Leaning on the superdelegatesObama, at his Chicago press conference just now, lays out his path to the nomination, which depends first on having a majority of pledged delegates.
"If this contest comes down to superdelegates, we are going to be able to say we have more pledged delegates, which means the Democratic voters have spoken. Those superdelegates, those party insiders would have to think long and hard how they would approach the nomination," he said.
"The argument we would be making to superdelegates is, if we come into the convention with more pledged delegates then i think we can make a very strong argument that our constituencies have spoken and I think that's going to be pretty improtant when it comes to the general election," he says.
He says they'll also consider "who can appeal to independents in an effective way" and who can match up with McCain as a reformer.
He also resists Clinton's call for weekly debates.
"I don't think anybody's clamoring for more debates," he says, in response to a question that put it that way.
And a backhanded compliment in his argument for Clinton's research shop, part of a broader argument he's made at times this year that his campaign, and his success to this point, proves his viability.
"The Clinton research operation is about as good as anybody’s out there. I assure you that having engaged in a contest against them for the last year, that they’ve pulled out all the stops," Obama says at a press conference just now, assuring reporters that he can handle the general election campaign.
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