[noodles]

washingtonpost.com

Talk about a blow.

[Chris]

I haven't really been paying attention over the last two weeks, but isn't Hillary pretty much mathematically eliminated at this point anyway?

[ohio_eric]

After last night Clinton is basically done. She has a slight chance of winning but it's extremely slight.

[Nerina]

Originally Posted by Chris

I haven't really been paying attention over the last two weeks, but isn't Hillary pretty much mathematically eliminated at this point anyway?

This is exactly what I want to know, I have no idea whats going on now.....

[Codyyy]

Originally Posted by Chris

I haven't really been paying attention over the last two weeks, but isn't Hillary pretty much mathematically eliminated at this point anyway?

Yeah, it's hardly a ballsy maneuver to switch sides after she's totally out of it

[noodles]

Originally Posted by Codyyy

Yeah, it's hardly a ballsy maneuver to switch sides after she's totally out of it

He didn't exactly switch sides in a cut and dry way. The Clintons worked for the McGovern campaign in the 1972 primary and election season. These are close personal friends of his. When asked why, he explained how he, as the obvious presumptive nominee, still had to fight through two months, and all the way through the convention, to ultimately secure the nomination. He, and many others, attribute his loss to Nixon to the Democratic party being split down the middle. McGovern has no desire to see four more years of Bush's failed policy's carry forward, simply because someone without a chance fought to the bitter end.

[Drew]

Originally Posted by Chris

I haven't really been paying attention over the last two weeks, but isn't Hillary pretty much mathematically eliminated at this point anyway?

There are 174 pledged delegates still outstanding. Obama leads by 171. Basically, if he wins two or more of the remaining delegates, then he's clinched the delegate lead.

This must have been a blow to the Clintons, as McGovern is a close personal friend and they worked as volenteers for his presidential campaign in their youth. I can't really fault the guy for switching after everything's said and done given the fact that there's obviously a lot of friendship at stake here, and that he lost in a divisive campaign himself when his party fractured.

The "safe" bet would be just to quietly ride it out. It actually takes a lot of balls to do what he just did, and the fact he himself went down this road once before adds a lot of moral weight to what he said.