In Kentucky, which votes on the same day as Oregon, Clinton is expected to score a major blow-out win.
(SALEM, Ore. ) - Can Sen. Hillary Clinton pulloff one of the biggest upsets in political history on Tuesday?
The former First Lady has placed any hope of winning Oregon is the hands of her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and daughter, former First Daughter Chelsea, who will be side-by-side campaigning throughout the Beaver State today and Sunday hoping to chip-away at Sen. Barack Obama's double-digit lead and capture the state's 52 pledged delegates.
Yesterday, Hillary traveled the state beginning in Junction City, with a stop at the Salem campaign office, and ending with a town-hall meeting at KGW-TV in Portland. Most every newspaper in the state has endorsed Obama. Only the Salem Statesman Journal endorsed Clinton according to her campaing website. She also has the backing from the state's Democratic Governor, Ted Kulongoski.
Bill and Chelsea, will be holding a rally at the Salem Riverfront Park Amphitheatre on Sunday. The "Solutions for America" event is scheduled to run from 2:45 - 4:00 PM. To RSVP visit hillaryclinton.com/salem. Beofre the Salem, event, the duo will also participate in an "I Have a Dream" Foundation Service Project at Woodlawn Elementary School in Portland. After Salem, the pair will travel south to Ashland for another "Solutions for America" event at Southern Oregon University in the Stevenson Union Courtyard at 5:15 PM. To RSVP visit hillaryclinton.com/ashland.
The Clinton Campaign launched a new ad in Oregon on Friday, emphasizing that while the pundits in Washington focus on who’s up and who’s down, Hillary Clinton will focus on what’s right for Oregon families. The 30-second spot, entitled "What’s Right," details Hillary’s commitment to end the No Child Left Behind Act and provide quality, affordable health care for every American. And it emphasizes Hillary’s opposition to the Bush Administration energy bill, which removed local control over the siting of liquefied natural gas terminals on Oregon’s coast.
Obama, along with wife Michelle, will appear for a town-hall meeting at Roseburg High School at 11:30 AM Saturday. On Sunday, he will hold a 12:30 PM rally in Portland’s Waterfront Park and a 6:30 PM town-hall meeting at the Pendleton Convention Center.
2,026 delegates are needed to get the Democratic nomination. Barack Obama has 1,887 to 1,717 for Clinton. That means Obama needs only 138 more delegates in the next five contests (Kentucky, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, and Montana) to become the nominee. There are 260-plus superdelegates who are yet to be claimed and are not bound by the outcome of any state's vote.
In Kentucky, which votes on the same day as Oregon, Clinton is expected to score a major blow-out win.
NBC News Washington bureau chief and Meet the Press host Tim Russert characterized Hillary's win in the New Hampshire Democratic primary as one of the greatest political upsets in American political history. Will he change his mind come Tuesday? We will see.
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