Senator Obama confirms our speculation - Next week is the final chapter [View All]

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Obama eyes victory over Clinton next week

Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama said he was on the verge of wrapping up his epic contest with Hillary Clinton next week once their bruising nominating battle climaxes.
Asked when the party would finally have a nominee to take on Republican John McCain in November's election, Obama told reporters aboard his plane late Wednesday: "After Tuesday we will."

The Illinois senator noted that the Democratic Party's rules committee would meet Saturday to adjudicate on one of the biggest controversies left: whether Florida and Michigan delegates should be reinstated after a scheduling row.

Then on Sunday, Puerto Rico holds its primary followed by the last two contests Tuesday in Montana and South Dakota.

"And at that point, all the information will be in. There will be no more questions answered," Obama said, predicting that Democratic grandees known as superdelegates "will make their decisions pretty quickly after that."

According to his campaign, Obama needs just 45 more delegates to reach the current winning line of 2,026.

While that number could go up depending on a Florida-Michigan fix this weekend, both candidates would still need the support of enough superdelegates to go over the top. But Obama would need far fewer.

House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the nation's top elected Democrat who is to preside over the party's August convention, said she would "step in" if there is no resolution by late June about Florida and Michigan.


"Because we cannot take this fight to the convention. It must be over before then," Pelosi, who has remained neutral between Obama and Clinton, told the San Francisco Chronicle's editorial board.