Obama Ready To Declare Victory In Democratic Contest On Tuesday

Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) plans to claim the Democratic presidential nomination after Tuesday’s primaries in South Dakota and Montana. Obama Ready To Declare Victory In  Democratic Contest On TuesdayBy Cliff Montgomery – May 30th, 2008Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) has stated that he will be ready to claim the Democratic presidential nomination after Tuesday’s primaries in South Dakota and Montana.The Democratic front-runner made the statement during a talk with reporters late Wednesday aboard a campaign flight between Chicago and Denver. Obama added that the refusal of Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) to give up her run for the official party nomination in late August no longer matters.”When Dukakis won the nomination, you know, Jesse (Jackson) was still running until the convention,” Obama told reporters.”When Bill Clinton was running, Jerry Brown was still technically in it. As far as I can tell, this is fairly standard fare,” the senator added.Obama told reporters the winner of the Democratic nomination would be plain “after Tuesday.””I am sure we will have discussions with Senator Clinton and her team,” he stated to reporters.The Illinois senator further declared that “remaining super delegates will make their decisions pretty quickly after” these final Democratic primaries.”If we’ve got the number of delegates to secure the nomination, then I’m the nominee,” Obama added.”It is technically not over until we have the number of delegates that are needed to secure the nomination. Once we have that number, then we’ll focus on the general election,” he stated.The Obama camp has estimated that the Illinois senator only needs 45 more delegates to collect  the 2,026 needed to win the Democratic nomination.But that threshold may rise somewhat, if the Clinton camp gets its way. The matter hinges on a dispute involving the now-infamous Michigan and Florida primaries.As most everyone now knows, the two states held primaries which violated Democratic National Committee rules.Party lawyers on Wednesday declared that each state delegation may be allowed half of its votes at the Democratic convention, to be held on August 25th-28th in Denver. The Dems’ Rules and Bylaws Committee is scheduled to meet tomorrow to settle the issue.If the matter does not break Clinton’s way, she either may quietly appeal the decision to the Democratic credentials panel at the August national convention, or openly battle the issue in court.But neither scenario seemed to worry Obama late Wednesday. He told reporters that a lawsuit challenging the upcoming decision on the Michigan and Florida primaries stands little chance of success.”There have already been two [such lawsuits], and they have been thrown out of court,” Obama said.Whatever tomorrow’s decision, the Illinois senator declared his confidence that a seating of these delegations would not put his lead into jeopardy.Like what you’re reading so far? Then why not order a full year (52 issues) of thee-newsletter for only $15? A major article covering an story not being told in the Corporate Press will be delivered to your email every Monday morning for a full year, for less than 30 cents an issue. Order Now!