Under Clinton's rules, Obama still wins

[SoFlaJet]

Under Clinton's rules, Obama still wins
By DAVID PAUL KUHN & AVI ZENILMAN | 5/10/08 3:29 PM EST

Barack Obama can fully accept Hillary Rodham Clinton’s terms on Michigan and Florida and still win a majority of pledged Democratic delegates on June 1, allowing him to lay claim to the nomination under the New York senator’s own rules.

A Politico analysis of the delegate numbers after Tuesday’s primaries in North Carolina and Indiana shows Obama can concede to Clinton’s position on Michigan and Florida and still claim victory — potentially forestalling the Democratic nightmare scenario of a floor fight at the Denver convention.

The Clinton campaign rejected the premise of Politico’s analysis, dismissing it as “artificial metrics” that “might make for interesting cocktail party conversation” but would give Obama no legitimate claim on the nomination.

But the numbers could add to Obama’s growing strategic advantage. Some background: The magic number of pledged delegates — excluding Florida and Michigan, which were stripped of their delegates for holding early, unsanctioned primaries — is 1,627 to have a definitive majority.

Obama will reach that threshold on May 20, after the Kentucky and Oregon primaries, and plans to declare victory.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10247.html

[WeDidIt]

1. She won't concede until Democrats accept winner take all primaries

They've already set the stage for their final argument.