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THE PROGRESSIVE REVIEW - May 12, 2008
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Clinton's Campaign Chairman Says
Contest Will Be Decided in June
By Scott Martelle and Bob Drogin
The Los Angeles Times
If she doesn't emerge as the presumptive nominee then, the
New York senator would campaign for Obama, Terry McAuliffe
says. In West Virginia, she modifies speech to make winning
nomination an 'if.'
Charleston, West Virginia - As talk swirled this morning
over when Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton should end her quest
for the Democratic presidential nomination, her campaign
chairman predicted the party would have a presumptive
nominee in June and, if it's not Clinton, she would
campaign for Sen. Barack Obama.
The comments by Terry McAuliffe seemed aimed at persuading
superdelegates and Democratic Party leaders that Clinton
would not hurt party unity by pressing her campaign through
the final June 3 primaries in Montana and South Dakota.
"She can win the states we need to win in the general
election," McAuliffe said on NBC's "Today" show. "Until
there is a nominee with the number of necessary delegates,
why should she get out?"
Here in Charleston, Clinton told several hundred supporters
in the marble-lined dome of the state Capitol that pressure
is growing from party leaders and pundits for her to drop
out of the race.
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"Some folks say, 'You've got end this before you get to
West Virginia,' " she said. "I think we want to keep this
going so the people of West Virginia's voices are heard."
She argued that she came under similar pressure to quit
after losing Iowa in January, after losing more states
than Obama on Super Tuesday in February, and at other
disappointing points in the long campaign.
Clinton sounded almost wistful at times as she pleaded for
support.
"A lot of you have stuck with me," she said. "You've been
there through the ups and downs, the toughest moments."
Clinton also modified her stump speech to acknowledge the
overwhelming odds she now faces. She promised to help
working Americans "if" she wins the White House, not when,
as she has vowed in the past.
"The delegate math may be complicated, but the electoral
math is easy," Clinton said, arguing that presumptive
Republican nominee John McCain is a "formidable opponent"
and that she has won more "swing states" - such as Ohio,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania - than Obama.
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Obama, meanwhile, was spending the morning on Capitol Hill
wooing superdelegates even as he picked up a significant
new supporter - David Bonior, 2008 campaign manager for
John Edwards, who has yet to endorse either of his rivals
for the Democratic nomination.
In a statement released through the Obama campaign, Bonior,
a former congressman from Michigan, described Tuesday as
"a critical moment in this race," with Obama winning North
Carolina by a wide margin and narrowly falling to Clinton
in Indiana.
"Because Barack Obama continues to run a positive campaign
that focuses on the issues that matter to ordinary
Americans, he has won a commanding lead in this race, and
I believe he can and will defeat John McCain in November,"
Bonior said. "Now is the time to unite behind Barack Obama
so we can end business as usual in Washington and fulfill
our moral obligation to America's hardworking families."
In Washington, Obama made a surprise visit to the House
chamber, zeroing in on the superdelegates - but drawing a
fair share of Republican greeters too. Obama spoke briefly
with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco and
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland as well as some
Clinton supporters, including Democratic Reps. Ellen O.
Tauscher of Alamo and Alcee Hastings of Florida.
Late Wednesday, former President Carter said Democratic
superdelegates should back whichever candidate won the
most states, votes and delegates - which right now is
Obama.
"I can't imagine that the superdelegates would go against
them," said Carter, an uncommitted superdelegate who has
indicated he leans toward Obama. "It would be a catastrophe
for the party."
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But the Clinton campaign showed no signs of slowing down.
The New York senator began the day with an appearance in
Charleston, W. Va., then was to fly on to Sioux Falls,
S.D., and finish the day with an event in Central Point,
Ore. - all states still to hold nominating contests.
And Bill Clinton planned five appearances in West Virginia,
a state his wife is favored to win Tuesday. But analysts
generally agree that barring a tidal shift in support away
from Obama, Clinton has little chance of overtaking the
Illinois senator's delegate lead, which would leave the
decision in the hands of the party superdelegates.
Clinton hopes that strong showings in the last few states
will help her make the case to those uncommitted super-
delegates that she has momentum and is better able to
compete against McCain in crucial swing states in the
fall.
McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, is in the New
York City area today, where his light schedule includes a
fund-raiser and a planned appearance this evening at the
gala for Time magazine's "Time 100" list of the world's
most influential people.
Obama and Clinton also made the list but were not scheduled
to attend.
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Times staff writers Maeve Reston in New York and Richard
Simon in Washington contributed to this report.
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