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In case you missed the photo above, the final Tennessee tally was Obama 51 v. Clinton 32. If I'm not mistaken, this means two delegates did not vote. Also if I'm not mistaken, Clinton came out of the primary with 40 pledged district delegates. This means only eight delegates changed their vote.

Every Clinton delegate I spoke to said they would vote for Clinton because that's what voters in their district elected them to do, but they would support Obama in the general election.

There have been reports in the Knoxville paper that there is some kind of state law requiring pledged delegates to vote for their pledged candidates. There is no such DNC party rule, and TNDP Chair Gray Sasser said all delegates were free to vote for whoever they wanted. I asked around about the alleged state law, and nobody seems to know anything about it.

At any rate, it would seem odd to me that the Tennessee Legislature can dictate party business at that level. But maybe they do -- it's not like I sit around studying case law on party nominations. (UPDATE: See comments, there is apparently a state law.)

The bottom line is that Obama won the nomination with an overwhelming majority. It was 61% to 39% in Tennessee (as compared to 59% to 41% for Clinton coming out of the primary), and I'm sure the overall margin will be wider than that once the final "votes" are released.

The Knoxville paper seems to be creating controversy about some kind of "huge divide" in the party over the nomination. All I have seen are some disappointed Clinton supporters who have moved on and a delegation nearly 100% committed to electing Obama. People this involved at this level in the process are hard core Democrats. They are going to vote for the Democrat.

Feelings among the general population of voters may, of course, vary. The media seems to do a fine job of finding the few dissenters and making it all about the controversy.