Barack Obama superdelegates tell Hillary Clinton: It's Over!

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Top Barack Obama super delegates urge Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race. During a conference call, senators John Kerry (Massachusetts), Claire Mccaskill (Missouri), Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota) and governors Duval Patrick (Massachusetts) and Janet Napolitano (Arizona) speak on Obama's behalf and state the case that he is more electable. -------------------------------------------- It will all be over soon enough. Notwithstanding his loss in Kentucky, his big win in Oregon put Obama at 1957 delegates, according to realclearpolitics.com. That is only 69 delegates from the magic number of 2026 set by Democratic Party rules to clinch the nomination. There are only 301 delegates left to allocate, of which 215 are superdelegates. Obama just needs 23% of those remaining delegates. Now that Obama has accumulated an absolute majority of the elected, pledged delegates, the already steady movement of superdelegates to his column will increase. Even if the Rules Committee of the DNC seats all of the delegates from Michigan and Florida, the math doesn't materially change. Let's say the Committee allocated 10% more of the Michigan and Florida delegates to Clinton than Obama. Between them, Michigan and Florida would have had 366 delegates -- so that would only net Clinton 37 delegates. If The long Democratic primary season has engaged millions of new voters...The 80000 people who attended the Portland rally for Obama would never have gone had there not been a long primary to <b>...</b>

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