Chungar

The floater has finally flushed!

Kanadesaga

Hillary it's June!

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Chungar

Barack Obama has won the Democratic presidential nomination, The Associated Press reports, based on superdelegate endorsements that have not yet been made public.

But South Dakota and Montana voters will technically have the last word in this hard-fought, historic primary race.

Voting in the two states wraps up the marathon primary season. Montana rounds out the race when polls close at 10 p.m. ET, exactly five months after Obama wowed the political establishment with his lead-off Iowa caucus victory. South Dakota polls close an hour earlier.

Obama aides expect to do well in both states, and recent polls have favored the Illinois senator in Montana — but since the states together are only worth 31 delegates, far more attention was paid Tuesday to the avalanche of superdelegates that supposedly steadily fell into Obama’s camp throughout the day.

The Associated Press declared late Tuesday afternoon that based on private superdelegate endorsements that have not yet been announced, Obama clinched the nomination. It takes 2,118 delegates to win, and the AP reported late in the day that he has 2,123.

The Obama camp has not declared victory and Hillary Clinton’s campaign is denying reports she will concede, but the delegate math virtually assured he would become the first black presidential nominee of a major party.

The latest statement from the campaign claimed he was 12 delegates away from locking down the race, with the help of several delegates formerly backing John Edwards. Campaign aides expected to earn at least that many delegates in the two final primaries.

Obama arranged a victory celebration in St. Paul, Minn., at the site of this summer’s Republican National Convention — an in-your-face gesture to Sen. John McCain, who will be his Republican opponent in the race to become the nation’s 44th president.

Clinton aides told FOX News that the only concession she will make Tuesday night is that Obama “has a slight lead in the delegate count.” They said Clinton plans to claim she has won the popular vote, and is working up a victory-type speech for her address in New York City.

Click here to read what Women on the Web are saying about Sen. Clinton’s announcement.

“She is in this race until we have a nominee. We do not expect there to be one tonight,” Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee said.

If that’s the case, aides notably left the door open for what would happen come Wednesday morning. Clinton also said on a conference call with New York lawmakers Tuesday that she is “open” to being Obama’s running mate if it would help the party.

According to a participant on the call, she also told colleagues she did not have the delegate math to overtake Obama, but she just wanted to take time to determine how to exit the race.

Clinton supporter and New York Rep. Charlie Rangel talked up the concept Tuesday of an Obama-Clinton ticket Tuesday afternoon, telling FOX News she “will bring votes that Obama can’t.”

“Clinton brings meat to the ticket,” he said. “It’s a dream ticket.”

Even if she loses the majority needed to win the nomination, the AP, citing two unnamed sources, said Clinton will likely stop short of formally suspending or ending her quest for the White House Tuesday night. The AP said she will pledge to continue to speak out on issues like health care, although the sources told the AP they acknowledge the campaign is basically over. The campaign is expected to release most of its staff on June 15, according to the report.

In another signal that Clinton might be coming to terms with her situation, Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe said once Obama gets the majority of convention delegates, “I think Hillary Clinton will congratulate him and call him the nominee.”

Seeing the cards fall into place for his November rival, McCain planned a prime time speech Tuesday night in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner, La., in what will essentially be a kickoff to his fall campaign.

Ahead of Tuesday’s concluding primaries, Obama sought to set the stage for reconciliation, praising Clinton’s endurance and determination and offering to meet with her - on her terms - “once the dust settles” from their race.

itsmeeeeeee

i'm so excited i could just pee!

i can't WAIT to hear his speech!
what a great day!

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Kanadesaga

Got Depends?

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SaraW

Hasn't she had time to figure that out by now??

How about she stands up in New York tonight and says "I would like to congratulate the Democratic Party's nominee and NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BARACK OBAMA!!!!!! I know he will be a great president. I thank all of you for your support and hard work in my campaign. But now it's time to join together in the campaign against John McCain." She should then lead the crowd in a chorus of "OBAMA! OBAMA!" Or, if she prefers "Yes We Can" "Yes We Can".

Am I too optomistic?

anhailla

tears of joy...or relief?




Bring it on McCain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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RK77

Yes Much!

Hillary has spent her day trying to convince the SD not to announce today (to give her until thursday).

This is a woman who sees NOTHING but herself. She cares about NOTHING but herself. She wants nothing for anyone but herself.

Her failure to be prepared for this moment is the SAME problem she had with her failure to be prepared for NOT winning Iowa. It is the same as not being prepared to move beyond SuperTuesday.

It is actually the same as Bush's lack of preparation for the aftermath of Shock and Awe.

35 years-----and she is still not prepared and is telling people---forget DAY ONE she is asking the SD to give her until day 2 or 3! Pitiful!

poetrychic

i love, love, love how he is giving his victory speech in st. paul tonight, in the very auditorium the republicans are officially giving mccain the nomination in...that symbolism cannot be lost on them

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"it was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation, yes we can!"

anhailla

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