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Obama is picking up Super Delegates in the wake of his impressive win in North Carolina last week. Depending on what sources you look at, he is either tied, too close to call or has surpassed Hillary Clinton in the Super Delegate vote. Up to this point Hillary had alway boasted more Super Delegates in her camp then Obama had.
He has picked up uncommitted Super Delegates and in some cases he has picked up Super Delegates who have abandoned Hillary Clinton for him. One such case is Donald Payne, a Congressman in New Jersey who changed sides and now supports Barack Obama.
The Super Delegates have always had the power to end the race at any time so any major shift of Super Delegates to Obama will end the race well before the convention. Obama is within 200 delegate votes of getting the nomination. He will probably pick up about 90 delegates from the remaining primaries which will leave him about 100 short.
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| So any number of Super Delegates who defect from Hillary or uncommitted Super Delegates who pledge to him that comprise around 100 Super Delegates in total will give him the nomination. |
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