That's right - math is rearing is ugly head again. Hillary Clinton failed to do what she needed in one of her best states to get the nomination. As a testament to how infinitely improbable her quest is at this point, here's where we stood before the election results tonight:
Obama: 1,591.5 pledged + 284 super delegates = 1,875.5
Clinton: 1,425.5 pledged + 270.5 super delegates = 1,696
With Clinton needing 329 out of 458.5 remaining delegates to get to 2,025 and the nomination, she would need 71.76% of the remaining delegates. She did great in West Virginia yesterday, but she only got 20 out of 28 or 71.43% of the delegates. Sorry, Senator Clinton, but you'll have to do a little better than that in Kentucky and Oregon and Montana and South Dakota and Puerto Rico and among the remaining super delegates to win.
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