Hillary Clinton's chances of becoming the next president of the United States are fading fast.Barack Obama swept the so-called Potomac primaries yesterday in Maryland, The District of Columbia, and Virginia, humiliating the New York senator by double-digit margins. On the Republican side, John McCain won a decisive victory over rival Mike Huckabee further cementing his front-runner status. The real story of the election, though, is the surging popularity of Obama.
The exit polls in the latest primaries probably are scaring the Clinton campaign to death. As The New York Times noted, "he received majority support from voters across all income and education levels, as well as across political ideologies, from those who described themselves as liberal, moderate and conservative Democrats. And independents, who were allowed to vote in Virginia's Democratic primary and accounted for 2 in 10 voters there, supported Mr. Obama two to one over Mrs. Clinton."
Unbelievable.
About the best that the New York Senator can do is force the nomination process onto the convention floor in Denver. To do that, she's going to have to win -- and win big -- in upcoming contests in Ohio, Texas, Hawaii, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. That's going to be difficult.
Barack Obama now leads Clinton in delegates including so-called super delegates by 1306 to 1270, according to MSNBC. "Just when she needs to get hot, its Obma that has the momentum," said NBC Political Director Chuck Dodd. last night. "The math is starting to get difficult."
Clinton has replaced her campaign manager and put a muzzle on her husband's big mouth. Maybe we'll see more of Bill as the race gets nastier over the next few weeks. If there is going to be another Clinton comeback story, it had better start soon.











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-13-2008 @ 11:17AM
Maril said...
But what about Obama's telling Oprah last summer on his first appearance on her afternoon talk show that he had Parkinson's Disease? She asked him about it, and he confirmed the fact, and said he would never be able to throw a baseball to his son. Of course, at present, he doesn't have a son. However, we have not heard another word about this disease that creates such disability. TELL US!
2-14-2008 @ 4:35PM
required said...
You miswatched your TV that day, following is what really aired:
"One night, while waiting to board a flight at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, Senator Obama says he met a young man who had Parkinson's disease. The man said doctors didn't think he'd ever be able to throw a baseball to his 3-year-old son, and he asked Senator Obama to vote for stem cell research legislation."
2-13-2008 @ 11:22AM
TX CHL Instructor said...
The USA: A military superpower, a financial superpower.
Yup. Obama's gonna change that.
2-13-2008 @ 12:47PM
commonsense said...
Well as usual the democrats are their own worst enemy. Back in August we were sure to win with Hillary and the repulicans knew it. Who could have imagined that a black man with a great speaking ability and little experience would gather college students, blacks and white men to vote him into the office of President while he has given little information on his plans. Do they know Obama would shut down the USA space program while giving that money to the education dept...........guess where our defense originates.....through the research of NASA. So Obama will get our troops out of Iraq immediately he says and McCaine will keep our troops in Iraq for maybe 100 years he says. But the real problem here is that McCaine will win against Obama. I have many republican friends and they admit that their most important issue is lowering taxes so they change to independent and vote Obama in the primary knowing that McCaine will easily win against Obama. To win the democrat must carry CA and NY .....Hillary won CA (despite Oprah, Kennedy, Caroline and Kerry) and McCaine won CA but with an Obama against McCaine....McCaine will win CA and the same in NY. If Hillary is the candidate she will easily take NY and CA against McCaine. I know that generally people think the Clinton voters will vote Obama but that is not true. Democrats can not win without CA and NY and McCaine will easliy take those states against Obama. And that is OK because I would rather see McCaine in office and be able to blame the republicans for the next 4 years than to see Obama learning and getting us into wars because of his lack of experience. As VP under Hillary we could have had it all for the next 16 years because Obama would have been taught by the best, the Clinton's rather than tidbits from Kerry and Kennedy. When Bush was elected he said he could see trust in Putin's eyes. With Obama as our new cowboy God only knows. And just the fact that his father is muslum and his mothers second husband is Muslum.......it scares me.....how many people came forward after the 9/11 and said they worked with some of these terrorists and never suspected a thing. Keep a Christian or Jew with years of history in office for now. If Hillary is there I will vote Hillary but if not I will vote McCaine a repulican for the first time in my life. Too many people have been snowed by the news casters that earn very big bucks and want a republican, even McCaine in office....and they know McCaine can not beat Hillary but will easily beat Obama. Obama supporters...you've been had.
2-13-2008 @ 12:48PM
David Huston said...
Senator Clinton (or somebody) needs to begin pointing out, and all women need to realize, that if John McCain is elected President, women can waive goodbye to their Constitutionally protected reproductive rights. Given a further chance to pack the Supreme Court, the Republicans will insure that the delicate balance protecting those rights will be reversed.
2-13-2008 @ 12:25PM
Jodi said...
I agree David....McCaine means the abortion rights could end soon. I blame those fools that think they are electing a class president to oversee frat parties. It was the same 8 years ago when people that should have been thinking instead voted for Bush the class party man (still doing cocaine at Camp David when his Daddy was president) rather than the obvious brain of Al Gore. We have spent years now in a war in Iraq that would have never been the case had people thought about the reality of electing a class clown.
2-13-2008 @ 1:35PM
Jodi said...
True....the abortion rights will end but that is the price we pay as a nation for trying to elect an inexperienced albeit very good speaker to the office of President years before he would be ready. Maybe Texas, Ohio and Wisconsin voters will take thier vote seriously and refuse to allow Oprah to dictate their votes for them.
2-13-2008 @ 4:16PM
worrieddemocrat said...
Commonsense said it correctly. Every democrat I know including myself will vote for McCain if Obama is running. The change we will get with this man is Change for the worse! It also scares me that white men wouldn't use the brains god gave them. They would rather vote for a black man with no experience than for an experience, well qualified women. Shame on all of them and double shame on the white women!!! I wouldn't be able to look my daughter's in the face if I did what they are doing.
2-13-2008 @ 4:55PM
Adrian Perry said...
I'm a retired military person that understands the need for a strong military in all aspects. I feel the need to throughly evaluate the real reasons behind going to defend any country that we have some type monetary gaining interest in. We keep talking about how much experience these canidates have or don't have. When it all comes down to it, there is a committee of so called experts that advise an sitting president on the pros and cons of getting envolved with any conflict. It's up to that sitting president to take this advise and use it to benifit the entire country and not for personal satisfaction or gain. If any sitting president allows any person on his cabinet to try and force their opinion or views as scare tactics to force a decision for war really is not seeking the best interest of this country. Stop dealing with opinions and special interest, go with the facts and get this country and government back on it's feet and deal with things that directly affect the people instead of killing us with unnecessary over-taxation to provide money for unnecessary programs that only benifit the people who really don't need the support.