Obama Makes History, but No Time to Bask in Victory

Clinton mulls future as question of vice presidency swirls around Democrats.

ByABC News via logo
June 4, 2008, 8:42 AM

June 4, 2008 — -- Sen. Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination and his place in the history books last night by becoming the first African-American to win a major party's bid for the White House.

The Illinois senator wrapped up the grueling battle for the Democratic Party's nomination before the votes were even counted Tuesday in the last two Democratic primaries in Montana and South Dakota.