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Headlines from June 1st, 2008
Obama Camp Lays Out Its Version of the Math
Campaign memo says the Illinois Senator only needs 46 more delegates to clinch the nomination. Read it here. Also lists the new Michigan, Florida supers they have gained since the DNC made their decision on seating the delegation. Permalink
Clinton: "Te Quiero Puerto Rico"
The New York Senator thanks energized crowd in San Juan, Puerto Rico for giving her a win Sunday. "I see you and I hear you and I will always stand up for you." Makes direct appeal for fundraising during speech, touts her popular vote math. Says neither she or Obama will have the number needed to claim nomination after Tuesday. Gets big applause when she includes Michigan and Florida in her list of big states she has won. Read transcript of remarks here. Comes after she easily takes the U.S. territory. Vote totals, with 100% of precincts reporting: Clinton 68, Obama 32. More here. Permalink
RECONCILIATION (or an accidental slap in the face?)
Obama announces in Mitchell, South Dakota that he telephoned Clinton Sunday to congratulate her on winning the Puerto Rico primary. Land of Lincolner then praises Clinton to crowd outside the Corn Palace for the race she has run and her public service. "She is going to be a great asset when we go into November to make sure we beat the Republicans. That I promise you. Whatever differences Senator Clinton and I may have, those differences pale in comparison to the other side." Watch video above. Permalink
Obama and His Morning Carbs
Essential viewing: Obama, feeling confident, catches flying pancakes on his plate in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Watch the risky-but-successful photo-op above. Bonus exchange: With an echo of Obama's famous "Why can't I just eat my waffle?" line, the Land of Lincolner chats with The Page: Obama: You guys having some? TIME: Can't we just eat our pancakes? Obama: You can. TIME: That's a little joke. Obama: There you go. Watch it all in full living color here. Permalink
Obama Gets Fired up and Ready to Go (Again) in Mitchell, South Dakota
Land of Lincolner -- for the first time in weeks -- tells crowd anecdote about his now-famous trip to Greenwood, South Carolina. The Page flashback: The classic video moment where it all culminated. Watch it above. Permalink
O Pancakes
Obama has his own pancakes in Sioux Falls after speaking to veterans and their families. Read the pool report here. Read a pool report clarification here. PHOTOS: See more pictures (including must-see bottles of syrup and butter) here. Permalink
Obama Keeps up Heat on McCain
--At Mitchell, South Dakota rally, renews attack on veterans benefits bill, plus adds in criticism of McCain's backing of a gas tax holiday. McCain camp responds: "Senator Obama’s indictment of current energy policy would mean a lot more to voters, if he wasn’t the only candidate in the race to have voted for it." Permalink
Preliminary Puerto Rico Exit Poll
First wave of CNN's unilateral Puerto Rico exit poll suggests continued divide between Clinton, Obama supporters. Large number of Clinton voters say they wouldn't be satisfied if Obama wins the nomination. Watch video above. Read more exit poll data here. Permalink
Obama Takes After McCain Again on Veterans Issues
At Sioux Falls, South Dakota pancake breakfast for veterans, Obama once again invokes McCain's opposition (shared with Bush) to bill expanding veterans benefits. "I don’t understand why he would side with George Bush in opposing a bipartisan bill that does so much to make college affordable for veterans." Read the full text of his prepared remarks here. McCain camp responds: "Last year Barack Obama was driven by leftwing party politics to vote against more than a billion dollars in funding for veterans’ healthcare because it was included in funding for the ‘Surge’ strategy in Iraq." Full statement here. Permalink
Linda Douglass' First Quote on the Record
New Obama campaign traveling spokeswoman tells The Page: "It's great to be in South Dakota." Permalink
ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS
Reaction to the DNC's Florida, Michigan decision dominated the morning talk shows. Read The Page's full coverage here. Permalink
McCain Takes Saturday Trip to Walter Reed
Arizonan visits fabled military medical facility for several hours. Aides to the candidate declined to elaborate, saying it was the visit was "personal in nature." McCain in the past has gone there to visit wounded soldiers. Permalink
The Rush for South Dakota
--All three Clintons will spend Monday campaigning in the state, capping it off with an 9 pm ET rally in Sioux Falls at the WH Lyons Fairgrounds. Permalink
Popular, She Wants to Be Popular
As the world waits for Clinton's next move, her campaign plays the popular vote card. Spokesman/strategist Howard Wolfson: “When the voting concludes on Tuesday, more Americans will have voted for Senator Clinton than Senator Obama. The last time the Democrats didn’t give the nomination to the candidate who won the most votes was in 1972.” Clinton runs new ad in South Dakota, Montana starting Monday stressing her popular vote math as a reason to stay in the race. Watch it above. Permalink
It's Sunday at Trinity
--Obama's church responds to his departure: "Though we are saddened by the news, we understand that this is a personal decision." Full statement here. Obama announced he left the church Saturday. Read more here. Read transcript of announcement here. --Rev. Pfleger says he's received "thousands of hate threats" since his videotaped pulpit rant about Clinton. "They want to kill me...It's been very ugly." Permalink
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