Mar

18

Obama campaign urges Clinton to concede

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Barack Obama achieves 10 straight victories in the contest for the Democratic nomination after wins in Wisconsin and Hawaii.Today urged Hillary Clinton to bow to the inevitable and accept defeat.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.

Clinton,now focus on tomorrow night’s Democratic debate , Texas and on gaining traction for her argument that she is the best candidate in a time of deepening economic woes, campaign officials admitted in their own conference call with reporters.

The down-to-earth message was geared at voters in the ailing industrial state of Ohio where Clinton — more than ever — needs to win by commanding margins if she is to have a chance of a comeback.

The results from Wisconsin indicated, Clinton is being deserted by even her most ardent supporters: the working class voters she had been banking on in Ohio and even middle-aged white women.

The Clinton campaign also appears to have miscalculated with a last-minute burst of negative advertisements in Wisconsin. The Clinton campaign had accused Obama of distorted his speeches from the Democratic governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick. But it cannot convience the voters.

Her campaign officials claimed today that they lacked the resources to really fight for Wisconsin . She sent out an email to supporters today urging them to help keep her competitive in the coming contests in Ohio and Texas.

Obama took 58% of the vote in Wisconsin against 41% for Clinton. He did even better in Hawaii, the state where he was born, carrying 76% of the vote.

With the voting over in all but 14 states, that leaves Clinton relatively few occasions to try to make a comeback.



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