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"Full Speed Ahead" For Hillary Clinton

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Jamie Dupree
@ May 7, 2008 2:00 AM
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While Hillary Clinton did not get a "game changer" result on Tuesday night in Indiana and North Carolina, she delivered the best political spin she could and made clear she's not getting out of this race anytime soon.

Her campaign released a schedule which has her going Thursday to West Virginia, South Dakota and Oregon, three of the remaining states on the primary and caucus calendar.

Even before her victory in Indiana was assured, Clinton made sure to get on the late local news, addressing supporters here in Indianapolis.

"Tonight, we've come from behind. We've broken the tie, and thanks to you, it's full speed on to the White House," Clinton said to thunderous applause.

But let's get realistic.  Her path to the nomination is even more difficult than it was 24 hours ago.

One big problem will be money, and for the second time in two weeks, Clinton used a primary night speech to make a very public appeal for campaign dollars.

"I need your help to continue our journey," Clinton said.  "I hope you will go to HillaryClinton.com and support our campaign."

Talk about a change in momentum in this race.  It seemed like that Clinton was the one with momentum, post-Pennsylvania, post-Rev. Wright and more.

Instead, Clinton barely won Indiana and lost by a wide margin in North Carolina.

I really thought that Clinton was on the verge of an eight point win in Indiana.  I really didn't have a feel for North Carolina, but most of the polls did not show anything like a 14 point defeat.

Let's face it, she's going to be under growing pressure to get out of this race.  Barack Obama won a majority of delegates last night and there aren't enough states or delegates left to give her a rational route to Presidential nomination.

That's one reason why Clinton gave an extra push to the idea of counting the delegate votes from Florida and Michigan.

"It would be a little strange to have a nominee chosen by 48 states," said Clinton.

That argument would have some crackle to it if the final results were a little different...maybe a 14 point Clinton win in Indiana and a narrow Obama win in North Carolina.

But that did not happen.

Clinton holds a fundraiser in Washington, D.C. tonight and then hits the road on Thursday, going to West Virginia, Kentucky and Oregon.

As of now, only the superdelegates can cut those trips short.  We'll see if they decide to end this race or not in coming days.

 

 



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