Obama Big Winner in N.C., Clinton Ekes Out Ind. Win

[ckramer]

Source: abc

Obama Is a Step Closer to Being Dem Nominee!

By JENNIFER PARKER
May 7, 2008

In what may be a turning point for the presidential aspirations of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., the former first lady vying to be the nation's first woman president lost the North Carolina primary to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and squeaked out a razor-thin victory in Indiana, failing to decisively capture the Hoosier State.

Clinton won Indiana by just over 22,000 votes, a primary performance that will arguably move Obama closer to becoming the presumptive nominee.

The New York senator, who had hoped for double victories Tuesday, trails Obama in the delegate count, the popular vote, and in the number of states won.

Clinton is scheduled to meet with superdelegates today and she may face increased calls from within the party to step out of the race.

But as if to forestall any talk that she is ready to quit, Clinton today added a campaign stop in West Virginia, the site of next week's Democratic primary, a contest she is expected to win.

The prospect of a West Virginia victory isn't enough to buoy her dwindling chances, however.

"Barack Obama has a lead that can't be overcome," ABC's senior political correspondent George Stephanopoulos said today on "Good Morning America." He predicted that more superdelegates will now come out for Obama, increasing pressure on Clinton to step aside.

It will also be increasingly difficult for Clinton to raise the money needed to keep her campaign on the road.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=4802414&page=1

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Advice to Hillary:

1) Unite democrats by declaring ending her campaign immediately (she will be credited if she does that).
2) Join the Obama campaign;

I do think Hillary have a cabinet role in the Obama administration.

But she has some major judgment/leadership issues and is not suitable for the presidency.

The voting for war has done her in! It's the fatal bad move from the beginning. She deserves her defeat.

[hadrons]

1. Clinton should hold on until WV and Kentucky ....

Last thing Obama needs is to lose big after Clinton drops out (it will have no tangible effect, but it would look bad) ... if Clinton does win and drops out then she can left on a high note.

Clinton's crime wasn't prolonging the process (which maybe was a good thing since the Dems had to pay really attention to the more rural states) it was that she kept legitimizing McCain's lame right-wing points.