Clinton faces an uphill struggle

[DearAbby]

From Bill Schneider
CNN Senior Political Analyst


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- With both Florida and Michigan primary re-vote plans stalled, the road ahead for Sen. Hillary Clinton appears to be a rocky one.

Sen. Barack Obama leads Clinton in both pledged delegates and popular votes. The question now: Can Clinton overtake Obama's lead in pledged delegates?

For that to happen, she would need to win about two-thirds of the pledged delegates in the remaining contests, which will be tough.

CNN estimates that Obama has 1,413 pledged delegates and 208 superdelegates for a total of 1,621. Clinton has 1,242 pledged delegates and 237 superdelegates, a total of 1,479. A candidate must have 2,024 delegates to win the Democratic nomination.

Another question that arises: Can she overtake Obama's lead in popular votes?

In the primaries and caucuses to date, Obama has garnered about 700,000 more popular votes

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/20/schneider.look.ahead/index.html


Uphill struggle? Nearly impossible. Those are the numbers. Do the math. Face reality. It's been a long primary, the winner has been decided...lets get to healing our party, so we can move onto the next phase...that is to get a Democrat elected as President of the United States.

[SoFlaJet]

1. I haven't liked CNN's numbers

all the way through this thing-they are constantly undercutting Obama's delegate count-especially the supers

[DearAbby]

2. Maybe...but the writing is on the wall

being reported nearly everywhere...even her own people are saying she has a 10% chance, not real encouraging.

[tekisui]

3. No, she faces a downward spiral.

[azmouse]

4. She's circling the drain in that kitchen sink of hers.

Buh-bye Hillary.

[DearAbby]

5. Scubbing bubbles

cleans your toilet so you dont have tooooooooooooooooo!


sorry the debil made me say that :evilgrin: