Hillary Clinton has one thing to say to those who are counting her out in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination: “It is a long way from being over.”
Clinton trails Barack Obama by 157 pledged delegates with a dwindling number of primaries yet to be decided.
But in an interview with Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren on Wednesday night, Hillary referred to a new Rasmussen poll revealing that 62 percent of Democrats want both candidates to remain in the race.
“That is what people are telling me,” Clinton said. “Let the voters have a chance to be heard. Nobody should be writing obituaries on this race, because it is a long way from being over.”
Clinton also referred to her campaign’s efforts to convince the party to seat the delegates from Florida and Michigan or hold new primaries on those states. Both states were stripped of their delegates for holding early primaries in violation of party rules, and Clinton won both primaries.
“This is really a close election,” she told Van Susteren. “Despite what some might say, it is a very close election in the popular vote and in the delegates. We have 10 contests ahead of us, plus don’t forget Florida and Michigan … Millions of people are going to be voting in the next three months, and I hope that will include Florida and Michigan.”
Neither Clinton nor Obama is expected to have enough delegates to secure the nomination before the Democratic convention in August, so in picking a nominee “you can always go to the convention,” Clinton said. “That’s what credential fights are for.
“Let’s have the Democratic Party go on record against seating the Michigan and Florida delegates three months before the general election? I don’t think that will happen.”
Asked about her discredited claim that she landed in Bosnia under sniper fire in 1996, Hillary said: “I’m a human being. I made a mistake and owned up to it.”
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