Clinton Chosen as Nominee in Country's Most Accurate Mock Convention
Associated Press
Saturday, January 26, 2008
LEXINGTON, Va. -- After gathering information from polls, blogs and interviews with experts, students at Washington and Lee are giving the nod to Hillary Rodham Clinton in the country's most accurate mock convention.
The Virginia liberal arts school's contest has proven correct all but five times in the last 100 years. The school has only missed the mark once since 1948.
Clinton won more than 2,100 fake delegates, 92 more than she needed to secure the nomination thanks to her home state, New York. Rival Barack Obama won over about 1,600 delegates while John Edwards trailed with 288.
Former President Clinton called to thank the students for their support and encouraged them to stay in politics.
The choice for vice president was former Congressman Harold Ford Junior of Tennessee.
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