May 7, 2008

Dems Race Update

Obama beat Clinton by 14% in North Carolina, while Clinton won Indiana by just 1%. Many media sources are asking if "Clinton can rebound", but it's likely that they're going to fight this won until the bitter end. In terms of delegate count, CNN reports that Obama has 1,842 vs. Clinton with 1,686. A total of 2,025 are needed to got nominated at the convention, and 280 superdelegates are still undecided.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

AHHH doublepost! you could've added this to the post below about the race and updated the time

Anonymous said...

It's been close to mathematically impossible for Hilary to win the race for months now. Last night was a coup for Obama, but only in the sense that the clock has moved forward with slightly better results than he'd anticipated.

Anonymous said...

Didn't Hilary win Indiana by 2%, not 1%?

Anonymous said...

as a white woman, obama is the only candidate for the truly knowledgeable american citizen. hilary clinton is a motherfucking disaster. also, *one, not *won poster. lauraalyse, your posts tend to be a hot mess.

Anonymous said...

They're both disasters. One is just less harmful than the other.

Anonymous said...

it's the net of 2%. at the same time, i don't go to wesleying to find out news i can read on cnn.com.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, both press useless candidates, sigh.

Anonymous said...

cnn.com is a useless news website.

Actual headline: "Another American Idol Contestant Eliminated"