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Hillary Clinton: “Look, if we had the rules the Republicans have, I would already be the nominee.”

On the recordMay 6, 2008
Look, if we had the rules the Republicans have, I would already be the nominee.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton argues that the Democratic nomination process is more complex than the Republican one.

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