Saturday, February 09, 2008
Obama Saturday Sweep
The first day of voting after Super Tuesday and maybe Obama is gaining momentum. I discussed with a friend from California Monday evening and she though that Obama would have a hard time winning California due the Hillary probably taking most of the absent vote. But hopefully Obama would cut into her lead as he seems to be doing and keep gaining momentum. I was concerned about the way the press reports it like a sports score just noting the states won and if Hillary won more states people wouldn’t realize that it is still close since everything is proportional.
Well I didn’t have to worry about the press since the result was 13 states to Obama, 8 to Hillary, and 1 a virtual tie. And it looks like the momentum is building as he won all 4 states and territories today by big margins. I’m not too surprised by Louisiana and Nebraska since he should do well in the south and mid-west. But Washington! A state in the far north-west and he wins 68% to 31%. A big win in a big population state.
(Edited Sunday to add: Make that a clean sweep for the weekend. A big win in Maine and now the Hillary camp as news that she has replaced her campaign manager. Next up Tuesday is three contests in the south that Obama can win easily. KEEP IT UP!)
Well I didn’t have to worry about the press since the result was 13 states to Obama, 8 to Hillary, and 1 a virtual tie. And it looks like the momentum is building as he won all 4 states and territories today by big margins. I’m not too surprised by Louisiana and Nebraska since he should do well in the south and mid-west. But Washington! A state in the far north-west and he wins 68% to 31%. A big win in a big population state.
(Edited Sunday to add: Make that a clean sweep for the weekend. A big win in Maine and now the Hillary camp as news that she has replaced her campaign manager. Next up Tuesday is three contests in the south that Obama can win easily. KEEP IT UP!)
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# posted by ChrisR @ 10:00 PM 
