"This whole notion that somehow because there are some voters, whether it is older voters or blue-collar voters who prefer Senator Clinton over me that that means I can't get their vote, that just isn't borne out by the polling and it is not borne out by the history of the people's voting patterns," Obama said. "The party is going to come together after the nomination is settled."
Obama and his strategists advised the press corps and party leaders to check the results of the Pennsylvania vote against Clinton's stated goal of winning either the pledged delegate count or the popular vote total by the end of the primary season.
"At the end of the night, you should be able to measure, given how many contests are left, whether they can make up that ground," Obama said.
