Obama Campaign Aide: Tonight's Results Make It More Likely That May 20th Will Be Our D-Day

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Obama Campaign Aide: Tonight's Results Make It More Likely That May 20th Will Be Our D-Day
By Greg Sargent - May 6, 2008, 9:55PM


Tonight's big win in North Carolina has Obama advisers increasingly confident that they have a shot at effectively putting away the race by May 20th, an Obama campaign aide confirms.

The idea is that May 20th, the date of the Kentucky and Oregon primaries, is the Obama campaign's D-Day. That is, it's the date when Obama will clinch a majority of the 3,253 pledged delegates -- a number Obama advisers can take to the super-delegates and argue that the time has come for them to support Obama en masse.

"We are looking at May 20th as the day we clinch the majority of pledged delegates -- and that will be a compelling case to present to super delegates," the campaign aide says.

That May 20th is a potentially decisive date is not a new idea. But tonight's North Carolina results have reaffirmed confidence among Obama advisers that they can reach that milestone on that day.

Here are the numbers, according to the aide. To get a majority of pledged dels, Obama needs a total of 1,626. Right now he has 1,494, meaning he needs 132 more.

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[99th_Monkey]

1. HOOT!! Hey, this Obama supporter lives & votes in Oregon. It would be a dream come true. ~nt~

[babylonsister]

2. Would you be heartbroken if he won Indiana, too?

I find it amazing it hasn't been called yet. IOW, if he won before Oregon, would that be okay?

[99th_Monkey]

3. It would be more than ok, it would be fantastic. We need to focus on beating McLame. nt

[babylonsister]

4. I agree! It 'could' happen. nt