Obama Sweeps ‘Semi-Super Saturday’
Barack Obama claimed decisive primary wins in Washington, Kansas, Louisiana, and the Virgin Islands, and a danger signal for the Hillary Clinton campaign. On the Republican side, a surprisingly strong Mike Huckabee grabbed two states from John McCain. Analysis from Bill Bradley here. Politico: Obama landslides could break deadlock Telegraph: Hillary's advisers are "in a panic." Hot Air: Perhaps Hillary's crying over the incompetence of her campaign. Talking Points Memo: HuckMentum! CNN: Complete primary and caucus results Ben Smith: Obama campaign claims "irregularities" in Louisiana More at the jump...
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The Moderate Voice: “That sound you hear is all the whinging and spinning going on at the Hillary Clinton pity party.”
Andrew Sullivan: “Two words come to mind when assessing Clinton’s apparent strategy to wait the primaries out till bigger, more fertile states: Rudy. Giuliani.”
Campaign Spot: “The damage to Hillary’s chances will be partially mitigated by the proportional allocation of delegates. But if Obama sweeps the Potomac Primary states on Tuesday, I wonder if we see a momentum shift in his direction, and whether he starts to pull away a bit…”
Jennifer Rubin: “It could be that the Democratic race has reached its tipping point.”
ABC News: Obama wins Nebraska, Washington, Louisiana
Nola.com: Louisiana primary voters could hold sway
The Trail: Nebraskans overwhelms caucus capacity
Politco: Ron Paul nearly out: “I also have another priority. I have constituents in my home district that I must serve. I cannot and will not let them down.”
WaPo: “At one time it was unthinkable that relatively sparsely populated states with caucuses or primaries set to fall after Super Tuesday would attract the attention of top-tier presidential candidates. But in the wake of Tuesday’s showdown in 21 states that left Clinton (N.Y.) and Obama (Ill.) roughly even in the number of pledged delegates, the two lavished attention on this trio of far-flung states late in the week.”
Politico: Who will win, and by how much?
Donklephant: “Most think Obama has the advantage this weekend since Hillary hasn’t been too aggressive in these states.”
HuffPo: HuffPollstrology — Candidates’ Horoscopes, Polls And More For February 9
The Caucus: A summary of the delegates at stake
The Trail: Fred Thompson Backs McCain
SeattlePI: Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire endorses Barack Obama
NY Times: State of Washington Is the Contest du Jour
ABC News: Clinton Amps Up Attacks on Obama: “Enough with the talk”
Seattle PI: “Seattle City Council splits along racial, gender lines;” All six of the council’s male members -the only two African-Americans among them- have endorsed Obama. All three of the council’s white females previously endorsed Clinton.
NOLA.com: Louisiana Sens. Landrieu and Vitter haven’t endorsed. Neither has New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin.
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3 Comments
1. Rick Honcho:I just put Hillary the Movie on my blog, you have to see how psycho this lady is.
http://smithfiles.com/2008/02/09/hillary-the-movie/
Feb 9, 2008 - 11:28 pm 2. Old Glory Radio:I just couldn’t help myself over this Hillary crying thing….again.
http://oldgloryradio.podbean.com/2008/02/09/barack-obama-wins-lawa-ne-hillary-clinton-starts-cryingagain/
Feb 10, 2008 - 8:43 am 3. Frieda:I don’t get the Obama mania!
As an American by choice (born in Iran in an Armenian family and grew up in kuwait), I don’t recognize the America Obama keeps preaching. I have become very successful here because no other country offers as much opportunities that America does.
Obama is promoting a lazy America, an America where government will provide, Obama’s slogan should be changed from “yes we can” to “yes, we will provide”, there is not inspiration in that.
There is no inspiration in wanting a defeat in Iraq, there is no inspiration wanting to meet with Mullahs in Iran and spit on the brave university student who are trying to change the government. There is no inspiration in wanting to meet with dictators around the world just so the world will love us more.
No, we can’t afford Obama
Feb 11, 2008 - 4:45 pm