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Sen. Leahy To Clinton: Quit Now
by The Associated Press
Posted: March 28, 2008 - 3:00 pm ET
(Burlington, Vermont) Sen. Patrick Leahy is
suggesting that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton abandon
her White House run.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee
and six-term Vermont lawmaker said there is no way that Clinton is going to win
enough pledged delegates to get the nomination.
Leahy told Vermont Public Radio, in a show that
aired Thursday, that Clinton ought to withdraw and should be backing Sen. Barack
Obama. But Leahy said that's obviously a decision only Clinton can make.
In a statement issued Friday, Leahy - who has
endorsed Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination - said Obama's lead
appears to be insurmountable and that Obama's endorsement by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey
is the latest sign of how the race is going.
"Senator Clinton has every right, but not a
very good reason, to remain a candidate for as long as she wants to. As far as
the delegate count and the interests of a Democratic victory in November go,
there is not a very good reason for drawing this out. But as I have said before,
that is a decision that only she can make," Leahy said in the statement.
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