Clinton May Be Leading Towards Vice President Post

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - As the Democratic presidential nomination race between Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton draws near to its end, Clinton appears to have lost her edge.

Even former President Bill Clinton indicated that his family and Hillary's supporters would firmly support the Democratic party's nominee.

Speculations are already emerging that New York Sen. Clinton is preparing to abandon her campaign, automatically allowing Illinois Sen. Barack Obama to declare the victory.

Obama reportedly leads by more than 200,000 popular votes with more than $40 million in the bank, while Clinton is already in debt with more than $15 million.

"He [Obama] leads in every important metric in this race right now," former President Bill Clinton's press svengali George Stephanopoulos said on Good Morning America.

"He is consolidating this victory, moving toward unifying the party, and really not looking back."

Clinton has been striving hard and had hoped to be the first female president but toward the end of the campaign she even lags behind with 1,690 pledged delegates against Obama's 1,852.

During their campaign, Obama also bagged more super-delegate endorsements.

The reports speculated that Clinton has perhaps given up the idea of continuing the campaign race as she mentioned building a much broader base for the party.

"I want you to know how grateful I am for your support and how much you have sustained me throughout this campaign. It has been a joy," Senator Clinton was quoted saying by The Australian newspaper.

"We will have a unified Democratic Party and we will stand together and we will defeat John McCain in November and we will go on to the White House."

Meanwhile, Obama is reportedly planning to announce his victory on May 20, when Bible-belt state Kentucky (which is considered as Clinton's territory) and latte-sipping Oregon (which is leaning toward Obama) go to the polls.

"We can make a pretty strong claim that we've got the most runs, it's the ninth inning and we've won," Obama said, using a baseball metaphor, according to Times Online.