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It seems to me that what Obama really needs now is to rack up a good national popular vote lead over Hillary. Winning in caucus states with relatively few overall voters does little to help this, but today's primaries in Maryland, DC, and Virginia could give him a sizeable lead in this area, if polls turn out to be right and give him a 15- to 20- point lead over Clinton there. THis could turn out to be a very important arrow in his quiver if he ends up having to argue that the Clintons are going against the wishes of the people. Already her surrogates are trying to make superdelegates sound really democratic in some truly shameful spin. The deal clincher for Obama now is some big wins in big states. We'll see.