Hillary's Campaign May Not Last to the Convention, Clinton Aide Says

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Nothing most of us here did not already know, but it is worth having confirmation from one of her most prominent supporters:
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Clinton Aide Says Race May Not Go to Convention

By JOHN SULLIVAN
Published: May 9, 2008

As Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton rejected calls for her to drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, her campaign signaled Thursday that Mrs. Clinton might not take the battle all the way to the convention at the end of August.

“I don’t see it going to the convention,” Terry McAuliffe, her campaign manager, said in a televised interview.

In recent days, a number of party leaders have called on Mrs. Clinton to cede the nomination to her opponent, Senator Barack Obama, but the Clinton campaign has insisted that she would fight through the end of the primary season. Appearing on NBC’s “Today” show, Mr. McAuliffe echoed Mrs. Clinton’s determination to fight on, but said the party’s superdelegates would resolve the contest soon after the final election is tallied.

“I think the superdelegates are going to move very quickly,” he said. “After June 3, this is going to come to a conclusion.”

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Confirmation of what a good amount of people paying attention to this thought, I suppose.