Hillary Clinton swept past front-runner Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, giving a fresh lease of life to her crumbling White House hopes yet again, and declared that the "tide was turning" in the increasingly bitter, roller-coaster Democratic race.
"Some people counted me out and said I should drop out," said the 61-year-old New York Senator who won 55 per cent of votes against Obama's 45 per cent in the state with 158 delegates up for grabs.
"But the American people don't quit and they deserve a president who doesn't quit either... Because of you the tide is turning," Clinton, flanked by her husband and former president Bill and their daughter Chelsea, told cheering supporters here who chanted "Yes, She Can" and waved placards that read "Smart Choice."
Clinton, who is bidding to be the first woman president, received the strong backing of women, older Americans and blue collar workers who have lost their jobs to outsourcing and overcame a massive advertisement blitz by Obama, 47, who outspent her cash-strapped campaign by 2 to 1.
With an impressive margin of 10 per cent, which political pundits had said was necessary for her to keep her bid alive, she has sent a message to the super delegates elected officials and party functionaries, who may have the final say in deciding the nomination, that she has the capacity to win the big states.
Text: PTI
Image: Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton celebrates her win in the Pennsylvania primary with her mother Dorothy Rodman and daughter Chelsea.
Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images
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