Can Barack Obama be stopped?...why the final nail is likely going into the Clinton coffin

[babylonsister]

Can Barack Obama be stopped?
Chuck Todd on why the final nail is likely going into the Clinton coffin
Image: Obama
Rick Bowmer / AP
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. gestures during a rally, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in Dallas.


WASHINGTON - There's no dispute anymore. Sen. Barack Obama is the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination and he's one win away from putting this race to bed.

A victory in either Ohio or Texas will probably drive Sen. Hillary Clinton out of the race. Victories for Obama in both states will definitely end it.

Obama's trajectory is really stunning right now. He's 10-0 since Super Tuesday, and remarkably, his smallest margin of victory came Tuesday night in Wisconsin.

That's right, Obama's 17 point blowout of Clinton in the Badger State was his poorest showing since Super Tuesday.

He's gone from a narrow pledged delegate lead (and overall delegate deficit) on Feb. 6 to a nearly insurmountable 150+ pledged delegate lead.

When you factor in superdelegates, he's still ahead by 80.

In fact, expect Obama's superdelegate deficit to Clinton to close very quickly over the next 13 days.

Right now, he's trailing her by approximately 75 superdelegates.

My guess is he'll pick up a net of 20 superdelegates before March 4. That's based on more than a hunch but I'll leave it at that.

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[benddem]

1. It wouldn't have to be

but her people are acting like such a...holes. I'd support her if she got the nomination but I'd be gritting my teeth.

[Skittles]

5. I feel the same way about Obama

and I support neither candidate - no one side can claim moral superiority here - THEY ALL SUCK

[Possumpoint]

2. Her Mistake

was allowing her husband to become her attack dog. It left a lot of people wondering which one was to be elected into office.

[Kahuna]

3. Yep. Of course that is what she intended to imply. Then..

a couple of weeks ago in Maine, Bill said that he would definately be part of her administration causing the rest of her supporters who wanted Bill (not necessarily Hill), started to defect.

[creeksneakers2]

4. Attacking at all was a mistake

Her numbers started to drop when she went negative and got worse every time she went through another negative spell.

Hillary had it in the bag at the beginning. All she had to do is run without mistakes and improve her image to drive down her negatives a fraction. I don't know why all the highly paid brains she had couldn't see why the kept numbers falling.