Good Move: Obama Says He Is "Not Yet" The Presumptive Nominee but plans on it.....

Obama Says He Is "Not Yet" The Presumptive Nominee

In interviews with NBC and CNN Thursday, Sen. Barack Obama discussed many issues, including whether or not he is the "presumptive nominee." On NBC Nightly News, Obama said, "Not yet. I will be if Sen. Clinton decides not to go on or if we complete these six contests and we are ahead as we are now. But nothing is certain. I don't want to take it for granted." Asked, "Have you had any discussions about declaring that victory on the 20th after Kentucky and Oregon are decided?" Obama said, "That will be an important day. If, at that point, we have the majority of pledged delegates, which is possible, then I think we can make a pretty strong claim that we've got the most runs and it's the ninth inning and we've won." On CNN's The Situation Room, Obama said, "We've got six more contests left. And then we've got a lot of work to do to bring the party together, but obviously, we felt very good about our win in North Carolina on Tuesday." With Mother's Day coming up, both interviews also dealt with Obama's relationship with his mother, who died of cancer in 1995


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