Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Clinton to Drop Out

In the end, it took less than 24 hours for Hillary Rodham Clinton to adapt to her party's new political order.
The New York senator will end her quest for the Democratic presidential nomination late this week, according to a senior campaign aide and a top fundraiser who said they could not talk on the record because they were not authorized to comment on the plan.
Clinton's campaign issued a less-than-definitive statement saying she would host an event here Saturday "to thank her supporters and express her support for Sen. Obama and party unity." The campaign said the event was moved from Friday to Saturday to allow more people to attend.
The news came after a day of pressure, hand-wringing and tea-leaf reading over Clinton's failure to concede Tuesday night.
As the pair made back-to-back speeches Wednesday to an important group in presidential politics, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, it seemed like just another day on the campaign trail. But the primary season is over, and not a minute too soon for some Democrats.
Source: USA Today

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