# Obama clinches Democratic nomination **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 4, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763 "2012-04-04T01:19:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/1 "2012-04-04T01:19:05Z")
It was a long, tough struggle, but hard work and perseverance have paid off for Obama. The results today from Maryland and the District of Columbia have put him over the top. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/2 "2012-04-04T01:24:53Z")
Finally, we can end that 40 page “Stick a fork in Randall Terry” thread ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/3 "2012-04-04T01:28:40Z")
But we still haven’t decided what kind of fork he deserves! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/4 "2012-04-04T01:56:00Z")
I’d say a sideways one. With a rusty crowbar. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/5 "2012-04-04T02:11:13Z")
This was clearly a mandate. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/6 "2012-04-04T02:32:53Z")
The mainstream media has paid NO attention to the Obama campaign AT ALL! This is ONE HUNDRED TIMES WORSE than the treatment Ron Paul has received! ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/7 "2012-04-04T08:54:27Z")
I blame the grip the anti-semites have over the media and entertainment industry. Obama expresses a desire to work with Israel and suddenly he’s got a secret kippah implanted into his skull? ---
**Author:** ![Niteryder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Niteryder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niteryder)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/8 "2012-04-04T09:28:46Z")
Well, being opposed to Israel politics doesn’t automatically make you an anti-semite. It’s funny though because both sides claim the other owns the media: “Z.O.G.! The Jews own the media!” “No, it’s the anti-semites that own them!” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/9 "2012-04-04T14:14:03Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > It was a long, tough struggle, but hard work and perseverance have paid off for Obama. The results today from Maryland and the District of Columbia have put him over the top. Thank goodness. The suspense was keeping me up nights. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/10 "2012-04-04T14:23:09Z")
> [@Niteryder](#): > > Well, being opposed to Israel politics doesn’t automatically make you an anti-semite. > It’s funny though because both sides claim the other owns the media: “Z.O.G.! The Jews own the media!” “No, it’s the anti-semites that own them!” If you want to have a debate about Israel and foreign policy, please do it in another thread. **gamerunknown** was joking. He was not saying anti-Semites run the media. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/11 "2012-04-04T14:35:52Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > It was a long, tough struggle, but hard work and perseverance have paid off for Obama. The results today from Maryland and the District of Columbia have put him over the top. Are we certain though? I mean isn’t it possible some of Terry’s volunteers stayed after hours to clinch the delegate spots once Obama’s left the room? I think we’re likely to see a brokered convention. This is just the break the Carter campaign has been waiting for! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/12 "2012-04-04T22:29:41Z")
I still think that Obama is going to release his delegates to vote for Hillary Clinton, and she’ll pick him as VP. Everybody wins! (Biden can still walk their dog on Saturdays, of course) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/13 "2012-04-05T12:45:34Z")
Holy shit, they nominated a black guy again? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/14 "2012-04-05T13:30:56Z")
Now begins the VEEP selection process. I wonder if he’ll pick one of his primary opponents. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/15 "2012-04-05T13:41:16Z")
After the bruising Obama has taken at the hundreds of debates he was forced to participate in, I think there will need to to be a lot of fence mending before we can consider that option. I think he should stick with the obvious and pick a little known, first time Governor from a remote state. Say…Alaska. How could that go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/16 "2012-04-05T13:42:39Z")
But Terry came in second place. So now he’ll be the front-runner in 2016. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/17 "2012-04-05T13:50:15Z")
I don’t know… Has anyone actually seen the long form certification of the nomination? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/18 "2012-04-05T13:54:04Z")
Well, I saw a digital copy of the long form and I was sure it is fake, but it clearly had the seal of the Kenyan Embassy on it, so it must be good. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/19 "2012-04-05T15:52:52Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But Terry came in second place. So now he’ll be the front-runner in 2016. Wrong party! But, just for the fun of it, here’s who the Dem nominees would have been in recent years if they had the Republican habit of nominating the previous primary season’s runner-up (skipping years when an incumbent Democrat was running for re-election): 2008: John Edwards 2004: Bill Bradley 2000: Jerry Brown 1992: Jesse Jackson 1988: Gary Hart 1984: Ted Kennedy 1976: Hubert Humphrey 1972: Gene McCarthy ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763/20 "2012-04-05T16:00:11Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Wrong party! Why? Have we already started the “Obama has a secret plan to run for a third term” threads? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-clinches-democratic-nomination/617763.md?page=2)