Illinois Senator Barack Obama is the 2008 Democratic nominee for president.
Everyone knew when today began where it would end up; it was just a matter of how we’d get there.
The Associated Press tally, which included 11 delegates Senator Barack Obama was guaranteed as long as he gained 30 percent of the vote in South Dakota [...]

Clinton campaign officials are confirming that Hillary Clinton will concede in a speech tonight that Barack Obama has enough delegates to win the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. According to the officials, Clinton won’t formally suspend her campaign so that she may maintain leverage to negotiate with Obama, including the possibility of securing a VP spot. [...]

According to Political Radar, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) said today that the Democratic primary “will be ended a couple days after June 3rd.” Reid, who is himself an uncommitted superdelegate, told KGO Radio in San Francisco this morning that he spoke to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and DNC Chairman Howard Dean and all [...]

Obama won the Maine primary today, cementing his sweep of this weekend’s Democratic contests.
With this weekend’s wins, Obama closed the delegate gap created by Super Tuesday and now trails Clinton by less than 30 delegates. According to CNN, Clinton has 1,148 while Obama has 1,121. A total of 2,025 delegates is required in order to [...]

Barack Obama gained momentum on Saturday, winning the Democratic caucuses in Washington, Nebraska and the Virgin Islands. He is also projected to win the Louisiana primary. The number of delegates he picked up is still being calculated, though he will receive the lion’s share of the 161 delegates up for grabs.
There is speculation that the [...]

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans chose a nominee yesterday, leaving the fate of the nomination to later primaries and perhaps even the convention. (For a full breakdown of the evening, check out the NBN politics livechat.)
Obama and Clinton are in a dead heat; both have less than 50 percent of the delegates needed to [...]

This could give Obama a huge boost, as many of the workers are represented by a union that endorsed him.

Senators Hillary Clinton and John McCain pulled off wins in the country’s first 2008 primaries in New Hampshire tonight.
Clinton’s win came after a tight race between her and Senator Barack Obama, where her support among female voters and older voters gave her the edge. The win is being called a comeback after her disappointing third-place [...]

California wants an earlier primary election. That’s bad news for the presidential race.