Obama eyes general election while Clinton hangs on
Updated: 2008-05-19 09:16
Clinton indicated she was going to keep going. "It's not going to be easy and it doesn't happen by wishing and hoping for it," she said in Bowling Green. "It happens by rolling up our sleeves and getting to work."
 US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during a campaign visit in Loretto, Kentucky, May 17, 2008. [Agencies]
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"You don't tell some states that they can't vote and other states that have already had the opportunity that they're somehow more important," she said. "I don't believe that."
Even with five primaries to go and the issue of Florida and Michigan disputed delegates still to be decided, Democrats were starting to focus on preparing for the November election.
The Washington Post reported on Sunday that financial backers of both Obama and Clinton have begun private talks, including a dinner in Washington last week, to discuss the two campaigns working together after June 3.
Speculation continued over the vice presidential picks for both parties with former Democratic New York Gov. Mario Cuomo again advocating an Obama-Clinton ticket.
Former Republican Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, the last major challenger to McCain before he bowed out, had been mentioned as a possible McCain running mate. But last week he made an insensitive remark about aiming a gun at Obama.
Huckabee apologized but was asked on Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" whether he would help McCain if he was on the ticket.
"I don't know," Huckabee said. "He is the only one that can know that." But he added, "There is no one I would rather be on a ticket with than John McCain."
On ABC's "This Week" Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, who once sought the Democratic nomination, was asked about his vice presidential chances. Biden said he was not seeking the job, but "anybody that's asked by their nominee to be their running mate, you'd have to consider it."
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