A day after her landslide victory over Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton said on NBCs Today Show that her decisive win showed she had the broad support needed to recapture the White House for Democrats in Novembers presidential election. SOUNDBITE: Senator Hillary Clinton, presidential candidate, saying (English): "More people have now voted for me than have voted for my opponent. In fact I now have more votes than anybodys ever had in a primary contest for a nomination and its also clear that we have nine more important contests to go." Despite Clintons more than 200,000 vote margin of victory, Obama still holds a narrow lead in popular votes and in the overall delegate count. But some analysts say his loss to Clinton by more than 40 points among Catholic Democratic voters, exposes a major weakness should he become the Democratic nominee. Tom Fiedler is a visiting fellow at Havards Kennedy School of Government. SOUNDBITE: Tom Fiedler, visiting fellow at Havards Kennedy School of Government, saying (English): (DECKER HARVARD) "I think theres no question that the Pennsylvania vote and particularly among Catholic and Jewish voters shows that Barack Obama has some ground to make up among important constituencies in the Democratic base." The Obama campaign focused on his having narrowed the gap from an early 20-point Clinton lead in opinion polls. Clintons win paid immediate dividends-- as her campaign said it took in $3 million in the hours following her victory.. Both Clinton and Obama will now focus their attention on North Carolina and Indiana. Both states will hold their own primaries in less than two weeks. Jon Decker, Reuters.
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