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Obama Won More Delegates in South Carolina Than Hillary Clinton Did Tuesday Night

Posted Mar 5th 2008 6:42PM by Cenk Uygur
Filed under: Young Turks, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama

Last night, Hillary Clinton won by 10 points in Ohio, 18 points in Rhode Island and three points in Texas. But she also lost Vermont by 20 points and lost the Texas caucus (Texas has a caucus and a primary; she won the primary). So, according to the latest count by the Associated Press, she picked up a 12 delegate advantage last night.

Barack Obama won more delegates in just South Carolina. He beat Clinton by a 13 delegate margin in that state. So, Obama picked up a bigger delegate lead in just South Carolina than Hillary Clinton did in all the states combined last night.

As elated as the Clinton team is today -- and they deserve a lot of credit for being tough fighters to the end -- the math is simply undoable for her. Obama still has about a lead of about 140 in pledges delegates. Even if you count in the super delegates -- which in all fairness to the voters, you shouldn't -- he still has about 100 delegate lead. Unless something goes catastrophically wrong for Obama, she simply cannot make up that lead.

Hillary Clinton should enjoy a well-earned win from last night, but she should also come to the realization that she didn't win by enough and she is basically done.

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