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Clinton invites Pacquiao to Democratic Party Convention

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SECRETARY Hillary Clinton, the leading candidate in the race for the Democratic Party nomination to the US presidential elections in November, has invited eight-division world champion and Philippine congressman Manny Pacquiao to attend the Democratic Party National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from July 25 to 28 and to possibly join in proclaiming her should she be the Democrats’ choice.

Clinton is obviously banking on Pacquiao’s influence over Filipino-Americans living in the US, as well as Americans, who admire him for his achievements in the ring.

In the last congressional elections in the US, Pacquiao attended a big rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he endorsed US Senate majority leader Harry Reid, who eventually won a close contest, which was credited partly to Pacquiao’s influence by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, a close friend of Senator Reid.

The report, which The Standard/boxingmirror.com received last week about the Clinton invitation, was confirmed by Pacquiao’s business manager Eric Pineda, who watched the PBA semifinal Game 3 between Alaska and GlobalPort, along with Mahindra’s import for the next conference.

Pacquiao, who faces Timothy Bradley for a third time on April 9 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, is himself seeking a Senate seat in the Philippine presidential elections in May.

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Pacquiao, who is the lone representative from the province of Sarangani in the Philippine House of Representatives, is scheduled to leave for Los Angeles to attend the first of two press conferences officially launching the trilogy with Bradley, after which he will fly to New York for the second and final media affair.

He will return to Manila to begin training in his hometown of General Santos City and will eventually return to the Wild Card Gym for the final three weeks of training.

Pineda said he was not sure whether Pacquiao will join Democratic Party leaders in proclaiming Ms. Clinton, should she win the nomination.

Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank is a card-carrying democrat and at one time was a member of the administration of President John F. Kennedy.

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