BREAKING CLINTON LOSES FIRST PLEDGED DELEGATE [View All]

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Source: Washington Post

Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, a Democratic convention delegate pledged to support Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, said yesterday that he thinks Sen. Barack Obama has "in a real sense" won the Democratic nomination and that he now plans to support Obama at the August convention.

Johnson, who endorsed Clinton nine days before Maryland's February primary, said he will urge Gov. Martin O'Malley and Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, who co-chair Clinton's Maryland campaign, to bring all of her delegates to Obama's camp for the sake of party unity.

"I cannot in good conscience go to the convention and not support Barack," Johnson said in an interview. "She ran a great campaign, but she fell short of the line."

"The freedom to change your mind or change your vote does exist," Paulson said. "They're not like superdelegates, but they do have this flexibility."

Obama swamped Clinton in Maryland, capturing 61 percent of the vote statewide and 79 percent of the vote in Prince George's County. Given the results in Maryland and elsewhere, Johnson said, the Maryland party would be unenthusiastic about the November election if Obama were not the nominee.

A decision by O'Malley or Mikulski to release all of Maryland's Clinton delegates could be the start of a national wave to unify behind Obama, Johnson said.


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THIS IS A STUNNING DEVELOPMENT --- AFTER LOSING SEVERAL SUPER DELEGATES HILLARY CLINTON HAS LOST HER FIRST PLEDGED DELEGATE


THIS IS SURE TO COMPETE WITH THE HEADLINES FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA ELECTION


IF EVEN A FEW MORE FOLLOW THEN IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR HER TO SUSTAIN ANY RATIONAL REASON TO CONTINUE HER CAMPAIGN.