Clinton Hopes For Big Pennsylvania Win
Hillary Clinton is hoping for a large win in the Pennsylvania primary to keep her Presidential campaign alive.
Hillary Clinton in PensylvaniaThe former First Lady needs a convincing majority in the contest to persuade the Democratic Party’s elite that she would be the better choice to face Senator John McCain in November’s election.
But she faces an uphill struggle. Her rival Barack Obama leads in pledged delegates, contests won and the overall popular vote.[…]
[…] With Pennsylvania’s predominately white, working class and female Democratic Party members, Hillary Clinton is expected to win today’s primary.
However polls suggest her lead has been significantly cut. A year ago she was 20% ahead of Obama, now that’s been whittled down to between 5% and 7%.
Her friends and supporters believe the Super Delegates must ignore the current popular vote tally and act in the best interest of the party.
But Obama’s supporters say it’s time for Hillary Clinton to bow to the inevitable
Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of former President Dwight D Eisenhower, told Sky News that the protracted contest is damaging the party.
“In the long term, after Pennsylvania if the numbers hold up for Obama, then she would be of great service to the party to elegantly concede to him and work for his election.”
There are another nine contests to go in the Democratic nomination race and Hillary Clinton is vowing to fight until the convention in August.
However some senior party members, including the chairman Howard Dean, have said they want the nominee in place before then, to avoid a damaging last-minute wrangle[…]
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However, Hillary Clinton has support from more Super Delegates who, in this contest, will hold the casting vote.
Neither candidate will be able to accrue enough pledged delegates to reach the number required to win the nomination: 2024.
Clinton has 257 Super Delegate supporters, 24 more than Obama, but 300 are yet to declare their affiliation