All Blog Posts from From The Road

From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

Washington- Thousands of Hillary Clinton supporters braved the 90 degree temperature to make their way into the auditorium where Clinton will officially suspend her 17 month bid for the White House.

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From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

WASHINGTON -- Several large trucks carrying everything from tables, chairs, flowers, food, even patio umbrellas have begun showing up at Hillary Clinton's Washington, D.C., home where a big party is scheduled for her staff.

Clinton remains inside gearing up for the fete, which was announced a few days ago to staffers. Clinton's traveling chief-of-staff arrived a few minutes ago, along with Clinton's personal makeup artist and hairstylist.

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From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

WASHINGTON -- The decision for Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race this weekend surprised many, according to a conversation with a senior Hillary Clinton staffer, as it came only hours after she made a visit to her campaign headquarters.

The staffer, who spoke under the condition of anonymity to CBS News, said that Clinton’s decision to drop out was “a multi-stage process.”

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WASHINGTON -- Just one day after Barack Obama clinched the Democratic Party’s nomination, there has been no move by Hillary Clinton to bow out of the race, but at a conference today Clinton did drop hints that Obama will be the next president.

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From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

NEW YORK -- Barack Obama may be on the verge of clinching the party’s nomination, but the big story remains at camp Hillary Clinton, where hundreds of press have gathered to cover the potential downfall of the once-viewed inevitable nominee of the Democratic Party.

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From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- After 18 months of campaigning across the country, Hillary Clinton ended her final campaign event of the primary season with a speech very much the same way she did when it all started, with a promise that she would be a president who would wake up every day in the White House and remember the stories of those Americans who need a president to fight for them.

Sadly for Clinton and her supporters, given the current delegate lead her opponent has over her, the likelihood of waking up at her house on Whitehaven Street in Washington, D.C. is more likely than waking up at the White House.

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From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

YANKTON, S.D. -- Hillary Clinton, joined by daughter Chelsea, had a tough afternoon at a campaign stop in the eastern part of South Dakota today, starting by getting the name of the mayor of Yankton wrong. Clinton incorrectly thanked Curt Bernard instead of Mayor Dan Specht, with the mere mention of the former's name drawing jeers and some boos from the crowd.

“I also want to acknowledge your mayor, Mayor Curt Bernard, where is the mayor?” Clinton asked but realizing something was wrong when the crowd began to jeer and boo. Clinton leaned down to hear what a supporter was yelling to her.

“Oh! Dan Specht? Right? I got the wrong list, I don’t know who the other gentleman is, but I hope I haven’t offended him.”

The other gentleman, Bernard, was the former mayor who was ousted from office 6 months ago for questionable practices while in office.

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From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- A Hillary Clinton spokesman told reporters on a flight over South Dakota that Clinton has no plans of dropping out of the race at her election night celebration in New York City tomorrow night.

“She is in this race until we have a nominee, she still believes there is a path for her to become that nominee,” said spokesman Mo Elleithee. “I think it's pretty clear that she is not conceding.” When asked "Will you deny that she is dropping out tomorrow night?" Elleithee responded, "Yes."

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From CBS News’ Fernando Suarez:


RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Hillary Clinton told supporters that not only does she now lead her opponent in the popular vote, she is the strongest candidate to take on John McCain in the fall, leading her to the conclusion, “I am the person who should get the support for the nomination of our party.”

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From CBS News’ Fernando Suarez:


GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. -- During a campaign stop in Milbank, South Dakota, former President Bill Clinton told a crowd that "this may be the last day I'm ever involved in a campaign of this kind" according to NBC News. "I thought I was out of politics, 'til Hillary decided to run," Clinton said. "But it has been one of the greatest honors of my life to go around and campaign for her for president."

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