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As of tonight Obama will likely hold the majority of pledged delegates. By the rules put in place before the primary season, every state would have to follow the rules, and the nomination would be decided based upon pledged delegates, which means that barring an immediate change of course by the SDs, Obama will walk away with the nomination and will hopefully be the next POTUS.
I know that some Clinton supporters are going to use the popular vote claim, but neither the primaries nor the GE work on popular vote because the system doesn't work that way. The party and the country work on delegates so that even the smallest state still holds some weight in the decision for president.
To the Clinton supporters: I know that your candidate may have the popular vote when you count some states but not others, on every other blue moon. However, we do not run on the popular vote. Clinton knew that the process didn't run on the popular vote when she stared her campaign.
At this point there is little reason to beg or even ask for the votes of Clinton supporters, if you would rather vote for Nader or McCain over Obama then that is your decision. I would prefer that you vote for Obama in November, but in the end who you vote for is your decision and your decision alone. You will just have to live with the knowledge of who you voted for after the results are taken into account. If you can live with that, good for you. Personally I do not vote party line either, and I have been confident with my decision in every election that I have ever voted in. I hope that every one here can honestly say that have no regrets when it comes to past votes, and will continue to have no regrets for future votes.
So, in closing, vote for who you want in the GE, but be prepared to live with that decision.
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