Originally Posted By: whomod
 Originally Posted By: Wonder Boy
You discount how close the primary race has been between Hillary and Obama.


Delegates needed for the nomination:

Obama 31.5
Clinton 200.5



 Originally Posted By: the G-man
The victory in South Dakota, while gratifying for Clinton, makes no difference as Obama has already crested the magic number of delegates needed to claim the party's nomination.


Obama is losing altitude, even as he secures the nomination.

I find it telling that he NEVER could have secured the nomination in state primary delegates, and was only able to do so with superdelegates (i.e., elite DNC insiders, in backroom deals).

And even more telling is that Hillary won North Dakota, again proving herself to be the DNC voters' choice, even as Obama circumnavigated the voters with superdelegates.
Hillary wins actual states.
Obama wins superdelegates.