance they should concede. That's also part of politics and Clinton has thumbed her nose at doing that. It has nothing to do with standing up for the downtrodden blah blah blah. It is all about her personal quest for power.
I'm sorry, this has been a really historic election cycle in many ways. Just for grins, no matter who wins in November, it'll be a Senator, which hasn't happened since Kennedy.
If you were to ask Senator Obama and his staff, they'd say that now is the time to let Senator Clinton bow out with some remaining dignity. Personal quest for power not withstanding, there is a good chunk of the electorate that needs that grace period. Another couple weeks isn't going to make a difference, unless we really start feeding on one another. She was always my last choice (I still like Richardson), but it's time to come together, which takes time, and hastening the process is no counterproductive.
I was for Tsongas, and when he pulled out, it hurt. When he won Conneticut, after that, it was a small knife in Bill's side. If Hillary pulls out this week, and then wins Kentucky and New Jersey (which she will), that's just more fodder for the dittoheads and Rove.
As Chad would say, peace
Dave Gibney
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