Barack Obama took a commanding lead in the Democratic presidential race on Wednesday, but Hillary Clinton said she would fight on after loaning her campaign $6.4 million (3.27 million pounds) to keep it alive.
Obama’s big win in North Carolina and Clinton’s slim victory in Indiana widened his advantage in their battle for the right to face Republican John McCain in the November presidential election with just six contests remaining.
The results left the cash-strapped Clinton campaign with few opportunities to halt Obama’s march to the nomination. But the New York senator remained defiant.
“I’m staying in this race until there is a nominee,” Clinton told reporters after a campaign rally in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, which holds the next contest on Tuesday.
Read it all. Apparently, numerous leading pundits didn’t get the same message as Mrs. Clinton.
“Clinton gives herself loan”
Call the proceeds the “Elect McCain Fund.”
I was reading somewhere, that it is likely that Mrs Clinton only won because of cross over voting. It might be true that Rush the radio talk show host is making his voice heard. The longer this goes on the better it is for the Republicans. Let it not be said that a Clinton ever stepped aside for the good of country or party.
A McCain election works well for Hillary in 2012.
And McCain probably only won some early primaries because of Democrats crossing over – ah well, so it goes