Barack Obama 'has enough super-delegates to win Democratic nomination'

Source: Telegraph UK

Barack Obama believes he has already secured the private support of enough super-delegates to beat Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic White House nomination, The Sunday Telegraph has learned.

The Illinois senator last week switched his attention to the general election battle against John McCain after locking down more than enough pledges to reach the victory target of 2,025 delegates.

A senior Democrat strategist, familiar with discussions at the highest levels of the Obama camp, has revealed that Mr Obama is now confident of the support of around 120 of the remaining 260 undeclared superdelegates.

His aides believe he will only need between 70 and 80 to be sure of the nomination if he wins the Oregon, Montana and South Dakota primaries as expected ater this month.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/1943910/Barack-Obama-%27has-enough-super-delegates-to-win-Democratic-nomination%27.html

as long as she feels she needs to, if we are confident she has no chance.

I think the best odds of that happening now require that she complete the race.

It's destroying her reputation, her husband's reputation, and it's handing McCain extra time to campaign. The *obvious* best choice is to STOP.

or the senate. A huge thanks to SNL tonight.

On edit, I found the SNL video. OMG!!!!

"On edit, I found the SNL video. OMG!!!!"

Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLFJTc3oExE

:wow:

Here is the video:
http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/4828557d15db15d

I love how it stops at "I am a sore loser."

They're betting everything on her winning the nom thus polarizing the electorate for the GE.

Why can't people see what's going on. The republicans have proven to be experts in winning elections, especially by cheating, but truly by knowing exactly what to do. Obama, no matter how great of a guy he is, CANNOT beat McCain. The republicans know this, which is why they are voting for him in open primaries...no matter how they've spun it in the media. Hillary's the only one that has a chance at beating him. Even though Bill tarnished his record with some of his actions, the country was in a much better state when he was in office, and people remember that regardless of repubican spin. I think Obama should run as her VP myself, they can crush McCain if they take that route, but no matter how dispicable, or how far we have come in race relations, this country will not put a black man in office. Their are too many redneck morons (which is where our last embarassment of a president came from) to let that happen. Put him in as VP, let him prove himself, and then he'll have a real shot in 2016. Be smarter than the republicans people, we need a democrat in office period! Don't let them win another one by not playing it smart....PLEASE!

she is just an attention whore at this point, in the same league as Paris Hilton. We have an election to win, not a self-centered, narcisstic, pathologically lying, greedy, manipulative, scheming prima donna to prop up with much ado about nothing whatsoever except for her latest histrionics.

She has another 4 years on her Senate term. I suppose that's plenty of time to get over some things, but it seems to me that some of these wounds run pretty deep. I wonder if she will be chased out of that Senate seat in 2012.

I can tell you...we're not digging it

she's got allot of fences to mix

Bill Clinton in WV

The Clintons are no longer competing in the primary; they are sabotaging the GE ... and that's going to hurt the down-ticket races.

She is destroying the party with her racist rants...i.e., white people are voting for me and black people are voting for Obama.... Why would anyone vote for anyone strictly because of the color of thier skin?... It sends a tortured message to the centrists those independents that swing elections that the Democrats don't have it all together... Get prepared for the inevitable if they run the country like they run their Primaries we are in a world of hurt.... followed by the Obama has no judegement since he sat in that church listenting to that racist pastor....The GOP is gearing up to isolate the White Christian Conservative bigots and yes their are many of those that claim they are Democrats, such a big tent we built for ourselves...

Why can't people see what's going on. The republicans have proven to be experts in winning elections, especially by cheating, but truly by knowing exactly what to do. Obama, no matter how great of a guy he is, CANNOT beat McCain. The republicans know this, which is why they are voting for him in open primaries...no matter how they've spun it in the media. Hillary's the only one that has a chance at beating him. Even though Bill tarnished his record with some of his actions, the country was in a much better state when he was in office, and people remember that regardless of repubican spin. I think Obama should run as her VP myself, they can crush McCain if they take that route, but no matter how dispicable, or how far we have come in race relations, this country will not put a black man in office. Their are too many redneck morons (which is where our last embarassment of a president came from) to let that happen. Put him in as VP, let him prove himself, and then he'll have a real shot in 2016. Be smarter than the republicans people, we need a democrat in office period! Don't let them win another one by not playing it smart....PLEASE!

So according to La Clinton Obama still needs to hustle for more votes.

from other Magisteria in other universes.

Oh, wait.

I'm confusing The Hillary Campaign with The Golden Compass.

Please Barack do not be too kind. Make McCain blow his stack and show what a loose cannon he is.

in West Virginia and Kentucky, and she will win both those states with large margins.

It's much better for Obama if Hillary does NOT drop out until after those two states vote. Obama will be stronger politically if he is defeated by someone who is still competing against him.

I wish all Obama supporters would think rationally about what is best for Obama in the general election instead of just ranting.

Obama is a class act. Try to act the way he does--if you want him to become President, that is.

Would help her to wake up and smell the coffee?

NPR featured some talk this week about why Hillary wasn't getting the respect she deserved... She is, and it's all her own doing.

states reject the racism she implied in her campaigning. I hope they toss her butt onto the heap.

She could have dropped out last week and campaigned for Obama in WV and KY. That could have saved him the embarrassment too.

Obama/Clinton ticket-- you get the Woman and African American vote and everyone else except the angry white men and the bored housewives who have nothing better to do than listen to hate radio and hate tv.

But after what her campaign has done in the last couple of months?
No.

Just no.

Obama/Richardson. Or maybe Obama/Biden, though Biden may be a bit old to run for president in 2016.

(maybe Hillary will recognize this tune since she seems lost in the past)
:nopity:

today Hillary Clinton tried water skiing.

However, she got a bit waterlogged when she fell and refused to let go of the rope.

Note that these thread are always placed here in the most prominent spot at DU.

in the GE.

My belief is probably as valid as Obama's.