Breaking Video: Obama on NBC Declares May 20th GameOver: V-HRC Day!

Barack today in as clear a signal as possible indicates that May 20th is infact the end of Major Primary Operations and is infact the GameOver Moment.  Has he gotten some inside information from Hillary to indicate such or is he setting the bar clearly on May 20th that it's time to declare victory?

Video of the NBC Interview here

Full Quote

"That will be an important day. If at that point we have the majority of pledged delegates, which is possible, then I think we can make a pretty strong claim that we’ve got the most runs and it’s the ninth inning and we’ve won."

This strongly confirms on Video the finish line drawn in this earlier article.

Do your part today to make sure that this becomes reality.

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•  Tipjar

  by kubla000 on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:57:43 PM PDT

•  oh I want to be in Oregon so bad that night!! n/t

  by jalapeno on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:00:48 PM PDT

  •  I'll hold a virtual shindig at my place!

    I'm in Portland.  BYOB and we'll hang in a festive diary complete with streamers and raucus party-goers.

    by CJB on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:28:20 PM PDT

•  Too bad I have class Tues. night

  Because I'm sure that if he's in Portland you'll need to get there REALLY EARLY to get in.  Oh well.

  by skywaker9 on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:01:38 PM PDT

  •  Obama will be here this weekend...

    ....Friday afternoon in Albany and Friday evening at the University of Oregon.

    Saturday events haven't been announced yet.

    by varro on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:04:12 PM PDT

•  I doubt this is in conjunction with Planet Cinton

  Ugh:

  Barack Obama is looking at May 20 as the end date for his Democratic primary run, even though that date won’t seal the deal. After a victory in North Carolina on Tuesday night and a closer-than-expected loss in Indiana, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said that, based on calculations, Obama will win a majority of pledged delegates on May 20.

  West Virginia votes Tuesday, and Kentucky and Oregon follow on the 20th. Hillary Clinton is expected to win West Virginia and Kentucky, while Obama is banking on victory in Oregon.

  Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe told FOXNews.com on Thursday that the Obama camp’s plan to declare victory based on a pledged delegate majority is "meaningless." He said that a candidate will need a majority of the pledged delegates and the unpledged superdelegates combined to be the true winner.

  "Until you get to twenty-twenty-five or twenty-two-oh-nine, none of this matters," McAuliffe said, referring to the numbers being bandied about as the number of votes needed. "In order to have a majority of the delegates seated at the national convention, that’s how you get to become the nominee, not the pledged," McAuliffe said. "If that’s the case, take everyone of the superdelegates away from him, if he doesn’t care about them."

  by beachmom on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:04:36 PM PDT

  •  Haha

    Until you get to twenty-twenty-five or twenty-two-oh-nine

    Which is it Terry? Not sure where the goalpost is supposed to be today? What a buffoon.

    by discocarp on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:09:27 PM PDT

•  We sent in our vote for Obama on Mon.

  Returns will come in fairly quickly as we are vote by mail.

  by cmpnwtr on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:15:28 PM PDT

•  That is really putting it out there

  I can understand surrogates, but he said it himself.  That's brave, I guess.  

  Seems like a serious line in the sand of expectations.  

  by 57andFemale on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:31:25 PM PDT

•  Making a strong claim to a win..

  ...is all this will ever amount to, even if Barack secures the nomination, which I suspect he will.

  Claims will not solidify a preception of a fair turn of events for whoever strongly supports the losing candidate, which is why, given many factors, it is best for the winner, whoever it may be, to waste little time in bringing their battle-worn opponent in on the ticket with them...for unity, for strength, for solidarity.

  by Iddybud on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:31:40 PM PDT

  •  "perception" (typo) nt

    by Iddybud on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:32:24 PM PDT

•  This is sad to watch

  At last!  We can put the Clinton machine to rest and get to the hard work of changing this country for the better.  It is really hard to watch as the Clinton's embarrass themselves by throwing out the working-class white race bait as their last ditch effort to steal the nomination.  This thing is so OVER!  YES WE CAN!
  GOBAMA!

  by greensunhealing on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:32:25 PM PDT

•  Bowling is a better analogy ;)

  It'll be the tenth frame, and even if she got all strikes and he got gutter balls to close it out, she still couldn't win because she's so far behind.

  by catzilla on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:44:54 PM PDT

  •  Re Hillary and the Michigan and Florida fouled...

    ..primaries...

    Hillary, if you count Michigan and Florida, you're entering a world of pain.

    Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules? Mark it zero!

    by varro on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:11:47 PM PDT

•  'pledged del. victory' criterion

  is something I've advocated using for quite sometime :)

  Mathematical Elimination: (3+ / 0-)

  By 5/20, Obama will have clinched a pledged delegate victory (with a comfortable buffer), i.e. he will have over 50% of the total pledged delegates at stake.

  by NeuvoLiberal on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 11:15:04 PM PDT

  by NeuvoLiberal on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:51:28 PM PDT

•  Oregonians are voting NOW....

  ...so don't be surprised if the Oregon voters have already voted - the ballots have to be received at the county election headquarters by 8 p.m. on May 20.

  My ballot, with a vote for Obama, went out Tuesday.

  by varro on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:02:01 PM PDT

  •  About 10% in so far

    The SOS site was showing 4% turned in as of Monday afternoon (which is WAY above the normal trend and included small or nonexistent numbers from some large counties, Clackamas, Marion and Deschutes specifically).  I would guess we're at about 10% turnout so far.  Most of the swing votes are still out though, early voters tend to be the most committed.

    by skywaker9 on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:39:14 PM PDT