The Obama Prophesy is About to Be Fulfilled

According to the Obama campaign, we might not need to wait until mid-June for this tiresome, agonizing, increasingly-difficult-to-parody Democratic primary to end…

Mark the date: May 20. That night, Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is planning to declare victory. At his campaign headquarters here, the number crunchers figure — with pretty solid justification — that, on that date, after the returns come in from the Oregon Democratic primary, their man will have won an outright majority of the pledged delegates to the 2008 convention in Denver.

"The die is cast," campaign manager David Plouffe told [Howard Fineman] after the early returns came in Tuesday night…

Yes, the die is cast. The moon and planets are in alignment. The spirits of the underworld are preparing to rise up and consume the living while Barack Obama begins his 1,000 score reign of Democratic nomination. Hahahahaha! Hahahahahahahahaha!

Ha.

According to Plouffe's math, Sen. Hillary Clinton still could win big in West Virginia and Kentucky. But even with those victories, Obama pickups in those states, plus a likely big win in Oregon, would be enough to reach the magic number: 1,627, a clear majority of the pledged delegates.

At that point, his strategists say, Obama will be able to turn to uncommitted superdelegates and say: "I've done my part."

Yes, Obama's die will have been cast.