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Current Events : Politics Last Updated: May 13, 2008


West Virginia Primary Cleared for Clinton Win, But Will it Matter?
By Ross von Metzke
May 13, 2008

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Barack Obama has all but handed victory in West Virginia to Hillary Clinton, and while the New York senator seems to think a big win could mark the change in pace her campaign needs to move forward, some pundits question whether it's too little, too late.  

As Obama continues to rack up superdelegates and focus his campaign on a battle in November against John McCain, Clinton is headed for what could likely be her biggest win yet over the Illinois senator.  

But in light of a major loss last week in North Carolina and a far too narrow win in Indiana, the Clinton campaign is short on funds, bleeding superdelegates and endorsements and fending off calls for Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race.  

While some polls show Clinton leading Obama in West Virginia by as much as 36 percent, because there are only 38 delegates at stake, it likely wont be the landslide victory her campaign needs.  

According to U.S. News and World Report, Clinton is now trailing Obama for the first time in superdelegates, 271 to 276.  

Despite all odds stacked against her, former democratic hopeful John Edwards said far be it from anyone to tell Hillary Clinton what to do with her campaign, adding that she has earned his respect.  

With six primaries to go after West Virginia, Clinton prepared for her big win over the weekend at a New York benefit, saying: "Let's keep going. Stay with me. This has been a great adventure—let's make history."


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