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US Elections

Obama Wishes To Unite the Party for General Election

Posted on: May 09, 2008

With a strong win in North Carolina and a narrow loss in Indiana primaries, Obama is the clear Democratic front-runner and he is all set to touch the finish line to claim the Democratic nomination as early as May 20.

Sen. Obama now embarks on taking steps to unite the fractured Democratic Party to challenge Republican GOP Sen. John McCain in the general election scheduled in November.

Obama’s campaign worked behind the scene with a light touch to win over uncommitted superdelegates and allies of Clinton, mindful of not appearing overconfident and of the fact that they would need the support of the candidate, her husband and their supporters in the fall.

“Superdelegates understandably would prefer not to be seen as the deciding factor, I think they respect the process, they respect Senator Clinton and myself.” Obama said to Washington post.

Obama won only two new superdelegate endorsements, from North Carolina. Several other unaligned lawmakers said they are likely to remain on the sidelines for the time being, in deference to Clinton. In Chicago, Obama’s team worked to accelerate a transition to general-election mode.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton still on the other hand continues to maintain that she has the support of a broader coalition that could carry the party to victory in general election.

As Clinton campaigned in West Virginia, which will hold its primary on Tuesday, her supporters were also calling superdelegates, encouraging them to remain uncommitted until after the final two primaries on June 3 and touting poll numbers suggesting that Clinton would be a stronger nominee in key states such as Florida and Ohio.

“Some people don’t agree, but most people respect the argument,” Steve Grossman said to Washington post, a member of Clinton’s national finance team.

Since the writing on the wall is not very clear, most of the Democrat superdelegates want to remain uncommitted for three more weeks before accepting Obama as their presidential candidate for general elections in November.