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The South Dakota and Montana primaries (MULTIPLE UPDATES: HILLARY: “I WILL BE MAKING NO DECISIONS TONIGHT” – OBAMA: “I WILL BE THE DEM NOMINEE”)

Posted by: ST on June 3, 2008 at 7:07 pm » 10 Comments

**This post will be updated frequently throughout the night, with the most recent updates appearing at the top.** Update 13 – 10:39 PM: The soaring speech is over. Andrea Mitchell told MSNBC tonight that sources in the Clinton campaign are saying that Hillary wants to meet with BO, perhaps as early as tomorrow. Ambinder sums [...]

 

AP says Obama has the delegates he needs

Posted by: ST on June 3, 2008 at 2:47 pm » 4 Comments

Even before the results/pledged delegates come in from South Dakota and Montana? WASHINGTON (AP) – Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, becoming the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House. Campaigning on an insistent [...]

 

More on Hillary’s swan song (MORE: TERRY MCAULIFFE DENIES AP REPORT)

Posted by: ST on June 3, 2008 at 11:42 am » 6 Comments

The evidence is stacking up that we’ll be seeing a swan song of sorts from Hillary Clinton tonight: WASHINGTON –Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation’s first female president. Obama is 40 delegates [...]

 

Bill Clinton lashes out, shows regret later

Posted by: ST on June 3, 2008 at 9:16 am » 4 Comments

The explosive Vanity Fair article about He Who Used To Walk On Water Until The Rise of Barry O. elicited a red-faced response we’ve become accustomed to these last several months from the former prez. Mayhill Fowler writes: MILBANK, S.D. — Former President Bill Clinton today unleashed a salty stream of epithets to describe former [...]