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Post PA Primary; Voting Process Concerns
Written by Leigh Ann Caldwell   
Thursday, 24 April 2008 10:00

Apr. 24, Headlines - Both the Clinton and Obama campaigns are attempting to spin the Pennsylvania primary to their advantage. Clinton has raised several million dollars since the polls closed, money she urgently needs as she ended the last reporting period ten million dollars in debt.

April 24 - Headlines
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Barack Obama's campaign points to his lead in seated delegates by more than 150 by most estimates, even after his Pennsylvania loss. The Obama campaign says it's nearly impossible for Clinton to surpass him, and will be very difficult for her to come with in 100 seated delegates. Both candidates are spending time in the next two contests, North Carolina and Indiana.

Democratic primary ballotHillary Clinton's surrogates are defending aggressive remarks she made about Iran. In Philadelphia, Representative Joe Sestak of a Philadelphia suburb said he was impressed with her level of knowledge about deterrence. Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana also labeled the remarks as deterrence.

This is what she said on Good Morning America Tuesday morning. Her position on Iran seems to be shifting as she is openly discussing hypotheticals. In an ABC debate last week, Clinton said she would expand a US offer of retaliation to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait should Iran attack those countries.

"We would be able to totally obliterate them. That's a terrible thing to say but those people who run Iran need to understand that because perhaps that will deter them from doing something that would be reckless, foolish, and tragic."

Election justice advocates are concerned with the voting process in Pennsylvania. They point to malfunctioning electronic voting machines that offer no paper trail. Of 1,000 phone calls relaying concerns and complaints, nearly 30 percent were because of voting machines.

 

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