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Article: Clinton trumpeting 'historic' popular vote; Optimism kept up even as Obama nears winning number.(POLITICS)(ANALYSIS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 2, 2008
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Byline: Christina Bellantoni, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and her supporters are talking as if the Democratic nomination is within reach, claiming a popular vote victory with the last metric that possibly favors her.
The senator from New York is pushing the vote totals as her final message, as the presidential nod is nearly in the hands of her rival Sen. Barack Obama.
"Seventeen million Americans have voted for Hillary Clinton - more than for any primary candidate in history," her campaign proclaims in an upbeat, last-minute television ad running in Montana and South Dakota, which end the long nominating season with ...