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By winning. and right now were winning. >> reporter: in fact obama leads in total votes and delegates. >> if we won the most delegates from the voters, it seems to me that it might be a good idea to make me the nominee. >> reporter: roughly 2246 delegates needed to win the democratic nomination, there are 713 that are so-called super delegates. they are democratic party officials across the country that can vote whatever way they please. they are not tied to any votes. clintons campaign said the...

Sort of making the choice to use that private e-mail server. now, theres a lot of democrats who say, well, thats great but she should have said that a long time ago. that said, this was a little bit more of a calm tone. this, by the way, with her with all of the members of the dnc gave an address to the group earlier, as well, this is kind of her crowd. she got an overwhelmingly positive reaction from the crowd and showing strength. the questions in the press conference about the delegates and s...

Want him in a public role? do you want to send the message? right now, youre talking to grassroots activists. is that a helpful thing in virginia right now? look, again, this is no disrespect to eric cantor, but i think the message that it sends to some in the party isnt going to be a positive one. >> meantime, chuck, a new report from bloombergs mark halpern that hillary clintons campaign is telling democrats she has about one fifth of the delegates sewed up. >> this is the so-called super dele...

>>. [ inaudible ] total thats committed to you? >> we are working really hard to lock in as many supporters as possible. and of course that would include superdelegates. thats part of our strategy, to win the nomination. were going to continue to do that. and i am heartened by the positive response that im getting. hi. >> quite a response you got in there. can you talk a bit about both your own interactions with the numbers here and the degree to which your operation has been a must -- [ inaudib...

Potential challenges that youre very far ahead? >> you know, ann, i think its more of a result of the lessons that i learned the last time, how important it is to be as well organized and focused from the very beginning on delegates, those who are superdelegates, those who are going eventually be elected or named as delegates. and im very encouraged by the kind of response that im getting. i have had the chance to meet with quite a few of the superdelegates who are here and other dnc officials a...

After poll after poll after poll until suddenly she was not. on the eve of super tuesday with delegates from 24 states and american samoa up for grabs, barack obama took the lead and hillary clinton went from inevitable and unstoppable to playing catch up. she started to trail in the polls and the delegate count. she tried the strategy of lining up super delegates. remember that? members of the democratic party elite who could vote for her regardless if she had won their state. if she could get ...

To win the nomination in poll after poll after poll after poll until suddenly she was not. on the eve of super tuesday with delegates from 24 states and american samoa up for grabs, barack obama took the lead and hillary clinton went from inevitable and unstoppable to playing catch up. she started to trail in the polls and the delegate count. she tried the strategy of lining up super delegates. remember that? members of the democratic party elite who could vote for her regardless if she had won ...

Ran as the candidate who could win the presidency and on track to win the nomination in poll after poll after poll after poll until suddenly she was not. on the eve of super tuesday with delegates from 24 states and american samoa up for grabs, barack obama took the lead and hillary clinton went from inevitable and unstoppable to playing catch up. she started to trail in the polls and the delegate count. she tried the strategy of lining up super delegates. remember that? members of the democrati...

Why was the media not on your side back in 84, when you could have been a real contender against reagan, you could have beaten him, maybe. who knows. >> the media will have to account for itself. i cant do that. but the headline in "the washington post" that next morning was hart/mondale split. well, the split was 7-2, as you indicated and i went on to divide the country, i think we each won 25 states, and the difference at that convention were the super delegates who all supported mondale. >> w...

Tuesday and the only one you lost was jrnlgeorgia, and out come the media and say that mondale won the next day. theyre congratulating beckel and you won 7 of 9. why was the media not on your side back in 84, when you could have been a real contender against reagan, you could have beaten him, maybe. who knows. >> the media will have to account for itself. i cant do that. but the headline in "the washington post" that next morning was hart/mondale split. well, the split was 7-2, as you indicated ...