Obama Nears Nomination

Illinois US Senator Barack Obama scored a relatively easy victory earlier this week outright in the North Carolina Democratic Primary and would have done the same in Indiana had not tens of thousands of Republicans crossed over to vote for Hillary Clinton and give her a narrow victory. This recent trend, strongly encouraged and led by rightwing radio iconoclast Rush Limbaugh, has been virtually the only reason why the Clinton campaign remains alive although it is on life support and teetering on financial collapse. Obama now has approximately 1,850 delegates which puts him within around 175 delegates of clinching the nomination. The remaining six primaries will not give him enough to clinch the nomination outright, so Obama will be lobbying the Democratic Party superdelegates to put him over the top. Thankfully, the end of this seemingly endless campaign that has been going on for well over a year already now is in sight with the completion of the Montana and South Dakota primaries on Tuesday 3 June.
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Next up is West Virginia on Tuesday 13 June followed by Oregon and Kentucky on Tuesday 20 June. Puerto Rico holds its Democratic primary on Sunday 1 June as the penultimate primary day. Obama also is even with Clinton in the area of superdelegate support with his recent successes.
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West Virginia Primary: 28 pledged. 11 super, 39 total delegates to determined
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Kentucky Primary: 51 pledged, 9 super, 60 total delegates to be determined
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Oregon Primary: 52 pledged, 13 super, 65 total delegates to be determined
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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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At this time, approximately 240 to 250 superdelegates remain either uncommitted or unassigned. This group of supporters will be the key element to be followed in the coming month and beyond.
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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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