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Article: Hillary Clinton pins hope on west Virginia: ; Candidate wants big primary win to show she can take state in fall
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- May 9, 2008
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With four days remaining to West Virginia's primary election,
Sen. Hillary Clinton is determined to make the Mountain State an
example of her perseverance against rival Barack Obama.
During her second trip to West Virginia in just two days, Clinton
acknowledged she has a stronghold of supporters here compared to
Obama, the overall frontrunner for the Democratic presidential
nomination.
Recent polls indicate she's roughly 40 points ahead of the
Illinois senator among Democratic and independent voters in West
Virginia.
"I take those with a grain of salt," Clinton told a crowd
Thursday at the state Capitol Complex Rotunda. "They show I'm doing
well here. But I want to do very well. I want to ...