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Clinton victory speech in Florida

Posted by: Brian Tumulty - Posted in 2008, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards on Jan 29, 2008

What a difference from the last primary. It was wheels up on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s jet Saturday evening moments after the polls closed in South Carolina, where Sen. Barack Obama soundly trounced her.

Although the Democratic National Committee has stripped Florida of its delegates, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton flew into the state tonight for a rally to celebrate her big victory over Obama in the state’s presidential primary.

Clinton was ahead of Obama by 19 percentage points, 52 percent to 33 percent, with 68 percent of the votes counted. Former Sen. John Edwards received 15 percent.

The New York senator thanked supporters at a rally in Davie, Fla.

Clinton said she would work to seat Florida’s delegates at the national party convention, which will be held in late August. It would be in her own interest do so, since Florida’s delegation might provide her with the margin of victory at a closely fought convention.

“The pundits who say Florida does not count cannot ignore 2.5 million Democrats,’’ said Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. moments before Clinton spoke.

So far they have been ignored.

 
 
 
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