tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post5573267487633653530..comments2024-01-21T00:21:39.004-06:00Comments on Three Wise Men: Super Tuesday Live Blogging!Alexander Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041808057755360625noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-44243222122320385742008-02-06T07:15:00.000-06:002008-02-06T07:15:00.000-06:00Texas will matter!Last night, we witnessed the mos...Texas will matter!<BR/><BR/>Last night, we witnessed the most exciting election results since November 2006. Most people assumed that the Democratic race would stay unbelievably tight - which happened - but no one was saying that McCain, Romney, and especially Huckabee would carve up the map as much as they did on the Republican side (though with winner-take-all primaries, McCain still has the advantage). On the Democratic side, both Obama and Clinton and their respective supporters have reason to be happy. Clinton won substantially in some big states, including California and Massachusetts, beating back handily potential upsets. However, Obama won a solid majority of the states, 13-8 (including many red/southern states by over 60-70% of the vote and crucial-in-the-general swing states such as Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, etc.), leaving neither candidate with a substantial gain of delegates over the other. I think close races always benefit the challenger more though, and the fact that Obama did so well among white voters completely destroyed the argument that he became a "black candidate" after South Carolina.<BR/><BR/>The bottom line is that no candidate can claim clear momentum because of the mixed results, but the rest of the states voting this month - Louisiana, Virginia, Maryland, etc. - are expected to favor Obama, whom has the money edge. Most importantly, the race will likely go on until at least March 4th, when Texas and Ohio vote. This means our votes in the primary will count! Who would have predicted that? *Everyone* had assumed Super Tuesday would be the end of the Democratic nomination but that the Republican race may continue on, but it may be that ours lasts longer than theirs. After March 11th, there are no primaries for six weeks when Pennsylvania votes. If that's not some kind of death match, this is going all the way to the convention... which would not be good for the party and our chances in the general. But with Democrats seemingly split 50/50 between these two great candidates, and in an election season filled with twists and turns, it's not an impossibility.adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863984001571739736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-39442265725947328852008-02-06T05:08:00.000-06:002008-02-06T05:08:00.000-06:00As a black and a woman I can say that your comment...As a black and a woman I can say that your comment is not only silly, it shows that you must not be educated either. <BR/>People vote for many reasons and most of the time, it is based on the candidates stance on issues, their morality and charisma-- not slave mentality-- an obvious disease that you are bound by and surfering from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-64798767845071461032008-02-06T00:24:00.000-06:002008-02-06T00:24:00.000-06:00Is America ready for a White House Plantation with...Is America ready for a White House Plantation with black master and white servants? Obama certainly is, so are his fellow black voters. The votes clearly show blacks are unified and can vote as a block, can whites be as unified? Clearly not. The history shows the oppressed are more likely to be unified than the oppressors. If blacks can be unified, why can't women? Because women are usually critical of their own sex. America's white males, now a minority, occupies the U.S. Presidency 100%. Women, now a majority, occupies only the White House kitchen. Will they be open to see themselves as an equal to the men? This year is for us to find out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com