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but Barack would also need to do well in NJ, NY and MO, as they're the States that hold the most delegates and which, currently, Clinton is leading in outside the margin of error. Out of those three, New York and New Jersey have more delegates (281 and 127 respectively) than MO (88 delegates).
In fact, out of the 22 States voting, Barack only leads in three, I believe: Illinois (by double digits), Georgia (by seven points) and Idaho (within the margin of error) with a combined delegate count of 311, all awarded proportionally. For him to do well -- very well, in fact -- he'll need a bounce of epic proportions in these other 19 States in order to make the necessary number of delegates.
Which simply won't happen.
In fact, neither candidate will have the necessary number of delegates until, probably, the Primary in Mississippi on March 12th with the race being finally decided on April 22nd when Pennsylvania -- a State Hillary currently has a 20 point lead in -- votes and awards it's 188 delegates.
I congratulate Barack and his supporters on their win, but there's a great deal of work to be done.
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