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Obama to declare victory over Hillary on May 20
Published on Fri, May 09, 2008 at 14:55, Updated at Fri, May 09, 2008 in 
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RIVALS: Obama has, however, refused to join the calls for Hillary to quit the race.
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New Delhi: Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama says he could declare victory over Hillary Clinton on May 20.
On May 20 the Kentucky and Oregon primaries will elect a total of 103 delegates and Obama is hopeful that these primaries will put him firmly on top.
According to his campaign managers, he needs 33 more pledged delegates to reach a majority of the Democratic nominating officials.
But even if he wins that, he will need the support of Democratic grandees called superdelegates to win his party's nomination.
Obama has, however, refused to join the growing calls for Hillary to quit the presidential race.
He said it is important for the Democrats to win the polls in a way that brings the party together.
AP reports:
Obama on Thursday said that Republican John McCain was "losing his bearings" for repeatedly suggesting the Islamic terrorist group Hamas preferred Obama for president.
That brought an angry response from McCain's campaign, which accused Obama of trying to make an issue of McCain's age.
Age is a touchy subject for McCain, who turns 72 in August and would be the oldest person to be sworn in as president if elected.
The two senators have focused more intently on one another in recent weeks as Obama has moved closer to becoming the Democratic nominee.
Thursday's back and forth between Obama and surrogates for both candidates foreshadowed a likely argument for the fall campaign.
The sparring also comes the same week as Obama's decisive victory in North Carolina's primary, which brought renewed calls for Hillary Clinton to get out of the race and clear a path for him to claim the Democratic nomination and focus on McCain.
At the root of the dispute is McCain's decision to call attention to a Hamas adviser's apparent affinity for Obama. The adviser, Ahmed Yousef, said in a recent interview: "We like Obama and hope that he will win the election."
McCain used those comments in a fundraising appeal and has cited them in interviews.
Asked about the matter Wednesday during a taping of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," McCain said: "It's indicative of how some of our enemies view America. And I guarantee you, they're not going to endorse me."
In an interview on Thursday with CNN, Obama accused McCain of trying to smear him by repeating the comments.
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No sensible American will give a THIRD TERM for the Republicans, dismayed as they're all with the present messy-bushy regime.
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