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.

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.