Primary 'Race Should End Next Week'

clipped from politicalwire.com Sen. Barack Obama's aides told the New York Daily News the freshman senator is "now just 49 delegates away" from clinching the Democratic presidential nomination. On Good Morning America, George Stephanopoulos said the race is "almost certain to end" after the final primaries next week. He also predicted -- as Jimmy Carter did over the weekend -- that "several dozen" superdelegates will move to back Sen. Barack Obama after next Tuesday.

In addition to this report, Marc Armbinder tells us that Obama has "begun to bank delegates" -- i.e., the campaign's holding back superdelegate announcements to put them all out in one big blow, rather than the slow leak it has been.