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  'Some Numerical Measure'
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Last EditedArmyDem  Apr 25, 2008 10:20am
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MediaMagazine - National Journal
News DateThursday, April 24, 2008 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0
Descriptionby Mark Blumenthal
Thu. Apr. 24, 2008

“The pledged delegate count is basically over,” MSNBC’s Chuck Todd reported on Tuesday night as the Pennsylvania results rolled in, summarizing calculations showing Barack Obama holding what now appears to be an insurmountable lead over Hillary Rodham Clinton in pledged delegates. Todd then added that the unpledged “superdelegates” who will likely decide the nomination are now looking to another measure. “If the pledged delegate count is over," he explained, "we [now] focus on the popular vote."

The Clinton campaign was quick to agree. Asked on the same broadcast about Obama's lead in pledged delegates, Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe spoke instead about the popular vote: “By the time we finish this process, Hillary Clinton will have moved ahead.”

Then, yesterday, Clinton upped the ante.

“More people have now voted for me than have voted for my opponent,” she told the "Today Show"’s Matt Lauer. The Clinton campaign backed up that assertion by pointing to one vote count maintained by RealClearPolitics that includes the disputed Florida and Michigan primaries (Obama received zero votes in Michigan, because his name did not appear on the ballot) but excludes estimates of the preferences of caucus participants in four states carried by Obama (Iowa, Nevada, Maine and Washington) that provided no official vote count.
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