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US Elections

Obama shifts gears to McCain

Posted on: May 10, 2008

With nine more superdelegates endorsing Senator Barack Obama on Friday, it’s getting more evident who will face the Republican Senator John McCain in November elections. The latest endorsement has put Obama ahead of Clinton among the superdelegates, the only category where Clinton was leading the Illinois Senator Barack Obama according to New York Times and ABC News.

The superdelegates that shifted their support to Obama include Rep. Donald M. Payne, an African American early supporter of Clinton, and two previously uncommitted superdelegates from Democratic National Committee, Ed Espinoza of Long Beach and Vernon Watkins of Rancho Cucamonga.

According to the Associated Press, the superdelegate move led Clinton to 272.5 superdelegates, to 271 for Obama. Little more than four months ago, on the eve of the primary season, she held a lead of 169-63.

Not only this, Obama also received the support from American Federation of Government Employees which claims the membership of 600,000 workers.

Apart from these obvious shifts, there are certain other events that clearly state that the White House race for Hillary Clinton is far from over now.

First there was a huge loss for Hillary in North Carolina that many analysts termed as a deciding primary that will secure the Democratic presidential nominee for the either candidates and then the latest influx of superdelegates endorsing Obama.

It was compounded by Obama’s remarks in Beaverton where he hinted that he will select Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential runnin mate and will help Clinton to pay-off her campaign debts.

“She is tireless, she is smart. She is capable. And so obviously she’d be on anybody’s shortlist to be a potential vice-presidential candidate,” Obama said.

Obama has also started to shift his focus on McCain. He said that McCain will only double the problems that Bush administration caused. McCain who is campaigning in the West Coast also shifted the gears from Hillary Clinton to Obama. McCain said that Obama’s foreign policies are posing a lot of concern and they should be discussed.

Meanwhile a Los Angles Times poll has revealed that most of the youth are concerned over the weakening economy and chances of making it to the White House is more to Obama and Clinton than Republican McCain