Hillary Clinton will win Kentucky, Obama will win Oregon.  So for the lack of details this time, because the outcome really isn’t the main issue of this post.  After tomorrow, Obama will (by most estimates) have enough delegates to safely claim that he “won” the nomination.  So, is it time for Hillary to call it quits?

Obama currently has 1951 delegates, 75 short of the 2026 needed to clinch the nomination according to the Democratic National Committee.  Polling for the two states show that Obama is expected to pick up roughly 50 delegates, leaving him 25 short of the magic number.  With four contests remaining after tomorrow with over 85 pledged delegates up for grabs, and plenty of superdelegates outstanding, it will be highly improbably that Hillary can win enough delegates to clinch the nomination, and she knows this.

Her current strategy is “winning” the popular vote, which plays to her advantage because she has won more states with primaries while Obama won more states with caucuses.  While the numbers game does sound somewhat credible, it is a change of the rules in the middle of the game.  This includes her argument that Florida and Michigan should have their delegates seated, even after she and the rest of the candidates agreed with the DNC that they should have their delegates stripped early on because they violated the party rules.

So when does Hillary call it quits?  Should she call it quits at all?

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