Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Obama is Democratic Nominee for President

Yesterday, Obama beat Hillary Clinton by a proverbial landslide in North Carolina (14% points) and lost narrowly to her in Indiana (by 1.4% points). Although this only marginally enhances Obama's lead in the primary (his victory was already nearly assured, excepting the possibility of a coup by superdelegate), it effectively changed the mainstream media's narrative of the race from "horse-race" to "Obama inevitability". Sadly, this has become a determining factor when looking at the fight for the Democratic nomination. But regardless of how the country came to the conclusion that Obama is the nominee, it is now a practically unanimous sentiment - and finally, FINALLY, we can turn the page to the general election...