by Rick Pearson
CASPER, Wyo.—Hillary Clinton bade farewell to Wyoming on Friday night, making a late plea for supporters to attend Saturday caucuses, with the realization that she hasn’t done well in caucus states and isn’t expected to this time around.
So far, of states that have held caucuses over primary elections, Clinton has won only one–Nevada.
“Some people say this is an uphill climb,” she said of the caucusing that will determine how the state’s dozen national convention nominating delegates will be apportioned. But, she said. “I’ve never been a quitter and I never give up and I intend to keep going.”
Keep going, indeed. With a plane flight returning from Wyoming to Washington in the early hours of the morning Saturday, Clinton is expected to take the weekend off before kicking off the long campaign for Pennsylvania on April 22, with visits on Monday and Tuesday.
Also on Tuesday, Mississippi holds its Democratic primary, but again, expectations are that Barack Obama will win the state handily.
But with all of that ahead, Clinton still made a request of the crowd at small college in Casper. “Think about where you want our country to be headed. Think about the tough decisions that lie ahead. And go out tomorrow and caucus