Hillary Clinton 'It is not over 'till it's over'
Updated: 2008-06-03 10:44
RAPID CITY, South Dakota -- It's almost over, isn't it? That seems to be all anyone wants to know from Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, but the only person who truly knows isn't telling.
"I'm sort of a day-at-a-time person, and we'll see when Tuesday and the day after Tuesday comes," Clinton said on board a late-night flight to South Dakota, where she spent her last full day of campaigning.
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| US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) greets a baby at Tally's restaurant in Rapid City, South Dakota June 2, 2008. [Agencies] |
The last two Democratic primaries are on Tuesday in South Dakota and Montana.
"My political obituary has yet to be written, and we're going forward," Clinton said. "It is not over 'til it's over."
By most accounts, it is over.
Barack Obama, who holds what experts call an insurmountable lead in delegates for the Democratic presidential nomination, plans a rally on Tuesday to launch his campaign for the November election against Republican John McCain.
Clinton's political obituary has been written many times. "The End" declared the online Drudge Report under a photograph of Clinton campaigning in Puerto Rico over the weekend.
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| US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks to patrons at Tally's restaurant in Rapid City, South Dakota June 2, 2008.[Agencies] |
The same campaign trip inspired a headline on the online magazine Salon.com saying: "Clinton seemed to be campaigning in an alternate reality."
Campaigning on Monday in Rapid City, Clinton greeted patrons at a diner and complimented the life-sized bronze statues of US presidents standing on city street corners.
"You should be there!" a supporter shouted to her.
As the nomination moved likely beyond Clinton's reach, her staff was busily declaring her victorious.
"She has more votes," spokesman Mo Elleithee insisted in Puerto Rico. "Hillary Clinton has received more votes than any other Democrat in this race for president."
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