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CNN is reporting that Hillary Clinton will concede the race to Barack Obama today. Technically, she has only said that Obama “has the delegates to secure the nomination,” but I don’t expect she’s playing games here. Let the general election campaign begin!

This is as late as I’ll be tracking the results out of Oregon. Right now, with 78% reporting, Obama leads Clinton by 16 points (58-42), and has a net gain of about 90,000 votes. I’ll wait until tomorrow when all the precincts are in to update his lead in the popular vote. Needless to say, CNN has already declared Obama the winner tonight in Oregon. With his firm majority of pledged delegates, you can expect to see a lot of superdelegate endorsements in the coming days.
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From McClatchy DC:

The Texas Democratic Party warned Thursday that election night caucuses scheduled for next Tuesday could be delayed or disrupted after aides to Hillary Clinton threatened to sue over the party’s complicated delegate selection process.
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Hillary Clinton gave an interview to a local PBS show, Texas Monthly Talks, the other day, and though the interview won’t air on TV until next week, a clip regarding the Florida and Michigan delegates is already on-line. In it Clinton continues her case that her wins in Florida and Michigan should be counted as valid victories:

The press seems to have missed the distinction if that’s the case. The talk is that you agreed not to seat the delegation.
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