Say It Hillary. SAY IT!!!! The word is UNCLE! After gaining more than two dozen last-minute endorsements from uncommitted superdelegates, including two local congressmen, and winning enough votes in Tuesday's Montana and South Dakota primaries, Obama finally nailed down the magic number of delegates needed for victory. But your girl Hillary ain't having it. And it's ticking us off.
The finale was perfectly consistent with the seesaw race. Montana voters chose Obama; those in South Dakota went with Clinton. In his speech, Obama, who will be the first African-American presidential nominee of a major party, never mentioned his race. He opened his remarks by saying the night's victory was for his grandmother, a white woman who lives in Hawaii.
"Millions of voices have been heard," Obama told nearly 20,000 cheering supporters in the same Minnesota convention center where Republicans will hold their convention this summer.
"And because of what you said - because you decided that change must come to Washington, because you believed that this year must be different than all the rest, because you chose to listen not to your doubts or your fears but to your greatest hopes and highest aspirations, tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another."
While Obama declared that he will be the nominee, one ready to unify the party and take on the Republican nominee John McCain, Clinton, in New York City, gave a very different speech, out of the pages of the movie "Sunset Boulevard".
With her clearly high on drugs campaign chairman Terry McAuliff introducing Hill as "The next president of the United States."
"This has been a long campaign and I will be making no decisions tonight," Clinton announced, as her supporters chanted "Denver, Denver," the site of the party's late August convention. Then she asked her supporters to write her and give her advice on what she might do.
Earlier in the day, Clinton also told New York lawmakers, "I deserve some time to get this right."
NO MA'AM, TIME IS UP!
"She's emotionally not ready to concede, but it's only a matter of time when she does," said Steve Westly, former California controller and co-chair of Obama's state campaign.
Obama has previously said Clinton would make "anybody's short list," for vice president, but Tuesday night, his campaign manager, David Axelrod, said, "It's way too early to talk about that."
Three previously uncommitted Northern California superdelegates announced Tuesday that they would back Obama, helping him gain enough delegates to claim the nomination. Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, who is in a tough re-election campaign in November, declared his support for Obama. So did party activist and author Christine Pelosi, daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco.
Obama's historic moment was noted by many Americans, including Tony Alexander, a San Jose African-American union organizer who is an Obama delegate. "I'm super-charged," Alexander said. "It's a wonderful thing. People will look at the face of the United States as multicultural. We always brag we are part of the free world, but we've had some of our own hurdles we've had to overcome." Source
The finale was perfectly consistent with the seesaw race. Montana voters chose Obama; those in South Dakota went with Clinton. In his speech, Obama, who will be the first African-American presidential nominee of a major party, never mentioned his race. He opened his remarks by saying the night's victory was for his grandmother, a white woman who lives in Hawaii.
"Millions of voices have been heard," Obama told nearly 20,000 cheering supporters in the same Minnesota convention center where Republicans will hold their convention this summer.
"And because of what you said - because you decided that change must come to Washington, because you believed that this year must be different than all the rest, because you chose to listen not to your doubts or your fears but to your greatest hopes and highest aspirations, tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another."
While Obama declared that he will be the nominee, one ready to unify the party and take on the Republican nominee John McCain, Clinton, in New York City, gave a very different speech, out of the pages of the movie "Sunset Boulevard".
With her clearly high on drugs campaign chairman Terry McAuliff introducing Hill as "The next president of the United States."
"This has been a long campaign and I will be making no decisions tonight," Clinton announced, as her supporters chanted "Denver, Denver," the site of the party's late August convention. Then she asked her supporters to write her and give her advice on what she might do.
Earlier in the day, Clinton also told New York lawmakers, "I deserve some time to get this right."
NO MA'AM, TIME IS UP!
"She's emotionally not ready to concede, but it's only a matter of time when she does," said Steve Westly, former California controller and co-chair of Obama's state campaign.
Obama has previously said Clinton would make "anybody's short list," for vice president, but Tuesday night, his campaign manager, David Axelrod, said, "It's way too early to talk about that."
Three previously uncommitted Northern California superdelegates announced Tuesday that they would back Obama, helping him gain enough delegates to claim the nomination. Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, who is in a tough re-election campaign in November, declared his support for Obama. So did party activist and author Christine Pelosi, daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco.
Obama's historic moment was noted by many Americans, including Tony Alexander, a San Jose African-American union organizer who is an Obama delegate. "I'm super-charged," Alexander said. "It's a wonderful thing. People will look at the face of the United States as multicultural. We always brag we are part of the free world, but we've had some of our own hurdles we've had to overcome." Source