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As predicted Obama has swept todays polls and is now riding a wave thats gonna be hard to put down. I ... | 
10-02-08, 02:33 PM
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Obama Sweeps, claims victory in Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington
As predicted  Obama has swept todays polls and is now riding a wave thats gonna be hard to put down. I watched his speech live today morning and it was a great one  Quote:
"The stakes are too high and the challenges are too great to play the same old Washington game with the same old Washington players and expect a different result," Obama told a hugely supportive crowd of Democrats at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Richmond, Virginia.
"People want to turn the page. They want to write a new chapter in American history."
| Delegate Counts Election Center 2008: Delegate Scorecard - Elections & Politics news from CNN.com Quote: |
Originally Posted by CNNPolitics Clinton has 1,100 delegates and Obama has 1,039, according to CNN calculations.
Obama leads in pledged delegates -- 908 to 877 -- but Clinton's superdelegates -- 223 to 131 -- give her the overall lead. | I am pretty sure Obama will pull away now, Washington was the key. Louisiana with the hurricane katrina fallout and the racial profile of population was much easier for Obama but not weashington. Having said that this is now the chance for Hillary also. Not that she can do anything about it, but her supporters and those who were till now ambivalent towards the process know whats happening and they all can see Obama coming. Hard to say how people take it but if there are racial undertones at all, they will be manifested in turnouts in future polls.
Clinton meanwhile is trying her best. Quote: |
"If I'm your nominee, you will never have to worry that I will be knocked out of the ring, because I do have strength and experience to lead this country, and I am ready to go toe-to-toe with Sen. McCain whenever and wherever he desires," Clinton said Saturday
| Republican side, McCain will win it, inspite of Huckabee winning the major chunks of conservative votes although you will have to ask what are McCains chances in the actual fight with the hearland not backing him.
Its all looking great for Obama. (And possibly for the world at large, finally!)  |
11-02-08, 04:23 AM
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Obama during his speech,
"We won in the north"
"We won in the south"
"we'll win in between"
"We'll win in virginia" 
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^ Talk of influence of 'Bush' on other politicians 
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Originally Posted by Agnel  Obama during his speech,
"We won in the north"
"We won in the south"
"we'll win in between"
"We'll win in virginia"
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Originally Posted by Ninja ^ Talk of influence of 'Bush' on other politicians | Trust agnel to read between the lines  think of something serious sometimes 
Btw Clintons now all out to woo the super delegates. I hope she doesn't win the election by proxy now  We all knew how bush came to power and surely it can't be Hillary this time for a nomination
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Originally Posted by Agnel | You are wishing too hard ain't you 
Its not gonna happen.
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Hillary is shaken alright. Clinton replaces campaign manager - CNN.com Quote: |
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton has replaced her campaign manager with a longtime adviser, Maggie Williams, the campaign announced Sunday.
| And tomorrow is another big day for the democrats with elections in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia.
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Obama surges ahead of Clinton in delegate count. Wins another decisive clean sweep. Obama, McCain sweep Potomac primaries - CNN.com
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama will claim victory in all three contests in the Potomac primaries, CNN projects. Residents cast votes Tuesday in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Quote: Obama's wins give him more delegates than Clinton. According to CNN calculations, Obama has 1,195 delegates to Clinton's 1,178.
To clinch the Democratic nomination, a candidate must get 2,025 delegates.
Obama had led in pledged delegates, but Clinton had held the lead when superdelegates were factored in.
Superdelegates, a group of almost 800 Democratic Party officials and leaders, are not required to make their votes public and are free to change their minds.
The Illinois senator has now won eight consecutive contests.
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And Clinton is ignoring the wins instead concentrating on Texas, Agnesl's state CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time - Blogs from CNN.com
So looks like Agnel your state will be the decider for democrats. Whats the mood on the ground 
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13-02-08, 11:40 AM
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mood
We lost in the north
we lost in the south
we'll lose in between 
okay, on a serious note, People feel clinton will probably win it but then with obama u never know. Texas has a lot of black population as well. So obama has a good chance I would say.
As of the now, momentum is with this guy.
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Texas has a lot of Hispanics i suppose.
So Clinton is surely gonna have an advantage. But then if she loses Texas its game over for herso she is the one who has to win it now.
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