Hillary Clinton just won't quit!

[boloboffin]

28 delegates tied to this primary.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/14/hillaryclinton.barackobama1

The delegates Clinton picked up will not outweigh 30 superdelegates - Congress members and others with automatic voting rights - he has picked up over the last week to her two.

The count according to CNN:

Obama - 1881 delegates
Clinton - 1713 delegates

That's a difference of 168 delegates.

There are 507 pledged delegates left in the final contests. Hillary must win at least 339 of them to make up the difference.

Oregon has 370 of those final 507 pledged delegates.

http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121064144749596700

The U.S. senator from Illinois leads Hillary Clinton by a commanding 55 percent to 35 percent margin among likely Democratic voters, and even leads among women voters who ordinarily tilt toward Clinton, said Tim Hibbitts of Davis, Hibbitts & Midghall. The poll was conducted May 8-10, during and after visits to Oregon by Obama and Clinton.

What percentage of black people make up the population of Oregon? 1.9%.

Enjoy Clinton's win in West Virginia, CR. It's over.

 

[Jaggy Bunnet]

The count according to CNN:

Obama - 1881 delegates
Clinton - 1713 delegates

That's a difference of 168 delegates.

166 at the moment (1883-1717), but close enough.

There are 507 pledged delegates left in the final contests. Hillary must win at least 339 of them to make up the difference.

Oregon has 370 of those final 507 pledged delegates.

Ehm, no. The pledged delegate difference is currently 153 (1598-1445). There are 3,253 pledged delegates in total, meaning there are 210 left. To get the majority of pledged delegates, you need to get to 1627, so Hillary would need 182 of the remaining 210 to finish ahead on pledged delegates.

Oregon has 52 pledged delegates. Kentucky has 51. If Obama picks up 29 delegates next Tuesday, he will have more than 50% of the total pledged delegates available.

 

[boloboffin]

What the... where's the cheeky website I got 370 delegates in Oregon from?

 

[ravdin]

Even though I'm going to this Hillary cocktail reception bit I actually do NOT know if I'll get to see her, much less meet her. It's that contribution-based sliding scale deal and I'm on the low end (very comfortable there). Anyways I will wear my "Veterans for Hillary" button, could help.

For all of your tireless advocacy and optimism in the face of insurmountable odds, I for one hope you get to meet your candidate in person and shake her hand.

 

[boloboffin]

rrrr, some freaking blog. You would think that my brain would have seized shut before saying Oregon had 370 delegates, but then you would think that my brain likes me.

PS: And the Quinnipiac poll out today shows both Obama and Clinton beating McCain:

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1177

Sen. Obama leads Sen. McCain 47 - 40 percent while Sen. Clinton is up 46 - 41 percent.

And surprise, surprise, this vaunted demographic that Senator Clinton is touting as a core constituency of her, BOTH she and Obama lose to McCain in that demographic by equal margins.

Among working class (no college) white voters, McCain beats Obama 46%-39%.

And McCain beats Hillary 48%-41%.

Tell us more about how this demographic is so important that it should overthrow the will of the Democratic Party voters.

 

[ConspiRaider]

For all of your tireless advocacy and optimism in the face of insurmountable odds, I for one hope you get to meet your candidate in person and shake her hand.

That, sir, is a helluva nice thing to say. Thanks much!