NBC is projecting that Senator Hillary Clinton will win the Nevada Caucus. With 59% of the vote in, Hillary has 50% to 45% for Obama. Edwards received 5% of the vote. This is a wonderful victory for Senator Clinton. The question remains how much longer John Edwards can stay in the race. Clinton won an overwhelming percentage of the Hispanic vote, more than 60%.Now it's on to South Carolina.
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I'm happy for Hillary, she campaigned hard for this. My husband who is an Obama fan said it doesn't mean anything because the delegates will be divided between them, but it will mean a lot to have a couple of wins at her back as she goes into Super Tuesday. It's going to be tough for her in South Carolina.
Edwards poor showing was a real shock to me. I think with all the news with legal battles and such, he was lost in the dust---no one was paying attention to him.
I think he'll hang in until after Super Tuesday and will drop out after that. He said he's in it until the end, though, so I should take his word for it.
I am surprised that Edwards didn't do better. I do think he will stay in through Super Tuesday, but if he doesn't do well I don't know how he can hang on.
South Carolina is going to be tough for Hillary, with Obama getting 79% of the Black vote in Nevada. We will just have to wait and see what happens.
BAC
Congratulations. I too am really surprised by Edwards's results. His campaign, as far as I've seen, hasn't been very strong in the area, but I would still have expected him to place in the teens like elsewhere.
Real kudos to Sen. Clinton for the way the turnout was - almost 60% of the voters were women by some polls. I may be wrong but that sounds like a significant increase in the number of them voting. Turnouts like this, with lots of new voters, are exactly what we need throughout this process.
Her win is particularly impressive given that the powerful Culinary Workers' Union endorsed Obama. Evidently the members themselves had other ideas.
Everyone agrees that her chances in South Carolina are not good -- but if she does win there, the nomination will be pretty close to settled.
I think even if Hillary comes in with a close second in South Carolina, that will help her. I think Clinton will campaign hard in SC, but they aren't expecting to win.
Thanks for all the comments. What I found exciting -- again -- about this contest were the number of people who turned out. 114,000 took part in the Dem caucus, up from 9,000 in 2004. That is amazing! And, again, bodes well for November. I think we can all celebrate this level of support.
BAC
As it start to look more and more like Clinton's got it, Obama just gets weirder and weirder and more vague and more desperate and the supporters are just sick over this. They've had it all their way since the press decided that HRC did too well in the Las Vegas debate in November. But the public's always out in front of the press and we see it happening again.
There was a comparison of Hillary to Hitler on some Obama site. I've been called a "cracker" for merely writing my opinion. I actually don't mind that at all. Being small and Jewish with a lot of old country ties and having grown up in New York City, I don't know, "cracker" made me feel all BIG AND AMERICAN AND HIGH-SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERISH. All for preferring the better Democratic candidate? Excellent.
This Obama just has to go away. Far, far away. And you know something? I have a funny feeling HRC might WIN in South Carolina.
By the way, while I'm not sure I agree with all of her economic recovery plan, I thought that the "Homeowner Brady Bond" (my phrase) struck me as a very "non-partisan" solution to part of the housing crisis.
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