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Clinton vows to go on

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor  May 6, 2008 10:42 PM
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Against increasingly steep odds, Hillary Clinton vowed tonight to continue her presidential bid, highlighting her hoped-for win in Indiana and downplaying her loss in North Carolina.

She didn't get the game-changing victory in North Carolina that she hoped for, and she is hanging on in Indiana, but Clinton put the best face on tonight's results.

She noted that Obama predicted that she would win Pennsylvania, he would win North Carolina, and that Indiana would be the "tiebreaker," though he was talking about the biggest states left to vote, not the nomination race as a whole.

"Tonight we came from behind, we've broken the tie, and thanks to you, it's full speed on to the White House," she told supporters in Indianapolis.

She congratulated Barack Obama for his sweeping win in North Carolina, but asked for donations to keep her campaign going.

She also said that West Virginia and Kentucky -- the next states to vote where she is favored -- have been ignored. "These next primaries are the next test," she said.

Clinton also repeated that she wants the votes and delegates from the disputed primaries in Florida and Michigan. "Count the votes," her supporters chanted.

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