Soaking in a win in West Virginia, Sen. Hillary Clinton stepped up her calls for her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, to resign, saying it would be the best thing for her candidacy.

“(Obama’s) resigning is the only chance this country has in electing me president,” Clinton said. “His delegate total is insurmountable. It’s time for him to do the honorable thing and step aside.”

Though Clinton trails in popular vote, total states won, total delegates and total superdelegates, she emphasized her past experience as a First Lady and said it “was only fair.”

Obama has more than a 150-delegate lead over Clinton with just five states and Puerto Rico left to vote. Obama aides were said to be considering Clinton’s comments after receiving a memo reporting that Clinton’s husband, Bill, was president before George W. Bush.

“I’ll be honest, we totally forgot her husband was Bill Clinton,” said an Obama aide, speaking on the condition of anyonymity. “She is the rightful heir to the crown-er, presidency. We’ll sit on this for awhile and get back to you.”

Categories: 2008 Elections
Tags: clinton, drop-outs, election, Obama