Well, the big night has come and gone and all I can think to say is "what a night."
Who knew the Kennedy's had such little influence in their own home state? As someone whose interest in politics began with the presidential race of John F. Kennedy, the Kennedy's always seemed bigger than life.
And what's up with the Oprah factor? Is the honeymoon over?
Maybe we can hope for one thing after tonight's contest ... that the pundits will stop declaring either Clinton or Obama "finished" or "the obvious nominee" after every contest. I don't think this one is going to be over until the convention.
And again, how exciting that Democrats are so equally supporting both a woman and an African American candidate. The face of American presidential politics has changed, regardless of the final outcome.
The same cannot be said, however, for Republicans. Tonight we saw the maverick white guy take a slight lead over the evangelical white guy and the corporate white guy. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Oops, sorry ... must be the flu medication kicking in again.
McCain won in all the states where Republicans have no real chance in the fall, Huckabee took the southern votes of people who firmly believe their parents rode to school on dinasaurs. And Romney won in all the states where he's lived. Okay, he won in a few more than that, but not many. If he decides to run again in 2012 his campaign strategy COULD be to live in all 50 states first -- or at least the ones with a lot of delegates.
What became VERY clear tonight is that this election season belongs to the Democrats, and we have to use it for more than just taking back the White House.
If we don't use it to REALLY take back Congress, we're crazy. The 2006 win was nice, but it wasn't good enough. Republicans have the power of the fillibuster, and they have demonstrated their willingness to use it.
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That was quite a race last night, I stayed up until 1:30 am, but realized that New Mexico wasn't going to be finished counting until today, so I packed it in.
I'm both happy and disappointed at the same time. I'm thrilled that Hillary took MA and CA, which proved the Kennedy's weren't as powerful as I thought they would be. I thought Hillary was gracious in her speech afterward and Obama was nasty very ungracious. Even my husband who is an Obama fan said the same thing, so it isn't my bias speaking.
Obama is going to make this about race, and then try to point the finger at Hillary and blame her for race baiting. He's been a pro at that.
My hope is that Hillary will be able to get more Super Delegates in her camp, especially in Wisconsin and Ohio.
Even though we don't agree on candidates I just wanted to say congrats on yesterday.
Good luck in the weeks ahead!
Sincerely,
Dean
Here's some good news, BAC!
A Gallup Poll released today shows Hillary has been gaining support the past three days and nationally leads Obama
52% to 39%.
The increase in support for Hillary Clinton at the national level that Gallup saw in interviewing conducted Sunday and Monday continued in interviewing Tuesday night. Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted Feb. 3-5 now includes three consecutive days in which Clinton has done well, giving her a 13-percentage point lead over Barack Obama, 52% to 39%.
Democratic preferences in Tuesday night's interviews -- mostly conducted before Super Tuesday election results were known -- were similar to Sunday and Monday night's interviews.
New post-Super Tuesday numbers will be out tomorrow.
Dean - Thanks!
Mary Ellen - I hope those numbers are correct, but I have less faith in polls every day. I think we have to assume this is going to be a flat-out race to the finish, and our gurrl Hil needs all the support we can muster.
BAC
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