The Morning Roundup

Fox News's "Fox and Friends"

Debbie Dingell, on Michigan delegates being seated: "With all due respect to President Carter, he's wrong. He's one of the people that's made Iowa, a small state that does not reflect the diversity of this country, and given it too much importance. And quite frankly, it's he and Iowa and New Hampshire that Michigan is challenging. That's what this fight has been about. This primary season is what every primary season should be about. ... Michigan and Florida need to be seated, the candidate in November is running in 50 states, and we need to get this resolved."

Larry Sabato, on when Clinton could drop out: "You want to go out a winner. So look at the schedule that's left, we've got six primaries left. She's guaranteed to win three, and she's going to win them big: West Virginia, Kentucky and Puerto Rico. ... On May 20 you have both Kentucky and Oregon. She's going to lose Oregon, she's going to win Kentucky. If I had to pick a night, it would be that night, or the next day."

MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

Tucker Carlson, on Joe Scarborough saying the media is "loving" Obama: "It's more than love. It's the kind of love that anybody who's been a 9th grade boy understands this species of love. Do you know what I mean? It's red in the face. I think about you when I go to bed. Too embarrassed to stand up. It's sealed-with-a-kiss love."

Howard Wolfson, on yesterday and today: "Look, we've had worse days. Senator Clinton has had worse days. And if tough newspaper headlines made her give up, she would've given up a long time ago. We've been counted out so many times by the pundits that I can't even count. We're going to go to West Virginia. That's what we're going to do."

ABC's "Good Morning America"

Wolfson on why Clinton does not drop out of the race: "We've got a lot of fight left in us...we take the campaign into West Virginia, I think we can narrow the gap." Wolfson continued to press the importance of Michigan and Florida, "I think the impact of not having two and a half million people to not have their voices heard at our convention would be significant."

"Senator Obama has consistently had a very hard time winning the key swing states...Clinton is running ahead of Obama against John McCain in those key swing states", which he said is weighing heavily on super delegates.

Watch video of Wolfson here.

George Stephanopoulos appeared after Wolfson to analyze his remarks: "Howard's making the best case for Clinton. On Michigan and Florida, the problem is that the Dem National Committee simply does not agree, without Florida and Michigan there's no realistic path to the nomination."

"Another significant problem is money, campaign debt is far higher than 10 million dollars, could be even double that...It's pretty clear there are more super delegates out there who support Obama than Clinton." On Clinton's chances of being tapped as Obama's running mate: "I think Sen. Clinton would like to accept."

NBC's "TODAY"
Cindy McCain: "What you're going to see is a great debate...none of this negative stuff will come out of our side...my opponent is opposed to any negative campaigning at all." She talked about wanting to bring the troops home, as her son was there, but defended the cause and reasons for continuing to fight. Saying she will not ever release her tax returns, she said, "My husband and I have been married for 28 years, this is a private issue...I'm not a candidate."


CBS's "EARLY SHOW"
Terry McAuliffe on Clinton staying in the race: "She's in this campaign and God Bless her for doing it. I think her supporters like it that she's supporting her own campaign. This is about winning this Nov. 4, she can bring people back to the Democratic party."

(Greg Bobrinskoy contributed to the Morning Roundup)

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