Sen. John McCain clinched the Republican presidential nomination tonight, and he immediately castigated his potential Democratic rivals as liberals who lack the experience and wisdom to lead a country facing economic distress at home and engaged in war abroad.
Meanwhile, in fantasy land...
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton defeated Sen. Barack Obama in Ohio today, a crucial win in a swing state. The two Democrats remained locked in a tight race in Texas.
With two thirds of the precincts reporting in Ohio, Clinton led Obama 57 percent to 41 percent. The vote had not yet been reported in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), a heavily African American area expected to strongly favor Obama.
Clinton, taking the stage in Columbus to chants of "Hill-a-ry", acknowledged tonight that many had counted her out before tonight.
"For anyone in Ohio or America who's ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, for everyone who has stumbled but stood right back up, for everyone who worked hard and never gives up, this one is for you," Clinton said to massive applause.
For Obama, the
An exasperated Barack Obama scurried away Monday from the toughest news conference of his campaign, telling reporters who kept shouting questions that he'd spent enough time on the grill.
"Come on! I just answered, like, eight questions," Obama, looking surprised, told shouting reporters as he fled the room. "We're running late."
How... Presidential!
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