Final PR Vote Count
Per the AP, with all precincts reporting, the Puerto Rico vote count:
Hillary Clinton, 263,120 votes, or 68 percent, to Barack Obama's 121,458, or 32 percent.
The AP reported that Obama is 47 delegates away from the 2,118 now needed to secure the nom. But make that 45. He secured two more Super Ds this a.m. ... CT Democratic State Party Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo and VA Democratic National Committee Member Jerome Wiley Segovia.
I just posted this on another post, but this seems to be a more appropriate place, sorry for the double post... here goes:
I never found a good analysis of what the RBC proposals each meant to the two candidates... BUT, I did just find this post that dissects the Clinton Math on the popular vote:
dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/1/16747/37393/979/526838
The Clinton meme that "every vote needs to be counted" in the popular vote total apparently does NOT include caucus states.
Clinton's popular vote tally does NOT include popular vote totals nor estimates from:
Alaska
Colorado
Hawaii
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nevada
North Dakota
Texas (Caucus only)
Washington
Wyoming
(her "math" also does not include ANY popular votes for Obama in Michigan, because nobody who voted "Uncommitted" apparently intended to vote Obama)
Add all the caucus turn-out estimates to the primary popular votes and the uncommitted votes in MI to Obama, and you have this as the total popular vote:
Obama 17,780,516
Clinton 17,589,514
Here are the current delegate numbers:
Delegates: Pledged | Super | Total | Needed
Obama: 1,740.5 | 330.5 | 2,071 | 46
Clinton: 1,624.5 | 290 | 1,914.5 | 202.5
Remaining: 31 | 203 | 234
In other words... It's over, and it's been over.
T'would be nice to see some of this analysis from On Call or anyone in the media. I normally don't go to DKos, but that seems to be the best analysis of the numbers that I have seen thus far.
HRC is DNC number 1 enemy, GOP is number 2.
DNC and all the senseless uncommitted superdelegates need to make their mind up. What the hell are they waiting for? It’s blatant that HRC has no love nor respect for the party, and couldn’t care less if the party is destroyed.
Nominate HRC and expect another strong-head Bush-like president.
Hillary has class and experience. Obama has street smarts and is willing to address the real issues. Looks like we need them both in Washington. At the risk of sounding cheezy "Does it matter who is on top"?