Obama Wins!

[AFBlue]

ing wow.

Kirk Watson of Texas is about to implode on national TV.

Chris Matthews just asked him to name some legislative accomplishments of Barack Obama and he could barely respond that he couldn't respond.

Texas' District 14 should be embarrassed.

Saw it too....

That was hilarious! Matthews was in top Hardball form.

And I think the point was well taken. Obama gave yet another rousing speech to 20K plus supporters in Houston, but where's the substance?

I know Hillary has failed miserably at playing the "all talk, no action" card and the "inexperience" card, but I actually think the same tactics might play in the general election.

It'll be interesting to see, because it looks like Obama is on his way.....

[Nbadan]

...Vermont..

According to Drudge

[J.T.]

I voted today. Called up my old man, he did too. A few of my friends from school/work went with me.

Sadly my conservo mom and stepdad are probably voting for Hilary as I type this. . .

[Nbadan]

It's official: 12-0...

Illinois senator continues his string of victories on the Democratic side; Arizona senator closer to cementing GOP nomination.

MSNBC

[mikejones99]

mathews is a ing re , hillary naked would be better than mathews and mccain

[Holt's Cat]

Odd that Vermont went for Obama, Massachusetts & New Hampshire went for Clinton, and Rhode Island is neck and neck.

[Nbadan]

...two more delegates...

Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama officially picked up two more delegates today in his bid for the White House. They were awarded to him after the Illinois Board of Elections recalculated the delegates assigned after the state's primary <...>

Clinton lost the delegates because she didn't receive the required 15 percent of the vote in two South Side congressional districts. The Clinton campaign did not immediately respond to our calls for comment.

[Nbadan]

Let's count the ways that Obama is winning:

1.) Pledged Delegates: (Using AP's numbers, with Obama's count in parenthesis)

Obama: 1,390 (1,411)
Clinton: 1,248 (1,250)


2.) Popular vote: I updated this post with results from Mississippi. I took out the Texas caucuses just to give this the best pro-Clinton spin possible, though I still think the caucuses are a separate contest and need to be accounted for. (Obama ended up winning Mississippi by over 100,000 votes.)

Obama: 13,614,204
Clinton: 12,801,153


3.) Primaries Won: There are 37 total primary contests. All Obama has to do is win three more and he notches the lead in these contests. He can do that easily with just three out of Montana, South Dakota, Oregon, Indiana, and North Carolina.

Obama: 16
Clinton: 12


4.) Caucuses Won

Obama: 14
Clinton: 3


5.) Overall contests Won: It's a 2-1 Obama advantage (includes territories and Democrats Abroad).

Obama: 30
Clinton: 15


6.) Red and Blue States Won (including DC, not including territories or Democrats Abroad):

Obama: 16 Red, 11 Blue
Clinton: 8 Red, 6 Blue


8.) Money Raised (through February)

Obama: $168 million
Clinton: $140 million

So that leaves the Clinton campaign with what, exactly? Big states! Big states! Big states! I addressed that one yesterday.

Team Clinton has nothing except schemes of coup by super delegate, which they apparently think they can do by insulting entire Democratic cons uencies and most of our nation's states.

But really, what else do they have? Their campaign is losing by every metric possible.

Kos

[boutons_]

Not only has Hillary irretrievably lost in pledged delegates, Hillary has seen Obama continue to reduce her lead in committed superdelegates.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=a0OkW8Ml8ljw

How bad will be the fury and slime from the scorned women?

[JoeChalupa]

But will the super delegates switch to Hillary now that Obama's campaign has hit a major stumbling block with the Pastor Wright controversy? You know the republicans are NOT going to let that go. I know the McCain campaign won't use it but the conservatives like Hannity and Rush and Joe Pags are not going to let it go away.
Look for Hillary to trounce Obama in PA. The tide could be turning. Obama is in Indiana right now. He may already be writing off PA and Hillary is really going to use the same argument that again and again.
That she can win the big states.

Come on Barack!!! You must fight back!!

[boutons_]

Obama needs to fight back, and he's picks up Edwards' 7 delegates in IA, tamping Hillary further down the tubes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/0...e_n_91719.html

[Mr. Peabody]

[B]Look for Hillary to trounce Obama in PA. The tide could be turning.

I agree the tide is turning....

[Bobby Kennedy] said, we’ve got a choice in taking the rage and bitterness and disappointment and letting it fester and dividing us further so that we no longer see each other as Americans but we see each other as separate and apart and at odds with each other. Or we can take a different path that says we have different stories, but we have common dreams and common hopes. And we can decide to walk down this road together. And remake America once again. And, you know, I think about those words often, especially in the last several weeks - because this campaign started on the basis that we are one America. As I said in my speech at the convention in 2004, there is no Black America, or White America, or Asian America, or Latino America. There is the United States of America. But I noticed over the last several weeks that the forces of division have started to raise their ugly heads again. And I’m not here to cast blame or point fingers because everybody, you know, senses that there’s been this shift. You know, that you’ve been seeing in the reporting. You’ve been seeing some of the commentaries of supporters on all sides. Most recently, you heard some statements from my former pastor that were incendiary and that I completely reject, although I knew him and know him as somebody in my church who talked to me about Jesus and family and friendships, but clearly had — but if all I knew was those statements that I saw on television, I would be shocked. And it just reminds me that we’ve got a tragic history when it comes to race in this country. We’ve got a lot of pent-up anger and bitterness and misunderstanding. But what I continue to believe in is that this country wants to move beyond these kinds of divisions. That this country wants something different.

I just want to say to everybody here that as somebody who was born into a diverse family, as somebody who has little pieces of America all in me, I will not allow us to lose this moment, where we cannot forget about our past and not ignore the very real forces of racial inequality and gender inequality and the other things that divide us. I don’t want us to forget them. We have to acknowledge them and lift them up and when people say things like my former pastor said, you know, you have to speak out forcefully against them. But what you also have to do is remember what Bobby Kennedy said. That it is within our power to join together to truly make a United States of America. And that we have to do not just so that our children live in a more peaceful country and a more peaceful world, but that is the only way that we are going to deliver on the big issues that we’re facing in this country. We can’t solve health care divided. We cannot create an economy that works for everybody divided. We can’t fight terrorism divided. We can’t care for our veterans divided. We have to come together. That’s what this campaign is about. That’s why you are here. That’s why we’re going to win this election. That’s how we’re going to change the country.

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama waited 16 months to attempt the exorcism. But when he finally sat down with the Tribune editorial board Friday, Obama offered a lengthy and, to us, plausible explanation for the presence of now-indicted businessman Tony Rezko in his personal and political lives.

The most remarkable facet of Obama's 92-minute discussion was that, at the outset, he pledged to answer every question the three dozen Tribune journalists crammed into the room would put to him. And he did.


When we endorsed Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination Jan. 27, we said we had formed our opinions of him during 12 years of scrutiny. We concluded that the professional judgment and personal decency with which he has managed himself and his ambition distinguish him.

Nothing Obama said in our editorial board room Friday diminishes that verdict."

Obama is turning two of his biggest issues into positive talking points for his campaign. All of this before the general election begins.

[boutons_]

Deflecting and transforming the politics of personal destruction and race and a given middle name and all kinds of trivial side-issues inserted and inflated by Hillary and the right wingnuts is a huge challenge for the guy. So far, he looks like he's up to the challenge, but the right wingnuts Have Not Yet Begun To Slime. They'll go after him on race and on him being a Muslim, and they won't bother with the "as far as we know".

She still won't release her tax returns (she's too busy) and Bill refuses to release his Presidential papers on his end-of-term pardons.

[Warlord23]

The writing is on the wall, only HRC is oblivious. Try out delegate count scenarios using CNN's tool, and it becomes apparent that it'd be a miracle for HRC to win this.
CNN Tracker

The other interesting aspect is how well Obama would do vs. McCain compared to HRC vs McCain. Recent polls indicate that Obama is the better bet at competing against McCain:
Obama vs McCain
Clinton vs McCain

HRC's "big states" argument is tough to justify given that states like CA, NY and OH are very likely to vote for the Democratic nominee in the fall, regardless of the candidate. Obama has the better chance in some of the swing states.

As I said, the writing is on the wall. I'm surprised the "on-the-fence" superdelegates haven't woken up to this yet. They could fix this mess now if they wake up and end this unnecessary intra-party struggle.

[Nbadan]

The writing is on the wall, only HRC is oblivious. Try out delegate count scenarios using CNN's tool, and it becomes apparent that it'd be a miracle for HRC to win this.
CNN Tracker

The other interesting aspect is how well Obama would do vs. McCain compared to HRC vs McCain. Recent polls indicate that Obama is the better bet at competing against McCain:
Obama vs McCain
Clinton vs McCain

HRC's "big states" argument is tough to justify given that states like CA, NY and OH are very likely to vote for the Democratic nominee in the fall, regardless of the candidate. Obama has the better chance in some of the swing states.

As I said, the writing is on the wall. I'm surprised the "on-the-fence" superdelegates haven't woken up to this yet. They could fix this mess now if they wake up and end this unnecessary intra-party struggle.

Shhhh..........don't tell the board Republicans that, they're still under the dilusion that Demos are self-destructing...yeah, that's why people are voting in record numbers in primaries and caucuses for the Democratic candidates

[boutons_]

NYT Survey Shows Uncommitted Superdelegates Favor Backing Popular Vote Winner

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/0...t_n_91724.html

[xrayzebra]

Shhhh..........don't tell the board Republicans that, they're still under the dilusion that Demos are self-destructing...yeah, that's why people are voting in record numbers in primaries and caucuses for the Democratic candidates

Shhhhh....don't tell dan that many of those voting in the
Demos primaries are Republicans. It will burst his
bubble.

[clambake]

his speech today clearly shows that he is the intellectual giant in this race for president.

[Yonivore]

his speech today clearly shows that he is the intellectual giant in this race for president.

Wait a minute. An ability to speak eloquently does not necessarily equate to intelligence. Public speaking is a learned skill and, when you apply that skill to words that may have been written by others, it can make you appear to be intelligent.

Ronald Reagan was as good at speaking (some might say better) as is Barack Obama and many on the left never accused him of being an intellectuall giant even though, I believe he was. Based not on his speaking but on his correspondence -- to his wife -- that were published for posterity.

Obama may, indeed, be that intelligent but his love of social programs that would bankrupt our nation don't suggest that.

[clambake]

bankrupt our nation? cry wolf, much?

[smeagol]

social programs that would bankrupt our nation don't

No need for social programs, the Irak war is doing a fine job at that . . .

[xrayzebra]

No need for social programs, the Irak war is doing a fine job at that . . .

I don't think so. We have spent much more on social programs than on National Defense.

[clambake]

giving all our money to a country thats making deals with the people we blame for killing our kids sounds like a pretty ty program, don't ya think, old man?

[xrayzebra]

his speech today clearly shows that he is the intellectual giant in this race for president.

Yeah he can deliver a speech. He can also throw his
Grandmother under the bus and love his minister. He
is going to bring us all together. I don't think so. He
is a friggin liar in the first degree. Remember he wasn't
there for any of his most wonderful minister's sermon's
but now he was but just didn't agree with them.

He wants to raise taxes
He wants to have national health
He wants to surrender in Iraq
He supports his "hate" America minister
His wife has only liked America, it was such a mean
place, until he ran for President

Yeah he is going to bring everyone together. Get a
gripe Obama supporters, he isn't trying to bring anyone
together except the haters and liberal's. He is what he
is a smooth talking politicians and you better
recognize it.

[xrayzebra]

giving all our money to a country thats making deals with the people we blame for killing our kids sounds like a pretty ty program, don't ya think, old man?

We are, want to expound on that statement!