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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Although Obama won these states, I don't think he gets all of the delegates. The last time I looked, CNN still has Obama 66 total delegates behind Clinton. I think Texas and another state are up next and Hillary is favored there. It's getting interesting though.
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Well, interesting wrinkle when it comes to delegate totals. If you count only "pledged delegates"--that is, delegates that were awarded in an election, Obama actually has a slight lead over Clinton. CNN's totals include so-called "superdelegates," who can technically change their minds if they want to, since they're just officials and dignitaries of the party--and you can bet some will change their minds if it starts to look like Obama will win.
As for the GOP--McCain had a tough night too, but probably still has things sown up--unless (and this would be interesting) Romney instructs his delegates to vote for Huckabee. If he does that, the spread is probably less than 100 delegates after tonight's results are counted. That could make things suddenly a lot more exciting on the Republican side.