When the British army commanded by Lord Cornwallis marched out to surrender to the Continental Army commanded by George Washington at Yorktown, the regimental bands reportedly played a song that was old even then, The World Turned Upside Down. That story has been disputed by a number of historians, but the legend has a certain charm to it and has been repeated many times. One wonders if the folks who live in Hillaryland hear that that old air playing these days in the new wind that is buffeting them.
Barack Obama has won in Washington and in Nebraska. And the Nebraska voting went 70% for Obama in that red state and 67% in Washington.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Barack Obama won caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state and battled Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Louisiana primary Saturday night in a bid to chip away at her slender delegate lead in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Obama was winning nearly 70 percent support in Nebraska, compared with 31 percent for Clinton, in caucuses with 24 delegates at stake.
He also had 67 percent support in Washington state caucuses, compared with 32 percent for Clinton with returns tallied from about one-half of the state's precincts. There were 78 delegates at stake, the largest single prize of the night.
Those are not a couple of victories. Those are a couple of blowouts. Better than two to one in both states. Hillary Clinton is in serious trouble. John McCain also now has a real problem on his hands.
See, that’s the thing. Obama seems to be winning most of his delegates in red states that he isn’t going to carry in the general election. Not sure if that really makes any difference or not, just a data point.
The difference?
If Obama loses against McCain the last seven years of crazy from those who believe Bush is Hitler will be playtime compared to what will be done to McCain.
Gore losing to Bush was one thing but Obama’s voters believe he is the Messiah come to save America from the evil McChimphaliburtonneoconnazi and his repugs who have destroyed the country
That’s the difference.
The odds of Obama sweeping all of the big delegate states that haven’t yet voted are miniscule, and anything short of that means they’ll have to let the superdelegates decide. That means a Clinton win, because she’s one of the most powerful figures in the party, and Obama has next to no power. That’s Democrat meltdown.
And some want us to essentially do the same by having a brokered convention. I don’t think so.