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Obama: Clinton Lead in WV, KY 'Insurmountable'
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ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf and Jacqueline Klingebiel report: Sen. Barack Obama told reporters Thursday, on the floor of the Capitol Rotunda, that he is still locked in his primary battle with Sen. Hillary Clinton, (D-NY).
"Senator Clinton is a formidable candidate, she is very likely to win West Virginia and Kentucky, those are two states where she's got insurmountable leads. We are going to spend some time there, but we are also going to be going to Oregon, Montana, South Dakota and Puerto Rico." Click to watch the video here.
Despite his recent win in North Carolina, he is taking nothing for granted or his current position as front-runner.
"I think our goal is going to be deciding who our party is governed by as soon as possible," Obama said while walking. "We still have contest remaining, and so, in no way am I taking this for granted we are going to have to keep on working."
But he looked every bit the triumphant Democratic nominee as he marched on foot in the drizzling rain with some members of Congress from a meeting nearby into the Capitol building.
Obama held court on the House floor, where he is allowed as a U.S. Senator, but not technically a member. It was a good opportunity to talk to Democratic Congressmen, who are all superdelegates.
Then, after a half hour or so on the House floor, he left to take a picture and gladhanding with the 35 or so of the teenagers who intern in the House as pages, he walked through the ornate statuary hall and rotunda of the capitol, talking to a crush of reporters about the race as he went and drawing the attention of the tourists away from the paintings on the walls and the statues in the alcoves.
While some party elders are saying Sen. Clinton, whose path to defeating Obama is almost unpassable, should drop out of the race, Obama said today she is still a viable candidate and he will campaign hard in the remaining primaries.
Of his visit to the House of Representatives side of Capitol Hill today, which caused the mob scene of journalists, lawmakers and tourists, Obama said, "The goal was just to say hello."
"I have not been over to the House side," he said. "We've got a lot of supporters who work there. There are still some undecideds. If they have questions for me then I'm certainly happy to respond to them. Obviously they're a little anxious about some of the sense of division in the party and I just wanted to assure them that whatever happens…"
At this point he was interrupted by a group of tourists shouted to him that they were from Illinois. He turned and shouted back, but was being swept along in the wave of cameramen and reporters and secret service.
It was quite the scene, although the Capitol building has had its share of scenes. You could start with the British storming the place down and go on from there in 1814 during the War of 1812 and go on from there. LINK
Contrast all this with Sen. Clinton's meetings yesterday with House members at the Democratic National Headquarters. She met with 7, according to her office and there was no triumphal march to the Capitol afterward.
Most reporters lost him at the elevators on the senate side of the capitol building. But he went down to the basement and got on the subway. It was diverted, however, before it reached the Hart building, where his office is when a building engineer came in the car to announce the train was being closed for service.
Obama and his security got out of the car and plunged into the Dirksen building, where they finally disappeared into an elevator.
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Obama the great Uniter of the democratic party should have no problem winning WV and KY, Wright? Obama pulls together all people, and he reaches across party lines, Wright? It should be interesting to see the great Uniter in action in the next few weeks. Of course, Obama doesn't have to really try with the voters of WV and KY, because according to Donna Brazile, they are not part of the "new democratic party". Party on!
Posted by: calli | May 8, 2008 2:49:34 PM
bblack, don't give up on all of us, man. In my neighborhood, my precinct and my county, whites turned out in droves to support Obama 2-to-1 over Clinton. My kids drove in from college in order to caucus. It's not because he is black or white or both, but it is his message of change and hope that excited many of us. We're talking about race now with our friends of all colors, in bold and truthful terms. The haters on these blogs don't represent me, my family, my friends or anyone I know. I don't hate Hillary, I just don't like the way she plays the game.
Posted by: louielouie | May 8, 2008 2:55:38 PM
True Truth, the votes count the same, white or black. Even yours.
Posted by: louielouie | May 8, 2008 2:58:02 PM
Hill the Bosnian General is dividing the democratic party. She is dividing the great American people between: old, blue-colors, white, latinos, women. In Hill's world there is no black people, no young people, no native Americans, no college educated folks. All she has known in politics is "divide and rule" and that is what Obama wants to brign to an end and get America together to tackle real issues. God bless America and God bless obama. OBAMA08.
Posted by: BKMC | May 8, 2008 3:03:40 PM
If people thought Reps don't know how to handle economy, it would be too naive..
Reps has a lot of economy elites such as Greenspan who has served as economy US across both Rep and Dem's administration...
The bottom line is who will be benefited: rep and dem have a complete different approach to economy: rep prefers tax cut and less government control while dems perfers a larger goverment and more government control, which typically leads to tax increase...
So who will have a better approach to solve our economic problem?? No one has a clear answer and even economists are not sure which one is the best!
So can Dems really win over economy issue?? It is still a big question!! It would be worse if Dems' nominee is the least experienced....
Dems can't win over national security and foriegn policies even the War on Iraq...
No one will be expected to withdraw troops from Iraq in the near term because it is a national interest and international security matter.....The whole world just can't afford another chaos in Mid-east and the entire global economy will be shaking due to the high oil demand from Mid-east...
Not mentioning a divided Desm is a defeated Dems for sure...
Posted by: True Truth | May 8, 2008 3:06:51 PM
I am a proud Muslim American and I will vote for my brother Barack Hussein Obama. He is the only one capable to a peace the American Imperialism and unify the Muslims brotherhood around the world.
Ala is with Barack Hussein Obama
Yes we can 2008!!
Posted by: Ali from Oregon | May 8, 2008 3:09:47 PM
ObamaforPresident,
Yes, there are a large amount of whites supporting while there are a larger amount of AA still supproting Hillary even just 10%..
It is democracy and majority matters...
Posted by: True Truth | May 8, 2008 3:10:11 PM
bblack,
There is nothing 90% AA voting for Obama.. Obama should be proud of this record...
However, America is democracy and every one has the right to voice himself and the majority matters...
Posted by: True Truth | May 8, 2008 3:15:16 PM
Hey bblack, -- I really hope that if Obama wins he can eradicate the inner cities crime, elevate the standard or living for the black areas and teach some manners to the brothas as he "really" did in Illinois and Chicago, right? He can also turn down the quotas systems and pacify Sharpton and Jessie,no more riots, no more marches, so those are the real changes we all are waiting for. No
How many students have been killed in Chicago this past years? they all were not far from where Obama has his mansion.
Posted by: Pail_Chicago | May 8, 2008 3:16:16 PM
So Obama is giving up W. Virginia and Kentucky, ha. Of course since those states don't have large school campuses, rich whites and large African American population. What does it say to you?
Very interesting, the DCN and Obama campaign are not only limiting FLA and Michigan and trying very very hard to nominated Obama before the process ends but also now he is not even campaigning in W.V and Kentucky, probably way to many uneducated white people, to many old women, and bitter blue collars?
Posted by: Mary_WV | May 8, 2008 3:29:24 PM
bblack,
The issue is that a lot of people have not convinced he is the best qualified person to be US president and even some of them very dislike him based on personal feeling?
So the biggest task Obama has to accomplish is: how can he convince the rest of Dems he will be the best one to be qualifed as CIC and the best chance to win over W.H.??
As mentioned before, his winning pattern has not made a breakthough to his consistent pattern yet??
He admitted this time again in this topic: he just can't and won't be able to break his own pattern- he won't win WV and KY...
Posted by: True Truth | May 8, 2008 3:30:41 PM
There won't be an upset thats why experts want her out
Posted by: Joe | May 8, 2008 3:31:34 PM
So what if he doesn't win ns and ky there worth what 40 to 50 delegates combimed. Do the math if she won all the delgates from all the remaining states she would barley be ahead. Scince it isn't a winner take all system the mentioned scenario won't happen and she'll still lose so why drag it out? Shes broke anyway and the press wil quit covering her soon just like the repubs ignore her.
Posted by: Joe | May 8, 2008 3:37:07 PM
One word to describe BO:
Wimp.
Is he going to fight for your interests? He will say anything to get elected.
Posted by: Olbermann3 | May 8, 2008 3:40:31 PM
Yet her chances of catching Obama in delegates or the popular vote died on May 6
Posted by: Joe | May 8, 2008 3:42:40 PM
Obama won North Carolina by 232,700 votes, topping Clinton's 214,000-vote margin of victory in Pennsylvania on April 22 and leaving him with a lead of more than 800,000 votes in contested primaries and caucuses.
Posted by: Joe | May 8, 2008 3:44:40 PM
As to GWB, GWB is no wimp - he only makes boneheaded decisions. Wait, that sounds familiar.
Posted by: Olbermann3 | May 8, 2008 3:45:13 PM
Joe - if you discard MI and FL, as BO wants to do.
Posted by: Olbermann3 | May 8, 2008 3:46:14 PM
It didn't take long for the media Obama lovers to annoint him and trash Clinton as usual.
Posted by: geevill | May 8, 2008 3:52:42 PM
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows Barack Obama attracting 46% of the vote while John McCain earns 44%. At the same time, Hillary Clinton has a five-point lead over McCain, 48% to 43%. This is the ninth consecutive day that Clinton has outperformed Obama in the general election match-ups
Posted by: RossiMas | May 8, 2008 3:53:54 PM
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