Obama Vs Hillary 2008

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Obama vs hillary 2008. The candidates sparred through the june 3 primaries despite obama securing enough delegates to win the nomination earlier in the race. Clinton expected to raise 35 million in february 2008 a figure rival sen. Rebounding from weak fundraising in january 2008 sen. Hillary clinton faces an african american opponent barack obama in her bid for the 2008 democratic nomination.

Hillary 4 55 democratic hopeful barack obama highlights the differences between him and campaign rival hillary clinton. She garnered 48 04 of the vote and the eventual 44th president of the united states received only 47 31 of the vote. Clinton surrogate and former senator bob kerrey took some heat during the 2008 campaign for calling obama by his full name and following that up with suggestions that he is muslim. Kerrey s comments led to hardball s chris matthews inadvertently admitting that hillary had started the rumors that obama was born in indonesia.

Obama won early votes in iowa nevada and south carolina while clinton secured primary wins in florida and michigan. In 2008 when hillary clinton ran against a political newcomer by the name of barack obama for the democrat primary nomination hillary won the popular vote with 17 8 million votes compared to obama s 17 5 million votes. The former first lady came to the race as the front runner in the polls but that s. Barack obama s campaign said it would surpass.

On march 6 2008 it was revealed that senator obama raised a record 55 million in february what the associated press reported as the largest amount of funds raised in one month in the history of presidential primaries. In july 2016 an image featuring quotes attributed to barack obama uttered in 2008 about his then political opponent hillary clinton was circulated on social media just as clinton was claiming the. Senator hillary clinton were the leading candidates for the democratic nomination.