Legal Commentary

Hillary Received More Votes Than Any Primary Candidate in History

By Jeralyn

The Washington Post agrees it's true.

"17 million Americans have voted for Hillary Clinton...more than for any primary candidate in history" -- a statement that is entirely true.

Bill Burton, a spokesman for the Obama campaign, said that "both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have gotten more votes than any presidential campaign in primary history" but added: "We are, however, ahead in the popular vote now and will be ahead when all of the votes are counted Tuesday."

More....

The necessary delegate total is now 2,118 and neither candidate is there. Unpledged and superdelegates are entitled to give equal or more weight to the popular vote than the current pledged delegate count in deciding who to vote for.

Once it is agreed that a candidate has reached 2,118 and the other drops out, then it's over. We're not there yet. And, if that doesn't happen, then there is no winner until the convention in August.

I think we'll have a winner next week, but we don't have one now.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 01, 2008 (boomark / email).