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Obama 'nomination within reach'
Obama 'nomination within reach'
Last Modified: 21 May 2008
By:
Sue Turton
Barack Obama says the Democratic nomination for president is within reach, as he wins in Oregon but loses Kentucky. The race issue still proving a huge hurdle to vault. Sue Turton reports.
It's official... almost. Barack Obama has won a majority of pledged delegates in the Democratic primary process.
But the presumed Democratic nominee for the US presidency stopped short of declaring out-and-out victory.
And he was full of praise for his rival Hillary Clinton, who did win one of yesterday's two state contests, and who's still vowing to fight on.
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