Obama: Clinton welcome to stay in race

Mar 29, 2008 - By Matt Bigg 1 hour, 38 minutes ago JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania (Reuters) Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Saturday said Hillary Clinton can stay in the nominating race as long as she wants and expressed confidence that Democrats will coalesce around the winner despite the often bitter contest. "My attitude is that Senator Clinton can run as long as she wants. Her name is on the ballot and she is a fierce and formidable competitor," said Obama, adding that the notion that Democrats have been split by the prolonged nominating contest "is somewhat overstated." - 3 Comments