Obama Campaign Chief (Axelrod) Sees End of Nomination Fight (Wolfson Disagrees)

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Obama Campaign Chief Sees End Of Nomination Fight

By REUTERS
Published: May 11, 2008
Filed at 12:06 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's campaign chief predicted on Sunday his long battle against Hillary Clinton for the party's presidential nomination would soon be over, saying "we're coming to the end of the process."

Interviewed on "Fox New Sunday," David Axelrod said undecided superdelegates to the party convention who will decide the nomination were opting for Obama, the Illinois senator who would be the first black U.S. president if elected in November. "You're going to see people (superdelegates) making decisions at a rapid pace from this point on," he said. "We've been announcing several each day for the last few days. We're going to continue to unfurl these endorsements on a regular basis."

Clinton's senior adviser Howard Wolfson, appearing on the same program, rejected the idea that the campaign was over and predicted victory in the next state primary in West Virginia on Tuesday. "If Barack Obama wants Hillary Clinton out of this race, beat her. Beat her in West Virginia, beat her in Puerto Rico, beat her in Kentucky," he said, referring to three of the final six contests for the nomination, all of which favor Clinton.

But he said if Obama, 46, won the nomination, the New York senator would throw all her support and resources behind him against Republican nominee John McCain.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-usa-politics.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[global1]

1. Just A Thought - If The People In West Virginia Think It's Over......

they might not vote in this primary or they might throw their support to Obama as a winner. If that happens - that will reduce Hilliary's chances of having a big win and bowing out gracefully with something to tout.

So Wolfson, MacAulliff, Bill & Hilliary - have to say they are in it to win it and it ain't over till it's over.

[Tippy]

2. The Clintons may have another purpose....What if this is not so much

about this election as it is the DLC?

[NorthCarolina]

5. I think what you say has a lot of truth in it

eom

[Bumblebee]

4. You should instead worry about the reasons of why it's going to be such a

rout in VW and KY. But for many here it's of course more about Obama's nomination and Clinton's defeat and humiliation than it is about whether McCain gets elected president... unless people are indeed more delusional than even I think they are. I would gladly eat my words in November but I am afraid I won't get a chance.

[Oleladylib]

6. nope...they KNOW their vote counts

[SpiralHawk]

3. "But Mercury goes retrorade in late May. Smirk." - Ronald Reagan's Dead Astrologer*

"And you know what that means (at least if you are a republicon occultist you do). Smirk."

- Ronald Reagan's Dead Republicon Astrologer




* Courageously channeled by Ye Olde Spirale Hawke