Let's see what happens when we do that.
(numbers from:
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/D-PU.phtml)
State ...................... Date .... Type ............ Obama ....... Clinton ......... Total
Alabama ................. 5-Feb ... Primary ........ 300,321 ...... 223,096 ...... 536,635
Arizona ................... 5-Feb ... Primary ........ 167,508 ...... 201,380 ...... 398,444
Arkansas ................. 5-Feb ... Primary ......... 82,010 ...... 219,415 ...... 312,984
California .............. 5-Feb ... Primary ...... 2,126,600 .... 2,553,784 .... 4,947,074
Connecticut ............ 5-Feb ... Primary ........ 179,349 ...... 164,831 ...... 353,504
Delaware .................. 5-Feb ... Primary ......... 51,148 ....... 40,760 ....... 96,374
Democrats Abroad ....... 5-Feb ... Primary ......... 15,214 ........ 7,501 ....... 23,105
District of Columbia .... 5-Feb ... Primary ......... 93,386 ....... 29,470 ...... 123,994
Florida .................. 29-Jan ... Primary ........ 571,333 ...... 865,099 .... 1,737,197
Georgia .................. 5-Feb ... Primary ........ 704,247 ...... 330,026 .... 1,060,851
Illinois ................... 5-Feb ... Primary ...... 1,318,234 ...... 667,930 .... 2,038,614
Louisiana ................ 9-Feb ... Primary ........ 220,632 ...... 136,925 ...... 384,346
Maryland ............... 12-Feb ... Primary ........ 521,686 ...... 309,799 ...... 862,539
Massachusetts ........ 5-Feb ... Primary ........ 511,887 ...... 704,591 .... 1,246,628
Michigan ............... 15-Jan ... Primary ........ 236,955* ..... 327,419 ...... 592,261
Mississippi...............11-Mar ... Primary ........ 251,098 ...... 154,310 ...... 414,473
Missouri .................. 5-Feb ... Primary ........ 405,284 ...... 395,287 ...... 822,454
New Hampshire ......... 8-Jan ... Primary ........ 104,772 ...... 112,251 ...... 287,304
New Jersey ............. 5-Feb ... Primary ........ 492,186 ...... 602,576 .... 1,119,768
New Mexico .............. 5-Feb ... Primary ......... 71,396 ....... 73,105 ...... 149,379
New York ............... 5-Feb ... Primary ........ 751,019 .... 1,068,496 .... 1,891,143
Ohio ...................... 4-Mar ... Primary ........ 982,489 .... 1,212,362 .... 2,233,156
Oklahoma ................ 5-Feb ... Primary ........ 130,087 ...... 228,425 ...... 417,096
Rhode Island ............ 4-Mar ... Primary ......... 74,701 ...... 108,062 ...... 184,923
South Carolina ........ 26-Jan ... Primary ........ 294,898 ...... 140,990 ...... 532,151
Tennessee .............. 5-Feb ... Primary ........ 250,730 ...... 332,599 ...... 618,711
Texas ................... 4-Mar ... Primary ...... 1,356,330 .... 1,455,959 .... 2,861,924
Utah ........................ 5-Feb ... Primary ......... 70,373 ....... 48,719 ...... 124,307
Vermont ................... 4-Mar ... Primary ......... 91,829 ....... 52,854 ...... 147,655
Virginia .................. 12-Feb ... Primary ........ 627,820 ...... 349,766 ...... 986,203
Washington ............ 19-Feb ... Primary ........ 354,112 ...... 315,744 ...... 691,381
Wisconsin .............. 19-Feb ... Primary ........ 646,007 ...... 452,795 .... 1,111,285
Grand Total ............... All ... Primaries ... 14,055,641 ... 13,886,326 ... 29,307,863
* Uncommitted MI votes assigned to Obama. I >>know<< you're not gonna say he should get 0.
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Obama still leads the popular vote by nearly 170,000 votes if you only count the primary states - and leads the race 17-15 in primary states won. Even if you assume that 15% in MI would have voted for Edwards, that still puts Obama in the lead by about 81,000.
The remaining states Clinton has the best chance to win (all primaries) are: PA, WV, KY, OR, P.R.
The remaining states Obama is likely to win (all primaries) are: IN, NC, MT and SD.
Even if you assume she wins all five of those states/territories (which may be assuming a lot) Obama would still have won the primary state/territory race 21-20; and according to my calculations, in the worst case scenario he would lose the popular vote in those states/territories by about 151,000 total -- giving him a slim lead of 19,000 overall in primary states.
So.
My question for Clinton supporters is this: If the above scenario came true, Obama won more primary states and more popular vote in those states - would you support him winning the nomination?
If not, what's your argument NOW? How could you support overturning the popular vote in the primary states, which you consider more democratic?