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Obama going strong in Montana
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/dems.montana/index.html
CNN - Obama: I will be the Democratic nominee
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/election.democrats/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/dems.montana/index.html
Bravo, Obama!(CNN) -- In a reminder that he can outperform rival Sen. Hillary Clinton in some states largely made up of white voters, Sen. Barack Obama appeared on track for a strong showing in Montana on Tuesday.
In exit polling of 1,247 voters, Obama appeared to be the choice of white voters who made up the overwhelming majority of respondents. Whites made up 91 percent in the polling, and those voters said they favored Obama 55 percent to 38 percent.
The performance, on a night he declared victory in the Democratic nomination campaign, will be the type that Obama's campaign points to in the fall. Obama has said he will abandon a Democratic strategy of targeting selected states and attempt a nationwide campaign that includes states thought to be reliably Republican.
CNN - Obama: I will be the Democratic nominee
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/election.democrats/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In what he called a "defining moment for our nation," Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday became the first African-American to head the ticket of a major political party.
Obama's steady stream of superdelegate endorsements, combined with the delegates he received from Tuesday's primaries, put him past the 2,118 threshold, CNN projects.
"Tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another -- a journey that will bring a new and better day to America," he said.
"Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States."
Obama's rally was at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota -- the same arena which will house the 2008 Republican National Convention in September.
Speaking in New York, Sen. Hillary Clinton, congratulated Obama for his campaign, but she did not concede the race nor discuss the possibility of running as vice president.
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