The early (meaningless) delegate count

While it's far too early for it to mean anything, Real Clear Politics has become keeping track of the committed delegates each presidential candidate has.

The Republican count is here; the Democrats are here.

At the moment, the GOP count looks like this:

Romney 30
Huckabee 21
McCain 10
Thompson 6
Paul 2
Giuliani 1

The Democratic count looks like this:
Clinton 183
Obama 78
Edwards 62
Richardson 0

You can get a good idea of how far along in the process we are by reflecting that some 1,191 delegate votes are needed to win the Republican nomination in St. Paul come September; 2,025 are needed to clinch the Democrats'nod in Denver in late August.

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