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Confident Obama Looks Beyond Primaries

He predicts party will reunite for the general election

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted May 6, 2008 9:16 PM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama tonight portrayed himself as the likely Democratic candidate and predicted the party will reunite once the primaries end, CNN reports. Analysts saw the speech as a direct appeal to superdelegates, a kickoff to the general election. After his resounding victory in North Carolina,... Read full story »

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