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Clinton gets some key SC endorsements
By Amy Wood
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Hillary Clinton, picked up some key endorsements in her quest to become the Democrat’s presidential nominee.
State Sens. Robert Ford and Darrell Jackson told The Associated Press they believe Clinton is the only Democrat who can win the presidency. Both said they had been courted by Illinois Sen. Barack Obama; Ford said Obama winning the primary would drag down the rest of the party.
“It’s a slim possibility for him to get the nomination, but then everybody else is doomed,” Ford said. “Every Democrat running on that ticket next year would lose—because he’s black and he’s top of the ticket. We’d lose the House and the Senate and the governors and everything.”
“I’m a gambling man. I love Obama,” Ford said. “But I’m not going to kill myself.”
Ford said he was swayed by calls from former President Clinton and Hillary Clinton. The Charleston lawmaker said she has solid support in his district, one of the key regions in the state with a major black Democratic voting population.
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COMMENTS
I’ll probably vote for Hillary Clinton. She was a good president the first time.