LifeoftheMind (LotM if I may)
Ohhhhh….BAMA is NOT yet the nominee. He is the presumptive nominee. No one is the nominee until the balloons fall, which happens AFTER the acceptance speech. There are several procedural thingies that have to precede the acceptance speech. Normally, the presumptive nominee becomes the nominee in the course of events.
This is NOT a normal election cycle, starting with there being no incumbent or heir apparent on either side. Right now NO Democrat has enough PLEDGED delegates to win. Ohhhhhoo..bama is claiming the nomination by counting nonpledged or ‘super’ delegates. They DO NOT have to vote how they said they would. It is perfectly OK for them to change their mind.
The supers represent the party while the pledged represent the states. The voters DON’T get represented, since we live in a Republic and the voters already had their say. Or at least some of them did.
I don’t think we are looking at another Klanbake;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_Democratic_National_Convention

but the fat lady is still trying to snap her girdle.
Ohhhhh….BAMA is being premature, but that is Michelle’s problem, not mine. Ohhhh…BAMA lacks the demographics to win RIGHT NOW. He is working on that. Working on that means swerving hard right to get back to the center. If he tosses enough supers out with that swerve, no nomination.
If you think Billery has given up, think again. She knows all this much better then some hick from Alabama. So I suspect she is quietly working the supers behind the stage.
These are politicians. They will follow the strongest wind as soon as they figure out which way it’s blowing. Ohhh….BAAMA is counting on a politicians promise for victory.
Good Luck with that.