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Obama Aide: We're Moving On to General Election States  

Posted May 7, 08 9:58 AM CDT in Politics    Most Covered

(newser) – On the flight home from his North Carolina victory last night, Barack Obama’s top adviser signaled that the next phase of the race has begun: “I don’t think we are going to spend our time solely in primary states.” Confirming a reporter’s interpretation that the candidate would be moving on to general-election territory, he added, “We are not going to take anything for granted. But we are also going to spend time addressing broader issues.”

Meanwhile, George Stephanopolous says he has word that “more superdelegates will come out today for Barack Obama," Time adds. The former Bill Clinton aide predicted: “They will come three, four, five at a time, and this nomination will be locked up.”

Sources Politico, Time

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Obama Aide: We're Moving On to General Election States
A photograph of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is on the cover of the New York Post at a newsstand on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Obama Aide: We're Moving On to General Election States
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Obama Aide: We're Moving On to General Election States
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and his wife Michelle.   (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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