Today was the end of the primaries. Obama got the number he needed. He has, as of 1am Wednesday 2,156 (remember the number he needed to win was 2,118). I did not listen to the speeches live, I had a friend over here and we were busy with some anime (Ouran High School Host Club) and the Cubs game (they won by the way [Go Cubs Go!]). I did listen to the highlights of the speeches. And here’s the jist, these are direct quotes:
Obama: “Because of you, tonight I can stand here and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States.”
Clinton: “Now, the question is: Where do we go from here? And given how far we’ve come and where we need to go as a party, it’s a question I don’t take lightly. This has been a long campaign, and I will be making no decisions tonight.”
So, He’s claiming complete victory and she’s not saying she lost… Yet. It’s going to be hard for her to stay in much longer. However, in her defense now, these are not actual numbers, these are not solid numbers, these delegates can pretty much vote however they want when they get to the convention. So, she could take it all the way to the convention force the vote, just to be sure, and have a logical argument. Statically… this is a close race still. In Obama’s defense, he has enough that will vote for him for sure pretty much that it’s a done deal. And everyday this goes on hurts the party as a whole. I know it’s hurting the democrats in my eyes after some of the stuff that’s been going on.
I’ve been told by my father that Obama’s speech was excellent. I will be printing both out and reading them. I will scour for other things in these messages. Who knows? 