I’m sitting right now next to Alex Steffler, a real devotee of Barack Obama who just said something insightful about many (not all) Obama supporters. He said that many Obama advocates support “his aura” — not his substance.
Everyone I know is shocked that with Ted Kennedy and John Kerry endorsing Obama, Massachusetts went big for Hillary Clinton. I guess I’m surprised too — but Obama still did very strongly tonight. He has 11 states so far out of 24 — not bad. . .and may get more.
I’ve been on Al Jazeera Arabic for a few hours tonight and enjoyed encounters with a number of thoughtful Republican and Democratic strategists.
More. . .Romney gets his home state of Massachusetts. McCain takes Connecticut (thanks to Joe Lieberman) and New Jersey.
Barack Obama and John McCain score golds in Illinois. Hillary Clinton takes Oklahoma. My mom lives in Bartlesville. Hi Mom! She just told me that she voted for Obama. We have some humdinger political debates so don’t presume that her vote prejudices me.
Regrettably, I have to be on TV interpreting the election results for 80 million Arabic speakers in a few minutes — and that is when the next bundle of state results will begin to roll out. So, I’ll be back with TWN readers in an hour. . .
Here is a statement from the Obama Campaign on his win in Georgia: Georgia: Obama’s victory in Georgia was achieved through a broad coalition of voters.
From the Clinton Campaign, two sets of talking points. First, on Super Tuesday overall: We’re excited by what we’re seeing. We have 21 states that are still outstanding where we expect to pick up a significant number of new delegates.
57% of white voters went for Clinton and 39% to Obama in Georgia — not surprising. Black voters were overwhelming in support for Obama. 49% of white men went for Clinton and 46% for Obama — but a whopping 62% of white women went for Clinton and just 36% for Obama.
Mike Huckabee’s win in West Virginia combined with the fact that he is virtually neck and neck and neck in a three way battle with McCain and Mitt Romney in West Virginia virtually assures Huckabee’s status as the high sizzle Vice Presidential nominee.
