Obama Downplays Expectations in Pennsylvania
From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:
PHILADELPHIA -- Barack Obama and his wife Michelle met with voters at a popular cheesesteak restaurant this afternoon as he continued to downplay expectations in today's primary. "Let me cut to the chase," Obama told a local radio host at Pat's King of Steaks. "A win is fifty plus one. So if Senator Clinton gets over 50%, she's won the state."
He explained that his campaign's overall strategy was to gain more delegates in the nominating process as opposed to winning large states. "That was a decision based on the notion that this was a delegate race,'' Obama said, noting that he leads Clinton, 1,413 delegates to 1,246.
"What I do believe is we're coming to the end of this process, and if you look we've won twice as many states. We've won the popular vote by a fairly substantial margin," Obama said. "We've got a very big lead in pledged delegates and we've competed in every state, win or lose." Clinton, however, leads in superdelegates.
As he was leaving, Obama, who is usually conscious of what he eats on the campaign trail, indulged in a Philly cheesesteak and French fries at the local stop. As photographers surrounded his table, Obama turned to his wife and asked, "Do I have Cheez Whiz in my teeth?"