Bill Clinton stumps in Baker City

Former President Bill Clinton praised Harry Truman and called Hillary Clinton "the best change maker I know" who knows the difference between "a speech and a solution, a promise and real progress" in a stump ...

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Here is the scoop from the Chicago Suntimes

Lynn Sweet

The scoop from Washington

Clinton campaign blasts Obama for premature victory lap. Not yet "mission accomplished." Wolfson memo.

WASHINGTON--The Obama campaign plan to claim victory Tuesday night in Des Moines, is "a slap in the face" to millions of people who have not yet voted, says a memo from Clinton campaign communication chief Howard Wolfson. Not quite "Mission Accomplished," Wolfson writes. But in politics perception is often as important as reality, so Obama's staking the claim to the nomination---based on the majority of pledged delegates--makes political, if not mathematical sense.

Click below for Wolfson memo...

To: Interested Parties
From: Howard Wolfson, Communications Director

Date: Monday, May 19, 2008

Re: Mission Accomplished? Not so fast.

Senator Obama’s plan to declare himself the Democratic nominee tomorrow night in Iowa (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/101... ) is a slap in the face to the millions of voters in the remaining primary states and to Senator Clinton’s 17 million supporters.

There is no scenario under the rules of the Democratic National Committee by which Senator Obama will be able to claim the nomination tomorrow night. He will not have 2210 delegates, the number needed with Florida and Michigan included in the process, nor will he have 2025 delegates, the number needed to secure the nomination without Florida and Michigan.

Premature victory laps and false declarations of victory are unwarranted. Declaring mission accomplished does not make it so.

While Senator Obama inaccurately declares himself the nominee, Senator Clinton will continue to work hard, campaigning for every vote in the upcoming states and making the case that she will be the best nominee to take on John McCain and be our next President.

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Posted by Lynn Sweet on May 19, 2008 11:25 AM | Permalink

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/05/clint...

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Here is a similar comment for another source.

Obama plans to declare victory May 20
By DAVID PAUL KUHN | 5/8/08 4:55 AM EST
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Barack Obama
The Obama campaign agrees with the Democratic National Committee, which pegs a winning majority at 2,025 pledged delegates and superdelegates—a figure that excludes the penalized Florida and Michigan delegations.
Photo: AP

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/101...

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