Clinton campaign starts talking Puerto Rico

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/clinton-campaign-starts-talking-puerto-rico-2008-02-20.html

Clinton campaign starts talking Puerto Rico
By Sam Youngman
Posted: 02/20/08 11:50 AM


Just hours after the dust settled from her 10th consecutive loss to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), embattled Democratic candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) campaign said she will be in a position to “clinch the nomination” at about the time Puerto Rico votes.

Puerto Rico, the last contest in the primary and caucus season, will not vote until June 7.

Harold Ickes, a senior adviser to Clinton, said on a conference call with reporters that while the camp of the former first lady sees Obama as the frontrunner, the campaign continues to believe it will narrow the gap with the Illinois senator and pick up delegates in the coming weeks and months.

“We think that Mrs. Clinton will be able to get those and clinch the nomination about the time of Puerto Rico or shortly thereafter,” Ickes said.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Mrs CLinton is having an awfully long pit stop

is she going to get her racer back on the track?

[keep_it_real]

2. One commentator said PR would decide the primary

Anyone know how many delegates are in PR?

[babylonsister]

3. I don't know, but the way this is going, we won't have to wait for PR.

It seems Obama might eclipse her on the delegate count if this keeps up.

[lisa58]

4. this just gets sillier and sadder....

...and yet, I can still laugh about it

[NJSecularist]

5. She doesn't realize that there is absolutely no way she can clinch the nomination by Puerto Rico

This will go to the convention even if her best case scenario.

[sandnsea]

6. This is sadder than Ali-Spinks

Puerto Rico?? What are these people thinking.