Obama Says General Election Will Begin Next Week

By Paddy


Fingers crossed.

In a discussion with reporters on a plane to Chicago, Sen. Barack Obama said he would be the Democratic Party presidential nominee on Tuesday and that the general election would finally begin.

Said Obama: "After Tuesday we will. I think Saturday will be important, put the Michigan, Florida issue behind us. We've got three contests in succession. And at that point, all the information will be in. There will be no more questions answered. I suspect that you know whatever remaining superdelegates will make their decisions pretty quickly after that."

Meanwhile, the San Francisco Chronicle reports House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "says she will step in if necessary to make sure the presidential nomination fight between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama does not reach the Democratic National Convention."