AP: Obama Clinches Nomination

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Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday after a grueling marathon, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, becoming the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House.

Campaigning on an insistent call for change, Obama outlasted former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in a historic race that sparked record turnout in primary after primary, yet exposed deep racial and gender divisions within the party.

The tally was based on public declarations from delegates as well as from another 15 who have confirmed their intentions to the AP. It also included 11 delegates Obama was guaranteed as long as he gained 30 percent of the vote in South Dakota and Montana later in the day. It takes 2,118 delegates to clinch the nomination.

The 46-year-old first-term senator will face John McCain in the fall campaign to become the 44th president. The Arizona senator campaigned in Memphis during the day, and had no immediate reaction to Obama's victory.

[Credit: David Espo & Stephen Ohlemacher]

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30 comments // AP: Obama Clinches Nomination

  • Lerxst
  • joshzimmerman
  • Ice_cream_Man
  • JohnA
  • joshzimmerman
  • Lerxst
    • 0
      Lerxst  

    • I know what it is to stand in the minority. It's no fun being called crazy, a traitor, and worse. But I stood on the opposite side of the fence prior to Bush's first presidential term with the majority as a Christian conservative. I had every intention to cast my vote for him. Absolutely no one that I could gather from within the Christian evangelical community prior to 9/11 could offer anything but their strongest endorsements. President Bush was all but too happy to oblige the Christian community with rhetoric most discerning Christians would otherwise have dismissed as such, if they weren't blinded by their own political aspirations for some form of representation at the highest level in the name of ethics and morality.(a messiah, if you will). Biblically, all Christians have been admonished to abide by the laws of whatever government are in place, as it is stated within the Bible that God himself has established all ruling authorities. However, the Bible does not indicate that Christians should make it their ultimate pursuit for the establishment of a Christian government within this world which is inherently opposed to the things of God. After all, it was the Jewish government of Christ's day that sent Him to the cross. Jesus understood full well what His mission was, even when he refused to be made king by force. Christ's expectations for Christians are no different today.

      Despite this, it would seem for a time most Christians wanted to suspend their beliefs concerning the Bible's edicts in favor of their own. As a Christian, the zealousness I began to see for the support of a "Christian" president began to make me uneasy. I was never at odds with my faith, but rather what I began to see among other Christians who simply towed the line. My concerns were further heightened when pastors around the nation gave their support for the unilateral preemptive invasion of Iraq, a departure from our prior military policy of containment. To my knowledge, a premtive invasion had never been a policy of the United States before, nor was there anything Biblical within my faith to support it. Yet very few stood opposed, and those who did were silenced, or stonewalled. To make a long story short, the speed and method to which our government took steps to invade Iraq defied not only every belief I held as an American citizen, but also whatever sensibilities i had as a Christian.

      It is a Christian duty to discern truth in all aspects of life. In a time of "patriotism" gone awry, I could find very few even willing to think outside the box to see a complete picture. Most I encountered were too afraid to think logically other than to support what was mainstream belief. To weak to think for themselves. The human body is composed of nerves which transmit messages to the brain to indicate the status of the human condition, whether it be pain or pleasure. As an analogy, our nation really isn't any different, other than we chose to ignore the signals by numbing our minds with propaganda. The problem i guess for me at that time, was the propaganda was simply too ludicrous for me to believe.

      Any international contact with others would have provided more than enough affirmation that the United States was woefully misguided during our invasion into Iraq. Couple this with vast resignations from the Pentagon, and other agencies, and you have all the affirmation you need. In my case, cherry picking articles wasn't going to prove anything during a time of nationalistic pride. But knowing a thing or two about foreign policy, and international history helped decipher a few patterns I saw repeating themselves.The weakest link I began to see among people of our nation during such a time of adversity, were those who naive about world history. If we forget where we've been, we'll never know where we are going. But human nature never changes. And those who hold to historical truths have an advantage.

    • 1 year ago
  • santana01
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      santana01  

    • it does'nt matter if the AP got it right or wrong it's over for hillary and obama will be a great president unlike mccain will like to carry on bush's war in iraq

    • 1 year ago
  • Ice_cream_Man
  • phoenix_fire999
  • JoQ
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      JoQ  

    • cirgula - great Dylan quote! I had the opportunity to hear Obama speak a few months ago and he actually gives me hope for the future. It will be a long, difficult fight to get things back in order but I think he will give it everything he has to do it. This is very good news!

    • 1 year ago
  • alexhansen
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  

    • Every election is like this BIG deal when it never is. This one is no exception.

      "The salvation of America and the human race depends on the next Election, if we believe the newspapers*." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1848)

      *or the movie stars or, in this case, posters on Current.

    • 1 year ago
  • Lerxst
    • 0
      Lerxst  
    • J_Jammer:

      Emerson is not for the faint of heart, or those who would fall under the delusion of "The American Dream". One thing I can say about Emerson, is that he would never state what was convenient at the expense of conveying truth to his readers.

      I must admit, I haven't given up hoping for govermental change, which has made the likes of Obama's campaign refreshing. However, I haven't lost sight of the cold reality that the damage done by the Bush administration is likely to be felt for generations to come.

      "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." ~ (Pete Townshend, The Who)

    • 1 year ago
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  
    • J_Jammer:

      I don't think people understand what is going on with the government. I think it's easier to believe that Bush is evil because it's popular to think that and one can think that and say that without having any proof outside of a feeling and/or articles that they cherry pick because they back their feelings.

      I'm not under an illusion that Bush is without fault for the many things that just continue to go wrong. I'm just not going to fall in line with the majority and fault him for everything that has gone wrong.

      This mob mentality is so exhausting to hear and see and wonder why people allow such stupid things to up their anger. People are far more upset over what Bush says than than the earthquake that killed 65,000 people.

      Priorities are sorely misplaced and Emerson's quote fits because everybody makes a huge deal about an election process that happens every four years as if it matters so much that if the person they want to win doesn't win OMG we are all doomed.

      Ever turn on the TV and see that there's nothing on but stuff you've seen before?

      Well that's what it's like seeing people think they are saying something profound about how important an election is when they are just rehashing what has been said about other elections.

      It's not, shall I say, current.

    • 1 year ago
  • heliarc
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      heliarc  
    • J_Jammer:

      Pretty cynical. I do see things going on that are new and very different from how this government has been in the past. For example. Here in California today, the rental property owners and the developers tried to get on the bandwagon that the Supreme Court laid out for us just a few years ago. Before their decision to change eminent domain interpretation, the Federal government was not allowed to take private property in cases where the property wasn't going to be used for public works -schools, highways and the like. Now the government can take your home to build a shopping mall or a walmart as long as the City council thinks that's ok. California business interests think this is great, and they are trying to get that solidified into California law.

      If that weren't enough the media has never been more consolidated and less competetive as it is now. Media consolidation acts in the 90s that the Republican congress passed with Bill Clinton (blame goes around), made it possible for News papers and TV stations in one market to be owned by a single owner, effectively killing news competition and making it easy for a news company to monopolize local news stories, editing to remove or downplay important public safety news that might incriminate investors from the private sector (Pharmco for example).

      I'm not so sure I believe the "same old same old" argument that says nothing changes. I've seen a lot of change for the worse in politics in the last 15 years, and I think this year's election will be very very important. I don't need R.W.E. or the newspapers to tell me that.

    • 1 year ago
  • TyMarshal
  • carligula
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      carligula  

    • I have a feeling we're going to be okay. Im confident in Obama and trust his word. This upcoming election is monumental and will change American politics forever. Cheers!

      GO OBAMA!

      "Come gather 'round people
      Wherever you roam
      And admit that the waters
      Around you have grown
      And accept it that soon
      You'll be drenched to the bone.
      If your time to you
      Is worth savin'
      Then you better start swimmin'
      Or you'll sink like a stone
      For the times they are a-changin'."

      - Bob Dylan

    • 1 year ago
  • platkat
  • chillwillNJ
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      chillwillNJ  

    • I want Obama to be the nominee as much as the next guy.

      But I think AP put this out a little early.

      It hasn't actually happened YET.

      (However, it probably will)

    • 1 year ago
  • keithponder
  • dgarrand
  • ivxx
  • heliarc
  • ivxx
  • shae1231
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  

    • "Yes we can!" So far that rings true.

      However I don't see it as vote one way and the country will be better. It is always possible the better choice could end up being the worse.

      This idea that one party is OMG better than another is starting to become tiresome to hear over and over again.

    • 1 year ago
  • ivxx
  • spoonieday
  • cheche_201
  • jeffreyak
  • johnmcstupid
  • mako2424

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