Jun 2, 2008

the last two primaries on tuesday; SD polls close @ 9p edt, MT @ 10p edt

This is it. The last two primaries.

Rumors say that Hillary, who plans on speaking tomorrow from New York, is going to suspend her campaign. Rumors backed up with more rumors of staff going on vacation and advance teams being fired.

South Dakota closes first at 7p Mountain Daylight Time, or 9p EDT.

Montana marks the final pledged delegates to be announced, with polls closing at 8p MDT, 10p EDT.

I'm going to celebrate with arepas! Or maybe a bison steak, in homage to the Great Plains states.

Oh yeah, and in case you're wondering, while the decision by the DNC Rules Committee on Florida and Michigan (full delegations seated but with only 1/2 votes each; all "Uncommitted" in MI go to Obama) ensures that Obama will win the majority of pledged delegates (duh, already knew that), there are only a total of 31 pledged delegates to be awarded by both contests tomorrow. Of those 31, Obama is expected to get 19, putting him 24 delegates short of the nomination. So 24 superdelegates need to step up now.

correction:
Eastern South Dakota is on Central Daylight Time, and Western South Dakota is on Mountain Daylight Time. Regardless, no results or exit polling will be announced until all polls in the state close, and so 9pEDT is still the expected time for networks to call the state (presumably for Obama).

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