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With a "serene and mysterious smile on his face," Senate Majority

Leader Harry Reid predicted the Democratic primary would be resolved

before the party gathers for its national convention in Denver this

August.

The Las Vegas Review Journal had the following exchange with the

Nevada Democrat last week and printed a transcript Monday:

Question: Do you still think the Democratic race can be resolved

before the convention?

Reid: Easy.

Q: How is that?

Reid: It will be done.

Q: It just will?

Reid: Yep.

Q: Magically?

Reid: No, it will be done. I had a conversation with Governor Dean

(Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean) today. Things are

being done.

Reid wouldn't say anything more, according to the paper, but a

Democratic source tells RAW STORY not to read "anything sinister" into

the senator's comments. Rather, he was simply reflecting a "general

sense" within the party that the contest between Hillary Clinton and

Barack Obama will be resolved one way or another once the primaries

are over.

Clinton adviser Harold Ickes said he was unaware what Reid was

referring to during the exchange. Although it is nearly impossible for

Clinton to overtake Obama's lead among pledged delegates, her campaign

hopes a win in next month's Pennsylvania primary could lead to

victories in North Carolina, Indiana and other states that still have

not voted. "The Obama campaign is trying to persuade everyone that

this race is over. ... I hope they don't get their hands on the

federal budget because they certainly can't count," Ickes said during

a conference call Tuesday.

Ickes said the remark was "tongue in cheek," and he noted that

whatever the results in upcoming contests, neither candidate will be

able to win without super delegates putting them over the top.

Clinton's campaign hopes to raise enough doubts about Obama's

electability to convince the super delegates -- elected officials and

other party leaders -- to deliver the nomination to the former first

lady.

"The math argument fascinates me because it's been completely turned

on its head and it has no validity," he said.

Clinton also implied she might try to poach delegates already pledged

to Obama, telling the Philadelphia Daily News that "pledged delegates

in most states are not pledged ... there is no requirement that

anybody vote for anybody. They're just like superdelegates."

The Clinton campaign tried to play down that exchange after Obama

supporters cried foul. Spokesman Phil Singer said she was simply

repeating DNC rules on delegates and warned against "reading anything

into" her remarks.

"Simply stating a fact, I don't think is cause for hysteria," he said.

How did you come up with such a wild subject header? There's no mention of

Al Gore in the entire article.