Obama Nears the 2026 Delegate Threshold

Illinois US Senator Barack Obama moved ever so closer to officially claiming the needed number of delegates to secure the Democratic Party nomination for President with his clear victory in Oregon earlier this week. Estimates at this point show Obama with 1,962 delegates, just 64 short of the needed 2,o26 total. Obama is generally picking up 2-4 superdelegates daily as he moves in on the nomination. At this moment, it is estimated 173 superdelegates are still uncommited and 40 superdelegates are yet to be allocated. The next primary is Puerto Rico on Sunday 1 June followed by the finales in Montana and South Dakota on Tuesday 3 June. Each primary is allocated as follows:
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Puerto Rico: 55 pledged, 8 super, 63 total delegates to be determined
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Montana: 16 pledged, 9 super, 25 total delegates to be determined
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South Dakota: 15 pledged, 8 super, 23 total delegates to be determined
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It looks likely that Obama will go over the top after these three primaries, perhaps as soon as Wednesday 4 June. The Clinton campaign holds out hope for the impossible with the disqualified Florida and Michigan delegates becoming eligible, but all signs indicate that is impossible. Lets hope it truly all does come to end in about two weeks after nearly two to three years of this endless campaign. Then comes the next part -- thank goodness it will only be about five months with the November general elections looming on the 4th day of the 11th month -- just 167 days from now which was 16 December 2007 167 days ago.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29_superdelegates%2C_2008
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