With 100% reporting, Clinton crushed Obama 68%-32% in Puerto Rico, a much bigger margin of victory than most polls anticipated. Still, he is likely to win South Dakota and Montana on Tuesday, and he may well clinch the nomination on Tuesday or Wednesday. Both Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have urged superdelegates to make a choice as quickly as possible after the last contest is over on June 3. The Democratic party’s rules and bylaws committee ruled on Saturday that both the Florida and Michigan delegates would be fully seated, but with each delegate counting for half a vote, so the new magic number to win the nomination is 2118.
According to the New York Times, Obama is 70.5 delegates from the finish line. He picked up 17 pledged delegates in Puerto Rico, leaving him 53.5 short. There are 48 total delegates left to win in Montana and South Dakota combined, 31 of whom are pledged delegates. Let’s say they split 24-24; in that case, Obama would need only about 30 superdelegates to throw their support behind him. Basically, this is a done deal, and this contest will likely come to a conclusion before the end of this week.
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June 2nd, 2008 at 11:11 am
Nice one Hassan. I bet it’s over by week’s end too.