Clinton Insider: It'll Be Over By June

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While the Clinton camp continues to ignore calls from bigwig Dems to drop out for the good of the party, her campaign chairman says don't worry about a fight going all the way to the August convention. On the "Today" show, Terry McAuliffe promised that, no matter what, Hillary will only hang on for another month or so.

"It'll be over early June," McAuliffe said. "We've all said we'll be together at the end. If Hillary doesn't win, Hillary, (former) President (Bill) Clinton, myself, we'll be over there helping Senator Obama. And, likewise, Senator Obama will come together to help Hillary if she's the nominee."

McAuliffe said Hillary wants to make a point by staying in the race through the remaining primaries. He predicted she will win West Virginia next Tuesday, not that it'll make much of a difference for her. The remaining contests are Kentucky and Oregon on May 20, Puerto Rico on June 1 and Montana and South Dakota on June 3.

Filed Under: Hillary Clinton, Democrats, Barack Obama, Primaries, 2008 President

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