Clinton not giving up
Hillary Clinton, the winner of today's Puerto Rico primary, declared that she now leads in the overall popular vote and told superdelegates that she would be the stronger Democratic nominee.
"We are winning the popular vote because we have stood for the core principles of the Democratic Party," she told supporters at a hotel rally in San Juan, saying voters had ignored those who said the Democratic race is all but over and had shown who they believe would be the better candidate in the fall.
"You've come out strong and defied the skeptics," she said.
When she mentioned rival Barack Obama and the historic nature of both their candidacies, some backers booed, until she gestured for them to quiet down.
Clinton said that after Tuesday's final primaries in Montana and South Dakota, she believes that neither she nor Obama will reach the 2,118 delegates needed to clinch -- and that it will be up the superdelegates.
She also gave "special thanks" to Latinos and Hispanics in Puerto Rico and across the country, who have turned into some of her core supporters.
"I am so honored that you have stood by me in this campaign," she said.
Hillary must have gained millions of converts after the behavior of her supporters at the rules committee was shown on national TV.
I don't understand why everyone seems to want to rush the process. In the past political conventions have held surprises, while I have heard quite a few rules have been changed, surely not so much so that a "guaranteed" selection is made before the convention. There has always been the possibility at conventions for a shakeup that could end up selecting someone other than the front runners.
Obama said that in his view the general election campaign starts on Tuesday.
Hillary can either be an asset or a deficit; she will not, however, be the nominee!
Indeed, contribute to Hillary (who is still running ads) so that she can recoup her out-of-pocket campaigning expenses! After all, the Clintons really need to line their pockets with your hard-earned money, NOT!
Hillary, the Queen of Spin and a Legend in Her Own Mind!
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Unfortunately the voters from Puerto Rico are not eligible to vote in the national Presidential Election - only the primary.
Claims that the Clinton campaign is leading in the popular vote is not true. Look up the facts for yourself and you will see that Obama still leads in the popular vote of all eligible voters.
This will be an interesting finish for sure.
I just don't understand why Clinton supporters and holding Obama responsible, claiming they will vote for McCain, if Clinton is not nominee. That makes no sense.
Her majesty had all right to finish the election and do what she believes is right. I think her motive is to go into damage control and jeopardize Barack's chance for the Presidential race to satisfy her EGO, because if she cannot win, then he will have to LOSE. But does this forbode well for her FUtURE. It is highly impossible for her to reach the amount of delegates, and even if she takes it to the convention she will still lose, so what next????For such a smart senator, I find it hard to believe she lacks self-awareness,,,,As for Bill, he is not the same person, he spits venom and lies, Sorry, I l;ove this man, but his behavior is atrocious, I really feel pity for them, but these are MATURED people of great esteem and simply cannot believe that Barack(a blackman) rode a powerful race too.
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