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Article: Obama's pivotal win.(Editorials)(Victory gives senator majority of pledged delegates)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- May 21, 2008
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Byline: The Register-Guard
Another Election Day, another split - Hillary Clinton wins big in Kentucky, Barack Obama answers with a lopsided victory in Oregon. But Tuesday's results were different from those that preceded them in the seesaw contest stretching back through Indiana and North Carolina to New Hampshire and Iowa. Obama won enough delegates in Oregon to give him a majority of all those that have been or will be elected in primaries and caucuses. In Oregon, Obama established a solid claim on the Democratic presidential nomination.
His claim is not unassailable. Clinton vowed again in Kentucky to stay in the campaign until after the last ...