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SENATOR Barack Obama went five-for-five this weekend, beating Hillary Clinton in all of the primaries and caucuses held on Saturday and Sunday. Obama received at least 57 percent of the vote in each contest. Obama spoke on Saturday in Richmond, Virginia.
Sen. Barack Obama: “People want to turn the page. They want to write a new chapter in American history, and today the voters from the West Coast to the Gulf Coast to the heart of America stood up to say, yes, we can. We won in Louisiana, we won in Nebraska, we won in Washington State. We won north and south and in between, and I believe we can win Virginia on Tuesday, if you’re ready
to stand for change.”
Obama has now won a total nineteen of the first twenty-nine states, and Obama and Hillary Clinton remain in a near deadlock in the race for delegates.
Meanwhile, there has been a shakeup in the Clinton campaign. Campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle has been replaced by Maggie Williams, who served as Clinton’s chief of staff when she was First Lady. Solis Doyle is Latino. Her replacement, Maggie Williams, is African American. During a campaign rally, Clinton said she is the candidate best suited to defeat John McCain.
Sen. Hillary Clinton: “And who will be our best nominee to win, because it appears the Republicans will nominate Senator McCain, and he will be a formidable opponent on national security, national defense. I disagree with him, but, you know, we’ve got to nominate someone who’s got to stand there on that stage and take on the Republicans when it comes to national security, national defense and protecting our nation and our interests around the world.”
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