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June 03, 2008
Montana (Obama 56% - Clinton 41%)
Open primary: 25 total delegates
16 tied to June 3 primary, 9 superdelegates
South Dakota (Clinton 55% - Obama 45%)
Closed primary: 23 total delegates*
15 tied to June 3 primary, 8 superdelegates
Obama Claims Nomination; First Black to Lead a Major Party Ticket
(NYT) A last-minute rush of Democratic superdelegates, as well […]

See also U.S. Presidential Campaign: Candidates & Issues and U.S. Campaign 2008
June 3
Superdelegate Declarations Push Obama Closer to Goal
The 16-month primary campaign, which wound through every state and U.S. territory, drew to its final hours with a burst of announcements — delegate by delegate — that pushed Mr. Obama closer to crossing the threshold […]

West Virginia Primary May 6
Kentucky and Oregon Primaries May 20
May 21
What Oregon Says About America
Joseph Lowndes
(HuffPost) As we all know, the dominant explanation coming out of Oregon and Kentucky’s differing Democratic primary results will go like this: Oregonians are wealthier, better-educated and racially homogeneous, and therefore free of the kind of racial politics we […]

See also Democrats: Phantom and Super Delegates
May 29
Florida and Michigan May See Delegates Halved
May 8
Back to Michigan and Florida
The rules committee plans to meet May 31 to resolve the issues with Michigan and Florida, both of which violated D.N.C. rules in holding their primaries earlier than the party allowed.
The Clinton campaign has argued for […]

See also Democrats: Phantom and Super Delegates and U.S. Primaries: Florida
May 29
Florida and Michigan May See Delegates Halved
May 8
Back to Michigan and Florida
The rules committee plans to meet May 31 to resolve the issues with Michigan and Florida, both of which violated D.N.C. rules in holding their primaries earlier than the party allowed.
The Clinton campaign […]

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Indiana 84 delegates
North Carolina 134 delegates
May 6, 2008
May 7
Clinton Takes Indiana by Slim Margin; Obama Wins North Carolina Decisively
Senator Barack Obama won a commanding victory in the North Carolina primary on Tuesday but fell short in Indiana as Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton prevailed by a narrow margin.
The night’s results injected a […]

See also The Economy - What went wrong and what’s next? and Global Monitoring Report and World Hunger

US blights Asia outlook
Emerging Markets - 5th May 2008
By Steve Garton
The credit crunch has not yet played itself out, and Asian economies are not immune from the effects of falling export revenues, leading financiers insisted this […]

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April 30 marks the hundred-day countdown to the Beijing Olympics - has everyone seen the news that China plans to clear out students and refugees from Beijing before the Games? Nothing being left to […]