funny & news & political 25 Apr 2008 02:31 pm
Clinton says she leads in popular vote
Sen. Hillary Clinton is arguing that she is ahead of rival Sen. Barack Obama when it comes to the popular vote.
“I’m very proud that as of today, I have received more votes by the people who have voted than anyone else,” Clinton said Wednesday, one day after her decisive win in Pennsylvania.
Not so fast, says Obama’s campaign. Clinton’s count includes her wins in Michigan and Florida, but the Democratic presidential candidates agreed not to campaign in those states because they violated party rules by scheduling their contests too early.
Obama didn’t even have his name on the Michigan ballot, so he received no votes from that contest.
“We think that, in the end, if we end up having won twice as many states and having the most votes, then we should be the nominee,” Obama said.
If Michigan and Florida are counted, Clinton is ahead by 100,000 votes — 15.1 million to Obama’s 15 million. Without those states, Obama has a 500,000 vote lead, 14.4 million to 13.9 million.
Clinton says she has received more votes than any Democratic candidate in history.
“It’s a very close race, but if you count, as I count, the 2.3 million people who voted in Michigan and Florida, then we are going to build on that,” the New York senator said.
Obama’s campaign manager said he doesn’t expect the Illinois senator to lose his lead by June 3, the date of the last contest.
Read more: Clinton says she leads in popular vote - CNN.com
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on 27 Apr 2008 at 7:46 am 1.auditionis.info said …
re: Electability, Parsed…
He is almost certainly a stronger general election candidate than either Clinton or Obama and the cost to the party of choosing him could well be lower than the cost of choosing between Clinton and Obama. Also, it would solve the FL and ……