Clinton's Argument Now

The Clinton campaign held a conference call with reporters this morning and made clear what their argument will be moving forward in their quest for votes and undecided superdelegates.

Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson said the campaign would continue to make the case that Clinton has a better chance than Obama of defeating McCain in November, evidenced, he said, by her strong support among potential swing voters and states -- specifically blue collar voters in states like Ohio and Pennsylvania. Wolfson said that Clinton will be meeting with undecided superdelegates today in Washington.

Wolfson also said the campaign will continue to push for the seating of delegates from Michigan and Florida, that as of now, will not be allowed to vote at the Democratic Convention in August.

On Clinton's close win in Indiana, chief strategist Geoff Garin called it a "great accomplishment" due to the influence of the Chicago media market, and said it "was an outcome about which we feel really good." Garin said the campaign's internal polling as recently as two weeks ago had Clinton behind by 8 points.

"These were two states we were supposed to lose, and we won one of them," Wolfson said, noting the Obama campaign's leaked strategy memo that showed they felt Indiana was a state they should win.

"It was the first time really in this race," Garin said, "that Senator Clinton has come from behind to get a primary victory."



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