Quote of the Day
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 4th, 2008 4:39 am by HL
Quote of the Day
“I think if Senator Obama gets the number she will congratulate him and call him the nominee.”
— Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe, on NBC’s Today Show.
Clinton Will Concede Tonight
In her speech tonight, Sen. Hillary Clinton will concede that Sen. Barack Obama “has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation’s first female president,” according to the Associated Press.
Clinton “will stop short of formally suspending or ending her race in her speech in New York City… She will pledge to continue to speak out on issues like health care. But for all intents and purposes, the two senior officials said, the campaign is over.”
“Most campaign staff will be let go and will be paid through June 15, said the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge her plans.”
Meanwhile, Politico notes “a tsunami of superdelegates is poised to rush to” Obama “over the next 12 hours, giving him a mathematical lock on his party’s presidential nomination.”
Update: Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe disputes the report and told CNN that Clinton will “absolutely” not concede tonight.
Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson also denied to Politico that Clinton will admit defeat.
