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Article: Clinton handily captures Ky., but Obama reaches milestone ; Wins majority of pledged delegates
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 21, 2008
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CAMPAIGN 2008
WASHINGTON - Senator Barack Obama last night passed a key, though
symbolic, milestone in his quest for the White House yesterday -
winning a majority of all pledged delegates at stake in primaries
and caucuses - and gave a sweeping speech all but claiming the
Democratic nomination.
Returning to Iowa, the state that catapulted the untested
freshman senator to the front of his party's presidential race,
Obama recalled how political analysts thought he was a long shot
before he won the caucuses there in January - and declared that
voters across the country had answered his call for change.
"Tonight, Iowa, in the fullness of spring, with the help of those
who stood up from Portland ...