Winning and losing states may become less important as this race continues.

[calteacherguy]

Right now, it's very important. I think Obama needs to win at least SC before Feb. 5th to remain competitive. After that, winning or losing a state will not make as much difference as the delegate count. None of the primaries and caucuses are winner take all. What will matter after Feb. 5th is the total delegate count, not who won what state.

[JCMach1]

1. and diety help us if the race is decided by the superdelegates

OR there is a battle of seating MI and FL delegates!

[Colobo]

2. Hopefully Obama will win NV as well.

[Zynx]

3. In true Democratic fashion, we have all proportional delegations.

This makes what you say very important. Technically speaking, if candidate A won 47% in every state versus 45% for candidate B, they would have damn near equal delegate counts despite candidate B having lost every state.

[Chasing Dreams]

4. You also need Edwards to win enough delegates

to keep Clinton from winning on the first ballot. Then Johnny throws his support to Barack...