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The Nomination Fight Is Over |
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I know I'm not the first, and I won't be the last, but I'm declaring the Democratic nomination fight over. Barack Obama won.
We all know the argument:
- Obama leads in pledged delegates (1,593 to 1,425)
- Obama leads in superdelegates for the first time (266 to 264)
- Obama leads the popular vote (15,930,241 to 15,219,684)
There are other, less empirical arguments too. As the Carl Hulse and David Herszenhorn point out in the New York Times, party leadership is starting to treat Obama like the nominee as well:
Behind the scenes, there were new discussions between Mr. Obama and the party leadership. Senior Democratic officials said he met with Speaker Nancy Pelosi when their paths crossed at Democratic Party headquarters. They had spoken by telephone earlier in the week. Ms. Pelosi and Mrs. Clinton have had no known recent talks.
Addressing concern among some Democrats that Mrs. Clinton would fight on to the national convention in late August, Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Clinton campaign, suggested that the race would end quickly after the final primaries early next month, sparing the party a potentially debilitating summerlong battle.
As far as I'm concerned, this is now over. From here on out, I will treat Obama as the nominee and hold him up as a leader, a unifier, and a patriot over the unstable, untrustworthy, same-as-Bush Republican nominee John McCain.
Trust me, I'm looking forward to it.
(P.S. Don't believe John McCain is the same as Bush? Take this quiz, see how well you do.)
Hot Dog!! I am soooooooooo excited!! Yes He Did!! Hallelujah!!