Well, she did it. Hillary Clinton, finally realized her race had been run and decided to end her campaign by Saturday and endorse Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. After taking a moment to think (and being told she couldn’t win) she decided it was best to withdraw and support her opponent for the good of the Democratic Party.
Clinton’s decision followed a day of private consultation with donors, members of Congress and union supporters, who urged her to back Obama for the sake of party unity — a sentiment that was voiced throughout the day by Democratic Party leaders. Some were angry that she failed to concede Tuesday night, when it was clear that Obama had clinched the nomination.
Details of how Clinton would make her exit were still being hashed out — even some top aides were caught unaware — but the campaign announced tonight that she would “be hosting an event in Washington” on Saturday “to thank her supporters and express her support for Sen. Obama and party unity.” Officials said that the situation remains fluid and that Clinton might disclose her plans first at a private staff party Friday and then at a public event Saturday, where she is expected to endorse Obama.
Clinton has different options. She could release her more than 1,900 delegates to Obama and be finished as a candidate. Or she could merely suspend her candidacy and keep her delegates, maintaining her political leverage until August’s Democratic National Convention in Denver.
There was no comment tonight from Obama or his aides on Clinton’s intentions. A spokesman, Bill Burton, said the campaign knew only what the news media had reported.
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1 Jeff Barrick // Jun 5, 2008 at 9:44 am
We are in serious trouble now. This is going to be one of the closest General Elections is US history. The DEM’s better suit-up, and I mean no bull shit, because now that Obama is our frontrunner, the REP know that its anyone’s race. I am still not convinced that Barack someone that I can believe in and not just some giant temporary infatuation that Americans have bought into for the time being.
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