Borrowing blatantly here from Chuck Todd, if Obama wins more than 50 delegates tonight, which is quite possible, he will be able to claim that (a) he is within about 70 delegates of reaching 2026 and (b) has a majority of pledged delegates INCLUDING what Clinton would win if the delegations of Florida and Michigan were seated in total.
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