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On the Trail, Dan Balz discusses the road ahead for Barack Obama and focuses on “what his campaign for the nomination tells us about the kind of candidate he would be in a general election against John McCain.” An excerpt:

May 09, 2008 Categories: Blogs Remainders: Obama's party Obama in Woodburn, Ore. Dan Balz — who has long cautioned against saying it's over — says it's over. Or is it only a flesh wound? Video of Emanuel's "presumptive" speech. A new SurveyUSA poll has Obama winning the California primary if it was held today. The GOP wants to ask Obama questions.

of superdelegates towards Obama strikes two terrible blows to Hillary Clinton. First it undermines her rationale to stay in the race at a time the media is increasingly unwilling to entertain the notion of a suspenseful race (see the Washington Post's Dan Balz). Second it removes the last metric in which she was still ahead. It also means that many superdelegates are no longer willing to be patient and are looking to put an end to the race even more quickly than Howard Dean and Senator were asking them to.

Obama in Woodburn, OR. Dan Balz -- who has long cautioned against saying it's over -- says it's over. Or is it only a flesh wound? Video of Emanuel's "presumptive" speech. A new SurveyUSA poll has Obama winning the California primary if it was held today. The GOP wants to ask Obama questions.

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"The Race Is On"

The Real Race Begins Washington Post - United States … Press) By Dan Balz The political talk this week has been all about Hillary Clinton and the probable end to her campaign for the Democratic nomination. … See all stories on this topic

News Alert for: Democratic Nomination The Real Race Begins Washington Post - United States By Dan Balz The political talk this week has been all about Hillary Clinton and the probable end to her campaign for the Democratic nomination. … See all stories on this topic