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"Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 0.7 Percent
With Tuesday's contests in Kentucky and Oregon, Barack Obama seizes
a majority of pledged delegates. April fundraising numbers show Obama
still leads in the money race. And key figures ditch Hillary. Obama now
needs about 70 delegates to attain the "magic number" of 2025, so we're
dropping Clinton's chances drop to 0.9 points to 0.7 percent. For every 10 delegates Obama wins, Clinton will drop another 0.1 until … let's just say she'll need a snorkel.
Obama
did not declare victory Tuesday night, but he came about as close as
one can get. "You have put us within reach of the Democratic nomination
for president of the United States," he told a Des Moines, Iowa, crowd.
He needed only 17 pledged delegates to secure a majority. In Kentucky,
it looks like he won about 14; in Oregon, about 30. ...
Read more at the Hillary Deathwatch.
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