As more finite results from Super Tuesday's voting come in, some are predicting that Barack Obama will come out on top of the delegate race. Hillary Clinton won the big prize in California, but, according to NBC News, he'll likely end up with 840-849 delegates to Hillary Clinton's 829-838. The Clinton campaign is still crunching numbers, but the Obama campaign has sent out his statement:

“Obama wins Super Tuesday by winning more states and more delegates.”

Campaign Manager David Plouffe said: “By winning a majority of delegates and a majority of the states, Barack Obama won an important Super Tuesday victory over Sen. Clinton in the closest thing we have to a national primary.”

“From Colorado and Utah in the West to Georgia and Alabama in the South to Sen. Clinton’s backyard in Connecticut, Obama showed that he can win the support of Americans of every race, gender and political party in every region of the country,” Plouffe said. “That’s why he’s on track to win Democratic nomination, and that’s why he’s the best candidate to defeat John McCain in November.”

The Obama campaign attached an Excel spreadsheet containing “state-by-state estimates of the pledged delegates we won last night, which total 845 for Obama and 836 for Clinton — bringing the to-date total of delegates to 908 for Obama, 884 for Clinton.”

[Politico]

Hello Readers! I was on NPR's News + Notes with Jozen Cummings, editor of King-Mag.com, and Desmond Burton of AfroNerd. We discussed Super Tuesday results, and celebrity endorsements. But unfortunately the most interesting debate got cut short. The topic was the police shooting of a woman and her baby in Lima, Ohio. I was able to set up the issue, but didn't get to offer my opinion. And I definitely got sidetracked when Desmond brought up the woman's "afrocentric" name, Tarika Wilson, as a factor to consider. I don't really need to spend a lot of time explaining why this was troubling, or why I disagree with this assessment whole-heartedly, do I?

As for the actual issue, my stance is this: no, I don't think the fact that Wilson was living in a house with a known drug dealer with her kids, all of whom were fathered by drug dealers, should be glazed over. But I think the bigger issue is that there are women like Tarika Wilson all over the country — with kids by several different (often criminal) fathers in stagnant, dangerous situations — who probably feel like they have no other options. It's a cycle that needs to be broken. But the obvious, major issue is, why the hell did the police shoot an unarmed (?) woman and her baby? But we didn't even come close to discussing that…

You can listen here!

The votes aren't all counted, but Super Tuesday is officially over. The pundits predicted that the Democratic race would be far from over after last night, and that's the outcome they got. But considering how many states in which Hillary Clinton was leading in the weeks leading up to the big day, Barack Obama far exceeded expectations.

Hillary Clinton took the big prize, which was California, despite the fact that Barack Obama won the majority of both the white and black votes. Latinos and Asians in that state voted overwhelmingly for Clinton. Exit poll data from CNN.com shows that the vast majority of white women and most Latinos voted for Hillary Clinton, while Barack Obama won most of the youth vote and the black vote.

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SUPER TUESDAY-ING Experts expect a record day at the polls today as voters in 24 states and American Samoa (I love that) cast their ballots. Although, at the end of the day, McCain can conceivably seal the deal for his nomination, things will be less clear for the Dems.

“We’re all kind of guessing about what it’s all going to mean because it’s never happened before,” Clinton said. The New York senator said she found it all “intriguing and somewhat mystifying.”

Obama said a “split decision” was likely. “I don’t think today’s going to end up being decisive,” the Illinois senator said.

Many voters seemed split, too, and late to make up their minds.

The Dems likely won't wake up morning knowing who the nominee will be, but Clinton is still favored, despite the fact that Obama has crept up on her considerably in recent polls. We all know about those post-election polls. If nothing else, it will be a suspenseful night! [MSNBC]

A quick look at the candidates on a few key issues — for those of you who don't live in a Super Tuesday state or for those of you who do, but won't decide who gets your vote until you're waiting in line at the polls.

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• Georgia blacks are like the new South Carolina blacks! [WTVM]

• Poor women! How can they possibly choose between a racial first and a gender first? Can political reporters possibly choose a better election story? [ABC]

• Spain's ugly history of racism in sports. [Telegraph]

• Tom Joyner and the NAACP launch a voter empowerment hotline. [ADW]

• Happy Super Tuesday, y'all!