Transcends Clinton by congratulating her for her victory in Ohio and Rhode Island. But counters with that what we know know is that we will still have the same delegate lead tomorrow as we did today (paraphrase)-->Narrative- its the delegates that matter and we will win or tie with delegates tonight.
After this, it is his usual victory/ stump speech.
Interesting: he states that "in the weeks to come, we will begin a great debate about the future of the country with a man who has served it greatly and loves it dearly." Like Clinton, he is turning attention to the general election and he is connecting McCain to Bush and Bush's policies (though I do not think he can use the pun John W. McCain as Clinton could.)
Senator Obama also connected Senator Clinton with McCain as both reject changing the status quo, both reject the language of change as "just words," and the desire of the people for change. This is new as it recognizes Clinton is still a threat so he should not get ahead of himself and he diminishes Clinton by connecting her to McCain, making him the authentic Democratic.
Overall it is a little flat. Of course, it is a concession speech. Clinton may take the popular vote in Texas, but she will not win the delegate count in the primary or the caucus.It is hard to get a red on this: Senator Clinton is up by 60,000 votes but the Senator Obama strongholds are very slow to report-- some have 15% in as of now. I think Clinton will win though.
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