Obama and the death of Clintonism

http://www.slate.com/id/2192825/



A question that has been on everyone's mind for weeks has finally reached it's conclusion. Obama has won the democratic nomination for president, running against H Clinton . What I feel is important about this is not just the outcome, but how it was reached. Many people, including myself do not understand the process.
Obama was selected to be the democratic nomination by the 2008 Democratic Primaries. He was selected through primaries and caucuses which ends officially at the Democratic national Convention in August. To get this nomination the candidate needs at least 2,117 votes from delegates. Which is a majority of the total 4,233 delagates.
Delegates from 48 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have a single vote each. While delegates from America Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Florida and Michigan have half a vote each.
Obama ended up passing that total because of his primary victories and superdelegate endorsments . It is estimated that Obama got 2,187 votes and Clinton received 1,922.
After all of Clinton's work what is she supposed to do now? Surely not drift into the background. One of her options includes suspending the campaign to keep the control of her delegates to promote her stance of health care. Or she could give her delegates to Obama which would officially end her campaign to presidency. It is not exact what she is doing, except for gracefully showing her support to Obama.