Obama Wins Nomination; Clinton Wins South Dakota
Submitted by John Richburg on Wed, 06/04/2008 - 03:35
Sen. Barack Obama captured the Democratic
presidential nomination on Tuesday, even before the result of Montana Democratic Primary was out; that’s what the U.S. media reported. Well, Obama clinched the nomination with the surge of support from uncommitted superdelegates, who helped Obama crossing the 2,118 mark.
Over 30 superdelegates on Tuesday came out to officially endorse Sen. Barack Obama, who became the first black to lead a major U.S. party into a race for the White House. Edwards with his 21 delegates also endorsed Obama.
According to reports, Obama won Nomination as well as Montana, but Sen. Hillary Clinton could only win South Dakota on Tuesday – according to the latest reports, Obama had won 8 delegates while Clinton had won 5 from Montana, and the Illinois senator had won 6 while the NY senator had won 8 delegates in South Dakota.
Obama’s total surged to 2135.5 (1764.5 pledged delegates + 371 Superdelegates), while Clinton’s total could reach to 1925.5 (1637.5 pledged delegates + 288 Superdelegates) on Tuesday. Thus, Obama scripted a new chapter in the political history of United States.
