On April 8th of 1992 a full two months before he would secure enough delegates to claim the nomination Bill's staff was calling him the presumptive nominee:
[Apr 8, 1992] Clinton's showing yesterday convinced many Democrats that, even with the depth of concern about his character and his ability to win in November within his own party, his nomination is now all but assured. "Bill Clinton is the presumptive nominee," declared Mark Mellman
As to the states that are being "ignored"... these are the states that didn't even matter in 1992: April 28: Pennsylvania May 5: DC, Indiana, North Carolina May 12: Nebraska, West Virginia May 19: Oregon, Washington [primary] May 26: Arkansas, Idaho [primary], Kentucky June 2: Alabama, California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio June 9: North Dakota
his own head?
I mean, "presumptive" has been thrown around for months now. But you're talking about BO actually telling everyone that he's the man (and no, he isn't!).
