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Obama leads in Guam caucuses (1st Lead)
May 3, 2008, 21:16 GMT
Washington - Senator Barack Obama led over rival Hillary Clinton as Democratic caucus results continued to come in from the tiny, US territory of Guam on Saturday.
With 95 per cent of precincts reporting, Obama had received 53 per cent of the vote to Clinton's 47 per cent, with just more than 200 votes between the candidates, who are locked in a tight contest to secure their party's presidential nomination that has brought the unlikely political spotlight to the Pacific island.
The Democrats will formally choose a presidential candidate at their nominating convention in late August in Denver ahead of November general elections.
Guam will elect just four delegates with full voting rights to the convention, but each vote counts in the closest-ever nomination race. According to the website RealClearPolitics.com, Obama already has 1,738 delegates, to Clinton's 1,599. Both are still a long way off the 2,024 needed to secure the nomination.
More important than the number of delegates is the chance to flaunt a triumph over the losing rival - even if that triumph takes place more than 20 hours from Washington on an island with only 170,000 people.
Guam has little in common with the mainland, and its importance is almost exclusively strategic. The 550-square-kilometer island is home to US Navy and Air Force bases.
Though its delegates may be the focus Saturday, Guam will likely fall back into political obscurity as its citizens cannot even vote in November's presidential election.
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Michelle Obama: Barack has hit boiling point
By Tim Shipman
Barack Obama is struggling to contain his anger and frustration over the constant barrage of questions about his character and judgment, his wife has revealed.
...Mrs Obama told a rally in Durham, North Carolina, on Friday that only her husband's desire to change US politics had helped him to control his feelings: 'Barack is always thinking three steps ahead – what do we need to do to make change.'
Her husband was thinking 'I can't let my ego, my anger, my frustration get in the way of the ultimate goal,' she said.
'Barack has been characterised as many things that have nothing to do with who he is.'
Senator Obama has known the Rev Wright for more than 20 years, but he was forced to end their friendship last week over repeated claims by his pastor that America was to blame for the 9/11 attacks and for spreading the Aids virus.
New polls show the affair may have derailed Mr Obama's chances of sealing a double win in Tuesday's North Carolina and Indiana primary elections, which might have ended Mrs Clinton's hopes.
Instead, in just a week, Mrs Clinton has reversed a narrow Obama lead in Indiana and is closing fast in North Carolina, where Mr Obama had hoped for a convincing win.
A poll on Saturday found 58 per cent of voters believe his de-nunciation of the Rev Wright was merely an act of political expediency.
The Rasmussen survey found 56 per cent of voters thought it likely that Obama shares some of his pastor's anti-American views......
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rock n roll fan .May 4th, 2008 - 00:16:23
people , Ya Gotta Vote Hillary In ! She's got the Balls to take-out the stinking iranium Scum . I don't think that Most people in the West ,understand the danger and The Haterd that these muslim Freaks have toward us . We need A Leader WITH BALLS ! Touch Israel iran , if Hillary's in power , and YOU will be gone . And Good-Riddence it would be ! muslims ? Yuk !! Rock-on Jewish Warrier Princess .
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