Bill Clinton dismisses calls for Hillary Clinton to drop out of race

By KVAL Web Staff

Summary

Pundits say the math is against Sen. Hillary Clinton and she should drop out of the race for the Democratic nomination for president. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, told KVAL he disagrees.

Story Published: May 13, 2008 at 6:34 PM PDT

Bill Clinton dismisses calls for Hillary Clinton to drop out of race

Bill Clinton appeared at the University of Oregon on Monday, May 12.

EUGENE, Ore. - Pundits say the math is against Sen. Hillary Clinton and she should drop out of the race for the Democratic nomination for president.

Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, disagrees.

"She's won most of the elections she's been in," Clinton said May 12 after an appearance at the University of Oregon. "If they're so worried about, why don't they let everybody vote and we'll see."

Clinton earlier told the crowd that Florida voters should have been allowed to weigh in on the Democratic primary. The Democratic National Committee is refusing to seat delegates from Florida because the state held its primary earlier than allowed by party rules. But Clinton said the date of the primary was set by the Republicans in power in Florida.

Democrat party officials are refusing to count delegates from either Florida or Michigan.

Clinton added at least 15 delegates with her win in West Virginia, but still trails Sen. Barack Obama by a large margin in the race for the Democratic nomination. The remaining 13 delegates were still to be awarded.

Obama leads the overall race for the nomination with 1,875.5

delegates, including endorsements from party and elected officials known as superdelegates. Clinton has 1,712, according to the latest AP tally.

It will take 2,025 delegates to claim the Democratic nomination at the party's national convention this summer.

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