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.
It’s 7 pm EST and Barack Obama has been declared the victor in Georgia. Mike Huckabee takes West Virginia. Interestingly, CNN reports that exit polls show that those who support Obama overwhelmingly want change and few rank experience anywhere at all. In contrast and not surprisingly, Senator Clinton draws those who rank experience strongly.
Last week, I heard some pretty fascinating analysis of the Iranian-Hezbollah relationship that, while not earth shattering, is worth sharing.
Now that I’m done gloating (for now) about the New York Giants Super Bowl triumph, I can pay more attention to important things like our country’s energy choices. My friend and former colleague Heather Hamilton reports back from a forum that confirms what we’ve been discussing here for a while: U.S.
Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell is concerned that al Qaeda’s base is shifting outside of Iraq. This may undo President Bush’s famous line, “We are fighting them there so we don’t have to fight them here.
It will be interesting to measure reality with Gallup’s latest tracking poll showing Hillary Clinton ahead of Obama by 5%. I’ve grown very skeptical of polls (again) — so take with a grain of salt. We’ll all know tonight how things shape up.
Truth be told. . .I hate the whole concept of Super Tuesday. I feel that it’s adding on to a number of incremental shifts that are undermining our democracy.
At the beginning of the battle to stop John Bolton’s confirmation as US Ambassador to the United Nations, Senators Russ Feingold and Barack Obama were both inclined to support his nomination.
