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Clinton Courts Big States; Ignores Small Ones
Written by Leigh Ann Caldwell   
Thursday, 14 February 2008 08:30

It's Valentine's day but not much love between the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama who are still fiercely fighting for the Democratic nomination.

Clinton has officially changed her strategy. Instead of competing in all states, she's focusing just on the delegate rich ones. Her attention is now Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

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Her campaign put out a memo that says, it's not about winning the most states, but the most delegates. Barack Obama has now won 22 states to Clinton's 8.

The Reverend Al Sharpton inserted himself into discussion that could become crucial - what to do with Florida's and Michigan's delegates. Hillary Clinton campaigning The DNC stripped the voters of delegates when the state legislatures moved their primary into January.

In a letter to DNC Chair Howard Dean, Sharpton objected to the possibility of seating the delegates. He wrote that the argument of disenfranchising voters "should have been made… before the decision was made to strip the states of their delegates… But to raise the claim now" he says "undercuts all moral authority."

Al Sharpton has not publicly endorsed a candidate.

 

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