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Pelosi Says The Dem Primary Is Over, Declares Obama The "Nominee"
Nancy Pelosi has just said that the Democratic Primary is over, declaring Barack Obama the "nominee."
Pelosi's office just sent me some audio of some remarks she made to reporters from the cable networks that haven't aired yet. "Now we have a nominee," Pelosi said, "and that's pretty exciting."
Here's her full quote:
It's pretty exciting, a great expansion of participation from young people, from women, from minorities, people in minority communities. And now we have a nominee, and that's pretty exciting. The campaign of Sen. Clinton is one that will go down in the history books as a great one for our country, breaking what I call the marble ceiling, what they call the glass ceiling. Glass is easy compared to the ceiling that she broke. And I couldn't be prouder of her eloquence, her knowledge, her judgment, the stamina that it took to have this campaign. And so I salute her and all of her supporters.
As clear as can be -- Pelosi crowned Obama the nominee, and talked about Hillary's candidacy as being "history." More party leaders are likely to follow suit today.
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