Obama Campaign: Hillary Has Virtually No Chance Of Catching Us Now
On a conference call with reporters just now, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe laid out the campaign's view of the delegate math ahead in the wake of yesterday's resounding victories.
Plouffe's conclusion: It's virtually impossible for Hillary to catch up at this point.
Plouffe says that Hillary needs to win Ohio and Texas by over 20 points each in order to begin to erase Obama's lead in pledged dels right now. Even the campaign's worst case scenario for March 4th, Plouffe says, leaves Obama with a lead in the range of 150 pledged dels.
Plouffe further points out that there are 560 total pledged dels in all the contests after March 4th, meaning that the Clinton campaign will have to win roughly three-fourths of those to erode Obama's lead significantly remain in the game.
Plouffe's bottom line: "They're gonna have to win landslides from here on out."
Comments (103)