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"Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 1.6 Percent
Clinton is poised to sweep West Virginia, but Obama has finally
surged ahead in the most important contest of all: superdelegates. Dock
Clinton half a point to 1.6 percent.
We've
believed for some time that the day Obama overtakes Clinton in the
superdelegate count is the day Clinton throws in the towel. But
Friday was that day, and the towel is still there, mopping up the
Clinton campaign's blood, sweat, and tears by the bucketful. According
to the Associated Press' count,
Obama now has 277 supers to Clinton's 271. It was the last metric in
which Clinton was leading, and Obama's momentum isn't slowing any: Over
the weekend, he got seven supers to Clinton's one. Clinton campaign
Chairman Terry McAuliffe still claims
she's within "striking distance" of the popular vote. But that's only
if you count Florida, Michigan, and now Puerto Rico, which doesn't vote
in the general election. ...
Read more at the Hillary Deathwatch.
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