| Beyond the fact that CNN and/or MSNBC will predict the winner once .0001% of the vote is in, today's elections are tough ones to call.
The polls have proved to be pointless in this campaign and they are completely out of date and out of touch. They are based on polling through land lines to private homes so they typically reach only a certain limited demographic.
The predictions are for huge turnouts which favor Obama as a large turnout indicates more first time youth voters and most first time/youth voters are solidly in Obama's camp.
The results of today are ultimately tangential as Clinton cannot catch Obama in the "voted" delegate count but only w/ the super delegates (or through whatever other mysterious new math system the Clinton's are constantly trying to sell).
The only prediction I would make is that unless Clinton just cleans up in both IN and NC today, which I do not think she will do, in the next few days the superdelegates will start coming out for Obama and this would then soon be over. Most of the "unannounced" super-delegates from Congress/Senate are for Obama and the math at this point is just too little to late for Clinton.
Although with that said, no matter what, she'll probably hang in there hoping something new, relevant or not, will come along to hurt Obama or the party or anything that will allow her to carry on with her delusional obsession. |