John McCain Wins the Nomination
It’s official! 
WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, an extraordinary comeback for a candidate whose White House hopes were dashed eight years ago and whose second bid was left for dead eight months ago.
“The most important race begins,” he said in an Associated Press interview.
According to the AP count, the four-term Arizona senator surpassed the requisite 1,191 GOP delegates as voters in Ohio, Vermont, Rhode Island and Texas put him over the threshold. The triumph came one month after his Super Tuesday coast-to-coast victories gave him an insurmountable lead in the delegate hunt and forced his chief rival, Mitt Romney, to drop out of the race.
“It’s a very humbling thing,” McCain said of finally clinching the nomination.
Thank you Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island!
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March 5th, 2008 at 5:03 am
I thought his speech was fantastic!
I can’t quote it exactly but he said he owes everything he is to America and that we don’t hide from history, we make history. It was very inspiring!
March 5th, 2008 at 8:36 am
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