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Clinton and Obama Ready for Potomac Primary
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Jen Chung
Published Feb 12, 2008
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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It's another Tuesday test of candidates' appeal as D.C., Maryland and Virginia have primaries today. Both the Republicans and Democrats have primaries those three states, but most attention is being focused on the battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, who are just about neck-and-neck in terms in delegate totals.
Virginia is an open primary, which means independents can vote, which the Obama camp is excited about since he has done well with independents. At a rally, Obama said, "That's how we're going to win, is to build a winning coalition [of] not just Democrats, but independents and Republicans who have also lost trust in their government, have lost faith in their leaders, who want to move in a new direction. That's what we want. Everybody getting on the change bandwagon, the Change Express."
Clinton goes into the contests after a weekend where Obama won four states' primaries/caucuses and her own campaign manager stepped down. The NY Times notes that Clinton and her advisers believe "she has been boxed into a must-win position in the Ohio and Texas primaries on March 4." Of course, Daily News suggests that this "sounds eerily like Rudy Giuliani's disastrous wait-till-Florida turnaround strategy."
During interviews with the candidates yesterday, Politico found out the following. Obama said the Nicorette is helping him kick smoking, he supports charter schools, that superdelegates should vote their conscience and that Clinton should release her tax returns . And Clinton said there would be no more scandals from Bill, she wants the delegates from Florida and Michigan to count, she's disturbed by MSNBC's remarks, and that Obama is too vague.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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