I'm bad at math....someone explain this to me

[Monty__]

According to CNN, after last night pledged delegates are

Obama 1,588
Clinton 1,419

With current supers:

Obama 1,842
Clinton 1,686

According to CNN there are 217 pledged delegates in the remaining states. Assuming the Super delegates stay about where they are now, and let's just assume the delegates from FL and MI are seated. Is there any mathematical chance Clinton can get to 2,025?

[mohc]

1. If you include MI and FL

the number changes from 2024.5 to 2208.5. But regardless the number of remaining pledged delegates still exceeds the gap between Obama and Clinton, so on a purely theoretical basis she could still have more.

[bain_sidhe]

2. quibble...

IF Florida and Michigan are seated, the magic number goes up to 2,200+ (I don't remember the exact number, but it's a little over 2,200) because the magic number is half of the voting delegates.

Aside from that, no, I still don't think there's any mathematical chance that Clinton gets to the magic number. Although, there also isn't a mathematical chance that Obama does either--both need superdelegates to put them over the top. The difference is that Obama only needs a few of the remaining supers, and Clinton needs a lot of them.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

3. Could it be Hillary has become the new Anna Nicole or Lindsey Lohan , ...

....she’s the new blonde distraction?

If Hillary dropped out of the race now, the media would have to focus more on issues like the war and how Bush wants to make sure we're funding it long after he leaves the White House.