I believe there is hope yet.

"Based on exit polls, among the approximately 16.3 million people who identified themselves as Democrats, over 678,000 more voted for Hillary Clinton than Barack Obama."

What, you mean some of those voting Obama in the Democratic primaries, or turning out for the stadium rally parties, will be voting for the (R) in the fall?

Say it ain't so!

And of course you acknowledge the voting preferences of Michigan and Florida voters, the latter of whom turned out in great numbers in the primary. Ignoring them, two potential swing states in the general, is just stupid strategy. Unless you're gunning for McCain to win...

And while legitimate arguments can be made on both sides of the “super-delegate” debate, there is simply no question that the system was not set up to allow the nominee to be chosen based in very large part on primary and caucus victories in states that Democrats aren’t truly competitive. The very idea that a 12 delegate advantage from a state like Idaho trumps an 11 delegate advantage from a swing state like New Jersey should be anathema to the party. Nor should racking up a combined 449,000 vote advantage in the “practically impossible to win” states of Georgia and Alabama be considered more important than a 416,000 vote advantage in a competitive/must-win state like California.

Yet this is exactly what the Obama campaign is arguing --- that the reality of the electorial college map should be irrelevant, and that only raw vote totals, “pledged” delegates, and the number of states won should matter to the super-delegates. And the media simply repeats this argument without question.