Another poll of interest:

[T]he public is sending a strong message to journalists and pundits: It is too early to declare, as some already have, that the race is over.

"Fully 72% of the public - including comparable percentages of Democrats, Republicans and independents -say that journalists should not be anointing Obama as the Democratic nominee at this stage in the race. Just 20% say that journalists should be doing this." PEW Research Center

The fact that Senator Clinton drew 22% to John McCain's 32% and Barack Obama's 31% demonstrates that the electorate remains volatile and unpredictable. It also

The thing that is still hurting many Clinton supporters the most is the strategy many believe his campaign had of suspending Florida and Michigan's delegates and votes for her so that the friendly pundits for him could proclaim over and over  the past months that she is behind and can never catch up. The final chapter to this refrain by the chorus is that he will proclaim himself king tomorrow night.

Persistent or recurrent coronation with minimal voter stimulation before, on, or shortly after primary elections and before the voters wishes it. The clinician must take into account factors that affect duration of the excitement phase, such as age, novelty of the candidate or situation, and recent frequency of voting activity.

"Barack Obama may be building an insurmountable lead in the Democratic primary race, but the public is sending a strong message to journalists and pundits: It is too early to declare, as some already have, that the race is over.

In e-mail updates to reporters titled "Countdown to the Nomination," the Obama campaign lays out its math, which adheres to Democratic National Committee rules: 3,253 in total pledged delegates, 1,627 needed for a majority of pledged delegates, and 2,025 delegates needed for the nomination.

Okay, I thought he'd had a "majority" (as in more pledged delegates) for quite some time, but I guess they are talking about a majority being one more than half of 3,253.

But I have to say, the 75,000 people who turned out to see Obama in Oregon, can't be matched by Hillary. There is an excitement, an energy about the Obama campaign and I admit that is scary because feelings are precarious, but it is so exciting to see people interested in the election process, feeling like there is hope and that things can change for the better.

Obama supporters like me can't help but get swept up in the good feelings and hope and that is why 75,000 people come out to hear him. We want to take the risk that he can get a whole new group of voters, REP voters, to cross over. I admit that idealism is more potent a force than pragmatic coalition building, and in the end, it might fail.

It is a risk but it has a high return!

Only 3% were between 18-25, which seems low.

I expect Obama to comfortably win Oregon.  The only way he might not is if his supporters don't bother to return their ballots because they think he's already won.  As I've said that would be hilarious.  

Frankly, I don't even care how she gets there if she gets there.

I have every confidence she'll be a better president than McCain.

When you're aboard the TITANIC and a rescue boat shows up, the sex, color, personal habits or past relationships of her Captain matters not at all.

The Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), the 23rd largest in the United States,[citation needed] has a population of 2,137,565 (2006 estimate).

A crowd of 75,000 would be 3.5 percent of the total population.

The Oregonian (link) offered a smaller, but still humongous number.

The Portland Fire Bureau estimated the crowd at 72,000. About 60,000 squeezed inside the gates, and 12,000 watched from outside.

It appears to be a record crowd for an Oregon political event. In 2004, 50,000 turned out to see Democratic Sen. John Kerry, who brought along movie idol Leonardo DiCaprio and rocker Jon Bon Jovi.

Obama was the biggest star at Sunday's gathering -- though a popular Portland band, The Decemberists, provided the warmup act. With blue skies and temperatures in the 80s, many in the crowd said Waterfront Park was simply the place to be.

he's an excellent candidate.