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Reid: Obama the nominee on Wednesday

Thu May 29, 2008 at 04:57:08 PM PDT

Here's the New York Times:

Both Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Reid have remained publicly neutral in the contest and have said that the primaries should run their course. But with the last contests set for Tuesday, the two top lawmakers are evidently ready to exercise their influence with the approximately 200 members of Congress and the party elite who have yet to make their preference known publicly. Party officials say both Mr. Reid and Ms. Pelosi are also calling uncommitted superdelegates to press them for a resolution.

Traveling in California to promote his new memoir, Mr. Reid also told an audience in Los Angeles that the nominee would be known by Wednesday. He told others that a sufficient number of superdelegates are prepared to put Senator Barack Obama over the top quickly after Tuesday’s voting is finished. Both Mr. Reid and Ms. Pelosi have also said they agree that the delegates from Michigan and Florida should get some voice at the convention as well.

This is fantastic news. All the stories about 'banking' super delegates have been really agonizing, but this seems like the real thing.

Updated: It's finally over, and it makes me sad.

Fri May 23, 2008 at 06:03:35 PM PDT

See update below

After all kinds of talk about delegates - pledged, super, automatic or Other - popular vote, states that count and those that don't, obscure (to me) Hoosier counties that I never knew were in the Chicago media market, rules committees, Florida voters, Michigan voters and so on, it looks like we're finally there. And it makes me sad as hell that Clinton is (probably) going to drop out over this.

Hillary Clinton: Deletist?

Tue May 06, 2008 at 05:12:04 AM PDT

Bah experts!

Senator Clinton's 'us or them' strategy, which pits local knowledge against that of experts, and Democrats against Democrats, may or may not work today. But while waiting to figure that out, it's worth considering how her opinion of those 'elite' experts has changed over time.

Follow me for a quick tour.

Barack Obama would not be in this position if...

Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:48:19 PM PDT

Geraldine Ferarro's comments were offensive. That should be completely obvious by now. However, there are still Clinton supporters defending her, so I wanted to lay this out one more time, very clearly.


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