Democrats: It's Obama-Edwards!

By Zackary Baker

Barack Obama won the 2,692 votes needed for the presidential nomination twio-thirds of the way through Democrats' Tuesday-night session. Delegates of the Democratic National Convention also voted for a vice president, and nominated John Edwards by voice vote.

The energetic Obama campaign charged the stage after the final votes were to given to present their nomination speech.

Jessie Kallman, the Obama campaign manager, encouraged delegates to vote for Edwards, and even said the party's winner wouldn't have mattered so long as they're from the Democratic Party.

Hillary Clinton didn't attract enough delegates for the Democratic nomination, but the bigger story may have been the nine votes from the District of Columbia for comic Stephen Colbert, who recently announced his run for the White House on Comedy Central. Obama won not only the majority of delegates, but the majority of states as well.

Dodd was able to draw 55 of Connecticut's 61 delegates, and also took New Hampshire. Clinton dominated Indiana with 60 of the 79 votes, and also won in Florida and Virginia. Clinton lacked support from her home state of New York and lost to the Illinois senator.

Overall, it was a good night for Democrats, who showed through their votes that they feel very comfortable with an Obama-Edwards ticket come November.