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AP: Obama 'Effectively' Clinches Nomination

Tally based partly on private superdelegate commitments

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 3, 2008 1:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – The AP declared today that Barack Obama has “effectively clinched” the Democratic nomination, basing its projection in part on 15 private commitments from superdelegates. Adding to that a minimum 11 delegates Obama is poised to capture in the final two primaries today, the wire...   Read full story »

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