The AP calls it

via dday

Barrack Obama is your Democratic candidate for President of the United States of America.

The AP tally was based on public commitments from delegates as well as more than a dozen private commitments. It also included a minimum number of delegates Obama was guaranteed even if he lost the final two primaries in South Dakota and Montana later in the day.

I imagine some Clinton supporters will be irritated that they're calling it before the votes from today's primaries are counted, but I'm just so ready for this primary to be over. Now we can start apologizing to each other for being jerks occasionally and start making fun of how old McCain is together. It will be glorious.

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