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Article: Obama heads into Puerto Rico primary with nomination within reach
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- June 1, 2008
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Barack Obama headed into Puerto Rico's primary on Sunday with the Democratic nomination well within reach while Hillary Rodham Clinton, newly defiant against her own party leaders, pressed for a victory that was unlikely to salvage her faltering White House bid.
The race in the island territory _ once a political asterisk in presidential contests _ follows a Saturday ruling by a Democratic National Committee panel giving Michigan and Florida convention delegates a half vote. It was a compromise that did no harm to Obama's near claim to the nomination, but infuriated the Clinton camp and prompted new threats to carry the fight to the August convention.
In a fierce and prolonged ...