Obama on
brink of delegate milestone
Candidate
looking to secure a majority of pledged
delegates Tuesday
WASHINGTON -
Barack Obama will reach a significant
milestone Tuesday as he marches toward the
Democratic nomination for president a majority
of the pledged delegates won in primaries and
caucuses.
Obama will
still be short of the overall number of delegates
needed to clinch the nomination, unless he were to
suddenly receive an avalanche of endorsements from
the party and elected officials known as
superdelegates. But the Illinois senator's
campaign is touting the delegate milestone as a
big step in defeating his rival,
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.
"A clear
majority of elected delegates will send an
unmistakable message the people have spoken, and
they are ready for change," Obama campaign manager
David Plouffe wrote in a memo to supporters
Monday.
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