May 21, 2008 at 5:22 pm | In politics | Leave a Comment
Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Delegates, Hillary Clinton, Kentucky, Montana, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Superdelegates
So Kentucky and Oregon have come and gone.
What will it now take for either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton to secure the democratic nomination for President.
Let’s presue the last three contests go down like this.
Clinton wins Puerto Rico-62% to 38%
Obama wins Montana-56% to 44%
Obama wins South Dakota-53% to 47%
Those results seem reasonable enough given recent polls.
If that happens than Barack Obama will need…12% of the remain superdelegates to secure the parties nominaton. Just 12%…Hillary Clinton on the other hand will need 95% of the remaining superdelegates. 95%!
Given how things have been going in the superdelegate category the last couple of months I find it almost impossible that Hillary Clinton can pull this thing off.
