Chuck Todd: McCain & Palin not doing well on the trail & together

Clinton ends her campaign and endorses Obama

Chuck Todd: “Greatest political upset maybe in the history of American politics”

Superdelegates start moving to Obama; AP says Obama will clinch tonight

Senator Obama’s magic number is around 14 delegates (both pledged and superdelegates) to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination.

Former President Jimmy Carter said today that he will officially endorse Senator Obama tonight (his support of Obama was known for a while).

The governor of Montana, Brian Schweitzer, and its two Senators, Max Baucus and Jon Tester, will endorse the winner of the Montana primary along with two other superdelegates from the state.

Hillary throws out that she would not mind being VP, but it won’t happen because of Bill Clinton, says The New Republic. Chris Matthews says that Hillary’s offer to be VP is her forcing herself on Obama. Keith Olbermann echoes Matthews’ sentiment saying that Clinton has just rained on Obama’s parade.

Marc Ambinder says that Obama and Clinton could have their unity moment tomorrow morning at AIPAC, where they are both scheduled to speak.

Updated delegate totals with Michigan and Florida

Obama: 2052 delegates (including superdelegates)

Clinton: 1877.5 delegates (including superdelegates)

The Associated Press is reporting that Senator Obama is now 66 delegates away from capturing the Democratic presidential nomination.

New number needed to capture Democratic presidential nomination: 2118

Chuck Todd, MSNBC’s political director, is reporting that Senator Obama will need about 65 delegates to capture the nomination and most likely just 20 superdelegates to put him over the top. Senator Clinton is much further away and would need to win a monumental amount of delegates and superdelegates in order to capture the nomination.

RBC votes to seat full Mich. delegation with half votes

By a vote of 19 to 8 the Rules & Bylaws Committee has decided to seat the entire delegation from Michigan at the Democratic National Convention, but with each delegate receiving half a vote.

Harold Ickes, a top adviser to Senator Clinton’s campaign and member of the Rules & Bylaws Committee, stated in the meeting that Senator Clinton had instructed him to reserve the right to take this decision to the Democratic National Committee’s Credentials Committee.

Update: Here is the video of Harold Ickes addressing the RBC before the Michigan vote.

DNC lawyers: seat half the Florida & Michigan delegates

Lawyers for the Democratic Party have written a 38 page memorandum that says the DNC should seat half of the delegates from Florida and Michigan. The memo does not say how the popular vote from the states should be apportioned, if at all. This is a major blow to Hillary Clinton’s last-ditch effort to capture the Democratic nomination, as it favors Barack Obama.

Obama wins Oregon big; Clinton wins Kentucky big; Obama wins most pledged delegates

NBC News is reporting that Senator Obama will come out the winner tonight as he has won more pledged delegates out of Kentucky and Oregon.

Tim Russert is reporting that Senator Clinton will stay in the race through June 3 and that the nomination should be settled around June 4.

Networks call West Virginia for Clinton

This wasn’t exactly a shocker as Senator Clinton was expected to win West Virginia big (even if she had dropped out of the presidential race). The loss was so expected that Barack Obama has been taking the past few days to point out that he would lose by a large margin. The real story is the outcome of Mississippi’s special election between Greg Davis and Travis Childers.

Note on Hillary’s speech

Senator Clinton’s speech in Indiana tonight has shown that the Clinton campaign is in touch with the reality that tonight may have very well ended her campaign. Hillary Clinton spoke in a somber tone, but with much more of a gracious tone toward Senator Obama.

Also, note the faces of Bill and Chelsea Clinton, both of whom appear to be visibly shaken.

DRUDGE: Clinton to reassess if campaign can continue

The Drudge Report has posted a piece without a link saying the following:

Hillary plans to huddle with undecided superdelegates tomorrow; gauging if she can go on… Developing…

BREAKING NEWS: Obama campaign willing to negotiate seating Fla. & Mich. delegates

On MSNBC’s election coverage, Howard Fineman said that sources from the Obama campaign have told him that they are now willing to enter into negotiations to seat the Florida and Michigan delegations at the Democratic National Committee.

Indiana for Clinton

Says CBS

Update 9:40PM: MSNBC has changed Indiana from “Too Early to Call” to “Too Close to Call” due to better than expected results for Senator Obama in areas that were supposed to heavily favor Senator Clinton.

Networks call NC for Obama

Senator Clinton’s hope to keep North Carolina tight appears to have been quashed because of how quickly the race was called.

Exits: Obama wins NC big

Stay tuned

Obama wins Democratic caucuses in Guam

The AP has just called the Guam Democratic caucuses for Senator Obama. No information on how Guam’s four pledged delegates will be awarded to Senators Obama and Clinton.

Update: Senator Obama won by just seven votes out of 4,521 ballots cast.

How education shapes the Democratic race

Two Indiana polls: Obama has slight lead

Two polls that were just released show Senator Barack Obama leading Senator Hillary Clinton by one and three points. A Research 2000 poll has Senator Obama ahead 48%-47% and an Indianapolis Star poll has Obama ahead 41%-38%.

Pelosi, Reid & Dean might push superdelegates to choose nominee in June

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said today that if the race for the Democratic presidential nomination continues into June, he, Speaker of the House Pelosi and DNC chair Howard Dean might write a letter instructing superdelegates to make their choice public so that an end can be brought to the contest between Senators Clinton and Obama.