I realize that given the vagaries of superdelegatedom, it’s very difficult to keep an accurate running count of how many delegates the Dem candidates have ahead of the convention. However, could we perhaps get some consistency in the reckoning?
PoliticalWire has a comparison that highlights the discrepancies:
NBC: Obama 1,078, Clinton 969
CBS: Obama 1,242, Clinton 1,175
ABC: Obama 1,232, Clinton 1,205
CNN: Obama 1,215, Clinton 1,190
AP: Obama 1,223, Clinton 1,198
Over on the GOP side, Reliable Politics quotes McCain’s campaign manager as observing:
The results from [Tuesday's] primary elections in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC, make it mathematically impossible for Governor Huckabee to secure the Republican nomination for president. He now needs 950 delegates to secure the required 1,191. But in the remaining contests there are only 774 delegates available. He would need to win 123% of remaining delegates.