Hillary will be in front of the electoral battle, says Obama

Senator Barack Obama said was honoured with the support offered by former rival Hillary Clinton and said the senator will be in front of the electoral battle that the Democratic Party brake to reach the presidency of the United States.

Hillary formally announced its support for Obama at an event held this Saturday in Washington.

Obama said that''no one knows better than Senator Clinton that the United States desperately need for change and I know that it will continue at the forefront of this battle this autumn (season to be held in the general election) and the coming years'', he said.

The senator said was''excited and honored to have the support of Senator Clinton''.


Without limits

He added that the rival, with whom he maintained a dispute over 16 months,''broke barriers in the name of my daughters and women in all parties, we now know that there are no limits to their dreams''.

The fact that it was the woman who was closest to seek the presidential statement was also remembered by Hillary in the speech made it this Saturday.

She said''have come close to breaking the glass roof''- the barrier - but added that even though it has not been able to break that mark,''his candidacy caused 18 million of cracks in the roof of glass'', in reference to the number of votes it received, according to their counts.

The figure for Hillary excludes votes recorded in the popular assemblies known as cáucus and includes the votes of Florida and Michigan. Candidates Democrats did not campaign in two states, and in Michigan only Hillary had your name on the ballot paper.

The two states were punished by the central directory Democrat, because they advance the dates of their primary, defeating rules of the party.

Recently, the party decided to restore the representantividade of delegates in Florida and Michigan, but gave them only half the vote in the party's convention in August.

In a statement released here Saturday, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean, said:''We have just count on two of the brightest candidates to compete in primary candidates in recent decades. Now it is time to unite and finish the job''.