Hillary Can’t Overcome Obama’s Lead

DNC Meeting To Determine Fate Of Michigan, Florida Delegates

UPDATE: Ben Johnson video below

Democrats will be searching for a compromise this weekend to seat disputed delegations from Michigan and Florida at this summer’s party convention and clear the way for a quick end to the marathon struggle between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The challenge is to “come together at the end of the day and be united,” Howard Dean, the party chairman, told members of the convention’s Rules and Bylaws Committee gathered at a hotel across town from the White House.

Obama is a mere 42 delegates short of the 2,026 needed to clinch the nomination, in the Associated Press tally, and appears on track to wrap up the party prize in the coming days. He intends to signal the beginning of his general election campaign next Tuesday by holding a rally in the arena in St. Paul, Minn., where Republicans will to hold their convention this summer.

Clinton, who picked up the support of a Louisiana superdelegate during the day, trails her rival by about 200 overall. She has pressed to have the entire Michigan and Florida delegations seated, both to narrow the gap and to buttress her claim that she has outpolled her rival in the popular vote in the primaries and caucuses.

Numerous potential compromises have been discussed in recent days; all would allow the former first lady to draw closer to her rival, yet not threaten his hold on the nomination.

Ben Johnson, a former Clinton staff member, adds that some states went early because Iowa and New Hampshire are white states and could not be trusted:

update info, GatewayPundit

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