-
May 9, 2008 4:02 pm US/Eastern
-
Digg |
Facebook |
E-mail
|
Print
Campaign '08: Running Mate 5/9/08
WASHINGTON (CBS4) ―
Samantha Hayes
May 9th, 2008
Washington , D.C.
It's going to be really interesting to see what happens on May 20th. On that Tuesday, after the polls close in Kentucky and Oregon, Barack Obama's campaign expects to be in a position to declare victory.
But such an announcement may not be coupled with a concession from his opponent. According to Lawrence O'Donnell, a contributor to the Huffington Post, Hillary Clinton won't leave the race until after the last states, South Dakota and Montana, vote on June 3rd.
The only task left to Clinton then would be to make one last pitch to any of the super delegates who are still unpledged.
The fact is, the super delegates could put the nomination in Obama's hands now if enough of them pledged their support, and brought his delegate total up to 2,025. But Clinton is pleading with them, and voters, to hold off.
Her argument is simply electability. In a memo released today, her campaign argues that she is "the strongest candidate to have at the top of the ticket this fall." The memo is signed by more than a dozen Democrats in Congress including Florida representatives Kendrick Meek and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Campaigning in Oregon, where voters are currently mailing in their ballots, she called for another debate with Obama and urged voters to hold off before deciding. "If you think you've made up your mind to support my opponent, wait awhile," said Clinton. "Keep thinking, keep listening, keep watching, keep hoping for that debate which would really make it a very clear choice that you'd be able to see as we talked about the issues that affect Oregon."
Right now, Obama is heavily favored to win in Oregon which, come May 20th, could give him the majority of delegates he believes will make the nomination clearly his.
(© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)