By Jeff Zeleny
HAMMOND, Ind. – To answer questions that have been swirling around her candidacy all day, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived here in northwest Indiana – just a few miles from her Democratic rival’s home on Chicago’s South Side – to unequivocally say she has no intention of leaving the presidential race.
“There are millions of reasons to continue this race: people in Pennsylvania and Indiana and North Carolina and all of the contests yet to come,” Mrs. Clinton said. “This is a very close race and clearly I believe strongly that everyone should have their voices heard and their votes counted and that includes Michigan and Florida.”
Then, she added: “There is a lot still to be done and I’m looking forward to campaigning hard over the next several months.”
The late-afternoon press conference came hours after Senator Patrick Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, said Mrs. Clinton “has every right, but not a very good reason, to remain a candidate for as long as she wants to.” Other party leaders on Friday fretted aloud that the nominating fight between Senator Barack Obama and Mrs. Clinton would damage the party.
Mrs. Clinton brushed aside those concerns, saying she disagrees.
“I think I believe that a spirited contest is good for the Democratic Party and will strengthen our eventual nominee,” she said. “We will have a united party behind whomever that nominee is. I certainly will do everything I can to make sure that we win in November.”
Poor pathetic Hillary. She is getting no love from her own dysfunctional party.
Earth to Hillary: the people telling you to quit the race are liberal Democrats. Forget the "vast right wing conspiracy." There is a vast left wing conspiracy to derail your lifelong evil plan to take over America.
There is one thing everyone can agree on. Hillary has reached bipartisan status: both conservatives and a growing number of liberals hate her guts and want her to go away. Now!
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