After tomorrow, barring a shocking Obama loss in N.C., the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination is over. Will anyone in the media admit the obvious or will we continue to see this Kabuki play for another month? Her last chance to break his momentum was to deliver an upset in N.C. which looked remotly possible early last week in the midst of the Wright furor. Since then, that now looks highly unlikely.
After tomorrow, Obama will be no more than 177 delegates from the nomination after winning N.C. by 10 points and losing Indiana by 6. He will get at least 103 more through June 3 by winning Oregon 54%, Montana 55% and South Dakota 56%, losing PR 46% and losing KY and WV 42%. So now he's down to 74 delegates.
Since PA, onw of the worst stretches of the campaign, he has picked up 2 Supers for every 1 of hers or an average of 1.5 day. I fully expect that pace to double beginning Wed. as the real inevitability sets in which means he will clinch the nomination no later than June 3.
In less than a week, the last remaining Clinton stronghold, the total number of Supers, will also fall. Overcoming the popular vote will be impossible as well. I can't see anyone putting more money behind this charade.
Tonight the media, infuriatingly, still pretends its possible for Clinton to win N.C. For example, here. After tomorrow, I hope (but don't really expect) they stop pretending she has any chance of winning. At a minimum, I hope she ends the attack politics and at least chooses to lose with grace. Per Rahm Emanuel: "The way the loser loses will determine whether the winner wins in November. "