Obama camp spies endgame in Oregon
(AFP)
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May 16, 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Barack Obama set his sights on November's general
election Saturday as he campaigned in Oregon, where he hopes to declare
victory in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Obama
has said Tuesday's primaries in Oregon and Kentucky could mark the end
of his drawn-out battle with rival Hillary Clinton, and his campaign
pressed home that message by announcing a symbolic return to Iowa that
day.
Iowa was the scene of the Illinois senator's first victory
in the 2008 presidential nominating race, and his campaign noted
Saturday it is "a critical general election state that Democrats must
win in November."
Polls show Obama leading in Oregon, where 52
delegates are up for grabs, while Clinton is ahead in Kentucky, a state
with 51 delegates that has a similar demographic to West Virginia,
where she won a t
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