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Clintons show no surrender plan in final Kentucky rally

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By Ryan Allessi | Lexington Herald-Leader

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and her husband, the former president, stirred an electric capacity crowd at Transylvania University on the eve of Kentucky's long-awaited presidential primary, giving no sign that they plan to concede the Democratic race to Barrack Obama, even as Obama prepared to achieve a key milestone Tuesday — winning a majority of pledged delegates.

Obama needs just 14 more to pass that mark with 103 pledged delegates at stake in Oregon and Kentucky, which both vote Tuesday. But the Clintons were uncowed.

"Declaring mission accomplished does not make it so," Clinton’s communications director Howard Wolfson wrote in a memo. "The last thing we need is someone who gives up and quits as our next president," Hillary Clinton said. "This country is worth fighting for."

Clinton's campaign has long made the argument that a big margin of victory in Kentucky can slice into Obama's 600,000-vote lead or give Clinton the lead, depending on whether votes from Florida and Michigan count. In the meantime, Clinton supporters are banking on leaving Kentucky with a cushion of 100,000 to 250,000 more votes than Obama, depending on turnout.

Read the full story at Kentucky.com

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