BEAVERTON, Oregon (Reuters) - The battle for the Democratic nomination has been long and tiring. So much so that Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama seemed to forget how many states were in the United States.
“Over the last fifteen months, we’ve 
travelled to every corner of the United States,” the Illinois senator said during a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon.
“I’ve now been in 57 states, I think — one left to go,” Obama said. “Alaska and Hawaii I was not allowed to go to … my staff could not justify it,” he added after hearing laughter from the audience.
Obama apparently did not realize that he had said 57, instead of 47, states visited so far.
“It sure seems like there are 57 states,” a travel-weary campaign aide said after the event.
Obama has actually been to 46 U.S. states so far during the campaign. He has not visited South Dakota, Arkansas, Alaska or Hawaii, an aide said.
The Illinois senator and his rival, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, have criss-crossed the country as they vie for the Democratic presidential nomination. The winner will face Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain in November’s general election.
Photo credit: Reuters/Steve Dipaola (Obama speaks about economy in Beaverton, Oregon)
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Can’t imagine US citizens are willing to put their country in the most inexperience hands. 8 years of Bush, US is half way done, another 8 years of Obama, US will be fully finished.
That’s it. Don’t blame anyone about the economic, war or etc….it’s your own choice.
- Posted by No ObamaI’m sure he was just tired. I still support Hillary 100% and I cannot vote for Obama because he is not ready to hold the most important job in this country. He might be ready in 4 yrs, but not now. We still need to be nicer to each other and stop trashing Hillary and Obama.
- Posted by cindyI believe the poster Sandra Lewis would be aghast if the kind of hateful anti-male comments she made about Obama were made instead about Clinton. Your disdain for men in general notwithstanding, it appears that Obama is the likely democratic nominee so rather than decry the male gender as your basis for opposition, perhaps you and other Clinton supporters should - at a minimum - consider if they can support Obama should the trend be bourn out instead of further fracturing the party’s limited unity by devisive rhetoric that serves no gainful purpose. After all is the point to rid the country of Bush-like, “the truth is what we say it is” types or is to pointlessly continue the battle of the sexes?
- Posted by James DawkinsIF HILLARY DID THE “SLIP-UP”, IT WILL BE OVER THE TABLOIDS FOR DAYS. THE MEDIA, OBAMA SUPPORTERS, DEMS, OBAMA HIMSELF WILL DERIDE HER TO DISGRACE. THEY HAVE BEEN PUNCHING HER SINCE JANUARY.
- Posted by neil from new jerseyObama was making a joke. And not a bad one, I might add. It’s nice to hear a well thought out joke again. Compared to GWB, Obama is a breath of fresh air…..
- Posted by DannyI can”t wait to hear the the drumbboat of the Swift Beaters from June to November as they pound out the cadence of 20 years with the anti-white Wright, the money Obama collected for the Palestinians with Ayers and Khalidi, the committee on Afghnaistan that Obama never acted on and the Larry Sinclair story in the limo. The Democrats are always so determined to go down in the flames of idealistic fantasy. I really don”t understand why we have to go through this over and over and over.
- Posted by Roger ThomasYou guys should get a grip on life and move on…
The guy was joking…
He was born in the USA, He graduate from Harvard; he was in charge of Harvard law review; he was a constitutional Lawyer; he was teaching law in the university; he was a state senator for about 7 years; he has been in the US senate for about 3 years…..
Do you guys really thing a guy with such a history does not know the number of states that are in the US.
This is the basis for that joke…
There are 50 states in the US….
Six US territories.
1. Puerto Rico
2. Virgin Islands
3. American Samoa
4. Guam
5. Northern Mariana Islands
6. Minor Outlying Islands (Wake Island and Johnston Island)
And one US-Administered region:
1. Guantanamo Bay
If you do the maths, the US president is in charge of these 57 states, territories, regions
- Posted by Elbramlooks like the Hillaryis44 crowd are here already.
- Posted by SeabonFor those of you who are so quick to compare this to the “sniper fire” story, I’d just like to point out that Obama was among the first to defend Clinton at the time, and pleaded with the public that this is a long campaign where every second is being recorded, and that tired politicians can say silly things.
You’re seriously wasting time and effort thinking about this instead of national debt, Iraq war, etc.? What is wrong with you?
- Posted by ChrisYou Hillary supporters are just flat out crazy. I hope that the next time you misspeak at a meeting or while you are teaching school that you are immediately fired for your incompetence. The question is not whether a candidate always speaks perfectly. JFK called himself a jelly doughnut for goodness sake. What matters is judgment. When it was time to make a call to invade Iraq Hillary made the politically calculated call to give Bush the authority to go in. There is no gaff that Obama could make that will erase this. RCP reported yesterday that attacks on Iran seem all but inevitable at this point. This is possible because Hillary and her friends gave Bush the authority to go into Iraq. These short sighted politically expedient decisions are what matter, not an occasional slip of the tongue.
- Posted by DaswankoneUs New Yorkers are willing to send Hillary to West Virginia seeing they love her so much. She’d have to sell her MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR mansion though and move into a mountain side home. But really she’s just like them, Bill picked out that mansion she’d have rather lived the simple life. yea right!! She isn’t even close to knowing what the average American deals with. Heck she can throw away money in the 8 figure range at a campaign destined for doom. I’d have a hard time throwing away a 3 digit number away and she says she understand me???? You like then take her, she can be your town mayor because she’s ruined her career in the Senate.
- Posted by Terry in NYHillary will be happy to know that she will retain a first place at least in one contest in this primary. That is in Mis-speaking Contest. Nobody beats Hillary in that.
- Posted by Junebug“Hillary is the better candidate. Period.
And the DNC and all the other cries of her “dividing” and “damaging” this party is a joke! Obama is the problem. He is NOT qualified. And he cannot carry the votes.”
You say this, and yet he IS carrying the votes. Senator Clinton was touted as the guaranteed nominee, and her campaign has failed at every turn. So how can she possibly lay any claim to being the better candidate or better able to carry votes? The answer is very simple: she cannot.
- Posted by Obscure“Forget the “slip-up”; there is no excuse, he is/was a teacher. I think the real hurry to close Hillary down is he simply is exhausted — and there is no room for exhaustion when you want to be the President of the United States in this day and time.”
So, Hillary has no excuse for claiming she was targeted by snipers in Bosnia because it was late and she was tired, as former President Clinton claimed? Suits me fine.
- Posted by ObscureBEAVERTON, Oregon (Reuters) - The battle for the Democratic nomination has been long and tiring. So much so that news agency Reuters seemed to forget what real news are supposed to be.
Fixed the first paragraph for you.
- Posted by Santiagocore dem. obama is going to win the ticket. if you don’t want another 4 years of gw’ism, ala mccai, you need to stop bashing the dem and get behind him. hillary’s done.. move on to bigger and better.
- Posted by Aaronhe may be tired but at least he’s not out of money……like hillary
- Posted by AaronHillary is the better candidate. Period.
- Posted by Core DemocratAnd the DNC and all the other cries of her “dividing” and “damaging” this party is a joke! Obama is the problem. He is NOT qualified. And he cannot carry the votes. And Obama, Obama supporters, the DNC, Super Delegates and the Media ALL try and blame Hillary or anyone but Obama. The problem is Obama and his wife and their attachment to Wright for 20 YEARS and everything Wright stood for. And Obama has made very deragotory comments, as well as wrote them in his books! And his wife is right there with him. And he is a hypocrite. No, never Obama. And Hilary will not be his scape goat for lack of white voters. He did that all by himself. 20 YEARS WORTH! The Audacity of Obama.
Forget the “slip-up”; there is no excuse, he is/was a teacher. I think the real hurry to close Hillary down is he simply is exhausted — and there is no room for exhaustion when you want to be the President of the United States in this day and time. I think — just like his party constituents and campaign folks (academia U.S.A), he is tired of allowing a woman to think she could take the White House and she needs to stay in her place. Forget all of that fluff he comes up with about “liking” Hillary. I, for one, can see through it. That glass ceiling that we have supposedly pierced was actually a dream turned nightmare. Ironically, women are the dominant population in the United States. When are we going to make these “good old boys” accept us?? I am totally disgusted with the super delegates also. They are nothing but pawns looking to bow to nothing but pressure. Where is this country going? We need to let the super delegates “go”. I do not like the way they interfere with the popular vote. I see litigation regarding Michigan and Florida… and rightfully so.
- Posted by Sandra LewisGuam, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa all territories not states.
- Posted by dkny