We now know who will be running for the GOP in November; the question is now what is going to happen on the Democratic side.
Barack
Obama is coming off of an 8-state winning streak, stinging the Clinton
camp with his newfound momentum. He has taken a significant lead in the
delegate count. But this race is hardly over.
There are 4048
delegates for the Democratic Party. In order to secure the nomination,
a candidate must receive a simple majority of these, i.e., 50% + 1, or
2025. The chances of either candidate getting up to 2000 delegates is
very low. So what does this mean? The nomination will then go to what
are known as superdelegates: party leaders with unaffiliated votes that
will get together and decide whom the nominee will be.
There is
a heavy backlash going on in the Democratic Party right now over this
nomination process. Barack Obama is leading in votes and delegates, and
could very well be at the time of the convention. But Clinton can still
win, and I still think she will.
In fact, it is almost more
clear that she can win now than it has been. If it is up to a small
group of unaffiliated party leaders, she practically has it in the bag.
Not only will the establishment favor her, but her and the Clinton
Machine will bribe, extort, and threaten every vote they can out of
these delegates. It is completely within their grasp.
If she
wins Texas and Ohio, which she is banking on, it still is her
nomination to lose. Of course, anything can happen, but I believe this
is temperature of the waters right now.