The Politicker

'No Discussions' About Dropping Out

Asked point-blank by the Post's Anne Kornblut if there had been any discussions about Hillary Clinton dropping out of the race, Howard Wolfson said, "No -- no discussions."

He then did his best to put yesterday's results in a positive light.

"These were two states that Senator Obama predicted victory in," he said, and, "These were two states we were supposed to lose. We won one of them."

"It was Senator Clinton making up ground and Senator Obama losing ground," he said.

Difficult.

UPDATE: Newsday's Glenn Thrush (who introduced himself on the call, very amusingly, as "Glenn Thrush of News Corporation, Cablevision or Boston Properties") asked whether it wasn't a very real possibility that even if Hillary Clinton got everything she sought from Michigan and Florida, she still wouldn't be in a position to win.

"That's why we have a process to find out," said Geoff Garin, adding, "You may be right, you may be wrong. The only way to know is to let it play through."

"If your theory were correct," Phil Singer jumped in, the Obama campaign would support "seating the Michigan and Florida delegations in full."

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The Winner is Clearly Obama... (not verified) says:

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With 99% of precincts reporting, Obama easily won North Carolina, 56%-42%.

And with 99% of precincts reporting in Indiana, Clinton won that state, 51%-49%.

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WILL HILLARY CONTINUE HER SELFISH ATTEMPT TO "STEAL THE NOMINATION" BY CONTINUING TO TRY TO DESTROY OBAMA?

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Jack Ames (not verified) says:

On May 28th, 2008, in the 11th District U. S. Court of Appeals Mike Steinberg will argue the DiMaio (Florida) case roughly on an UCONSTITUTIONAL BASIS (REVERSE DISCRIMINATION). Brief has been filed.

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