Senator Barack Obama needs only 16 more pledged delegates to reach a majority with 103 on the table tomorrow in Oregon and Kentucky, though the threshold is a purely symbolic milestone.
He added endorsements from another three party officials or "superdelegates" Monday, and is now less than 120 total delegates away from the total of 2,025 needed to secure the nomination. In a symbolic moment, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a 90-year-old Democratic giant who has spent half a century in the Senate, backed Senator Obama, despite his beloved home state voting overwhelmingly for Senator Clinton last week. Byrd was briefly a member of the Ku Klux Klan but long ago renounced his early racist leanings, and his support of Obama bolsters the Illinois senator's calls for reconciliation as he tries to become the first Black U.S. president.
Senator Obama leads Senator Clinton in every mathematical equation of the Democratic race: pledged delegates, superdelegates, and the popular vote of certified nomination contests. Senator Clinton is expected to win in Kentucky while Senator Obama is expected to win in Oregon. Senator Obama spoke to an estimated crowd of 75,000 in Portland, Oregon yesterday.
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