You'll Never Catch Me
David Plouffe, Barack Obama's campaign manager, told reporters this a.m. on a conference call that Hillary Clinton would have to win landslide victories in upcoming primary contests to seize the nomination.
"The only way that she can overcome this pledged delegates lead is to win most of the remaining delegate contests in blowout form," he said. "... We see no evidence that that's going to happen. ... The math is the math."
Relishing Obama's wins in eight straight primaries and caucuses, Plouffe said HRC would have to score 20-point margins in WI, OH, TX and PA to land enough pledged delegates to catch up. If she wins narrow victories, Obama would continue to amass delegates and still have an edge.
Plouffe said Clinton hasn't provden so far that she's capable of blowout victories; she only won Florida and Michigan by significant margins, and as we know, Obama didn't campaign in the former and wasn't on the ballot in the latter.
As questions continue to percolate in punditland about the intentions of the 796 superdelegates, Plouffe said he expects "the pledged delegates situation to drive events."
"We have always believed that the pledged delegates leader is going to be the nom of the party," he said. "At the end of the day, I think it's more likely than not that the superdelegates ratify that outcome."
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Yeah, well, Hillary didn't campaign in either of them too (Michigan and Florida) and she still beat Obama. His points are laughable.
Perhaps you have a point about Florida, but that doesn't change the fact that he wasn't on the ballot in Michigan.
Clearly, do we want to say that Hilary won out the same way that Bush did against Al Gore.
What Americans want is truth and justice. We are tired of being tricked and lied to. The outcome is not the only thing that matters, it is how we get there that matters. If there is going to be a decision on Florida and Michigan, we want a valid election process. YES WE CAN and it starts NOW.