Clinton’s Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Don | May 11, 2008
According to the Politico no matter how Hillary Clinton's camp does the math, she is still unlikely to gain enough delegates to win the nomination.
Barack Obama can fully accept Hillary Rodham Clinton’s terms on Michigan and Florida and still win a majority of pledged Democratic delegates on June 1, allowing him to lay claim to the nomination under the New York senator’s own rules.
A Politico analysis of the delegate numbers after Tuesday’s primaries in North Carolina and Indiana shows Obama can concede to Clinton’s position on Michigan and Florida and still claim victory — potentially forestalling the Democratic nightmare scenario of a floor fight at the Denver convention.
If the Politico's number are indeed correct then the handwriting is on the wall, but nevertheless it is unlikely that Hillary will concede until she absolutely has to.
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