Breaking News: Barack Obama Clinches Democratic Nomination

According to the Associated Press, Senator Barack Obama has enough delegates to clinch the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States. Obama becomes the first african american nominee of the major political parties to achieve this milestone. The AP tally based this projection on a tally of  public commitments from superdelegates delegates as well as more than a dozen private commitments. This projection also included a minimum number of delegates Obama is guaranteed even if he loses today’s primaries in South Dakota and Montana The 46-year-old first-term senator will face Sen. John McCain of Arizona in the fall campaign to become the 44th president.

Sources from the Clinton campaign have indicated that Senator Hillary Clinton was ready to concede that her rival has amassed the delegates needed to clinch the nomination, but will not suspend or end her candidacy in a speech to be given to her supporters tonight in New York City.