Reply #74: ******* MY APOLOGY TO HILLARY CLINTON ******* [View All]

[Apollo11]

It turns out that since yesterday (Feb 20th) the Obama Campaign IS saying that Hillary should quit.

I would like to apologize to Hillary Clinton and her supporters for not believing this yesterday.

Sorry folks - my bad! :hi:

The Guardian, London, England - Thursday, February 21, 2008

After 10 straight victories, Obama's camp claims wide lead and urges Clinton to quit

Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington

Barack Obama's campaign team, riding a wave of 10 straight victories in the contest for the Democratic nomination after wins in Wisconsin and Hawaii, yesterday urged Hillary Clinton to bow to the inevitable and accept defeat.

Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, dismissed the Clinton camp's hopes of making a comeback when the power states of Texas and Ohio hold their primaries on March 4. "This is a wide, wide lead right now," Plouffe said in a conference call with reporters. "The Clinton campaign keeps saying the race is essentially tied. That's just lunacy."

The argument from the Obama camp appears designed to paint Clinton as a nuisance candidate - much like Mike Huckabee, who has continued to fight for the Republican nomination even though it is impossible for him to claw back John McCain's lead in delegates.

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www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/21/barackobama.hillaryclinton