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GUEST: John Nichols, political writer for the Nation, co-founder of Free Press

Yesterday’s primary elections in Kentucky and Oregon still did not yield a definitive winner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Senator Hillary Clinton beat Senator Barack Obama 65-30% in Kentucky scoring 54 pledged delegates. Meanwhile Obama beat Clinton 58-42% in Oregon, adding 39 more delegates to his tally. According to the Associated Press, Obama now has 1,956 delegates to Clinton’s 1,776, although not all of yesterday’s delegates have been allocated as counting continues in Oregon. A candidate needs 2,026 delegates to secure the nomination and Obama is counting on his continued lead in the race to convince the Party’s superdelegates to back him. Only three more Democratic contests remain: Montana, South Dakota, and Puerto Rico. Meanwhile Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, has seen a total of five members of his campaign resign in the past few days, the latest being Mark McKinnon who early on promised not to work against an Obama candidacy.