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Ivory Tower
February 11th, 2008, 04:49 AM
As of today, democraticunderground breaks it down like this.
According to CNN, Obama got 74 delegates today, and Clinton got 37.
But Michigan's Democratic national convention, have decided that Clinton will get 73 pledged delegates after winning 55 percent of the statewide vote in January. There are another 55 delegates that will be officially uncommitted to any candidate since 40 percent of the Democratic voters chose uncommitted on the ballot.

In a best case scenario: Obama will get all 55.

And if we use the CNN delegate count;
74 today for Obama + 55 in Michigan = 129
37 today for Clinton + 73 in Micigan = 110

The total delegate count for Clinton wil then be; 1 100( as of today) + 73 delegates from Michigan = 1 173
The total delegate count for Obama wil then be; 1 039( as of today) + 55 delegates from Michigan = 1 094

= Hillary is still leading with 79 delegates
And thats best case scenario for Obama

Though FoxNews post 1127 delegates for Hillary, and 1093 for obama.

Ap News states 1095 for Hillary, and 1070 for obama. Of course there were about 32 more uncounted at this report.

Either way she is still in the lead slightly, and she is leading in the Ohio and Pennsylvania polls, and she stands a good chance at at least splitting the remaining states. So regardless of what might have happened the last couple of days, and the pro obama spin, she is still in the lead. The obama camp just wants the obama supporters to stay motivated. The only problem is that it's still too close for comfort for my taste.

This is for the antis who try to oppress my freedom of speech. There's more than one way to skin a hypocrite.