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Clinton victory speech in Florida

January
29

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.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 at 9:12 pm by Brian Tumulty.
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2 Responses to “Clinton victory speech in Florida”

  1. the consultant

    to my buddies Jim Kelly and Ethan Edwards..it was after all
    John McCain

  2. Ethan Edwards

    So far, Consultant. So far. We’ll see what
    happens next week. But clearly McCain has
    the momentum now. I still don’t trust him for
    any number of reasons. But Romney ain’t done yet.

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