Clinton and Obama Fight for Last Major Delegate Prize in Pennsylvania
Although Clinton is ahead in polls, her lead is slipping in the crucial state
In her corner, Clinton counts Pennsylvania's well-liked governor, Ed Rendell, a former mayor of Philadelphia and former chair of the Democratic National Committee. In Obama's camp is U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., son and namesake of the late popular governor.
Gearing for debate. As Clinton and Obama girded for an April 16 debate here, Rendell was predicting a Clinton win by 4 to 9 percentage points. Should she stumble, there "absolutely" would be more pressure on her to throw in the towel, he says. Obama spokesman Bill Burton sees "zero" chance of an upset, but clearly the Obama campaign is luring people away from Clinton. One is Candido Silva Jr., 40, a father of six whose family lives paycheck to paycheck on his less-than-$15-an-hour job at Philadelphia International Airport's parking garage. "[Obama] will bring big change," Silva says. "I would put my head on a guillotine, that's how certain I am."
Casey, for his part, dismisses as "ludicrous" Clinton's theory that winning big states gives her an upper hand in the nomination fight. He says that whichever Democrat wins will get the vote of state Democrats come fall.
In 1976, the last time all eyes were on Pennsylvania, Rocky made his debut on the big screen. His was a drawn-out fight—much like Clinton and Obama's—but with no clear winner, the boxing judges split, and the match went to Rocky's opponent. It took a sequel for Rocky to triumph, but a second chance for Clinton, four years hence, is something no one is betting on.
Reader Comments
Clinton dropping out
My entire family waNTS cLINTON TO GO AWAY AND we are all in agreement that we want OBAMA TO WIN!!!!!!!
clinton big win in pennsylvania
clinton and obama are now burnt toast. the democrat party should regroup and
move to the middle right with libberman.
Obama's greatest flaw
He has not been honest in disclosing his ties to his former paster, Wright. Obama has not omitted that he still belongs to the Trinity United Church of Christ which is composed of many blacks, Muslims who advocate the distruction of America, preach world-wide jiad control, etc. The American press has been keeping little secrets about Obama's agenda, and his participation in causes to aid Kenya in its political battles. Our missionary there reports on Obama "We are living and working in Kenya for almost twelve years now and know his family (tribe) well. They are the ones who were behind the recent Presidential election chaos here. Thousands of people have been displaced by election violence(over 350,000) and I don't know the last count of the dead.Obama under "friends of Obama" gave almost a million dollars to the opposition campaign who just happened to be his cousin, Raila Odinga, who is a socialist trained in east germany. He has been trying to bring Kenya down for years and the last president threw him in prison for trying to subvert this country! December 27th elections brought cries from ODM (Odinga Camp) of rigged election. Obama and Raila speak daily."
Pehaps these facts should be disclosed before it's too late.
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