OBAMA WINS!! First Battle of SuperTuesday in Indonesia

[AtomicKitten]

Obama the choice of Democrats in Indonesia

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/05/indonesia.usvote/?iref=hpmostpop

(CNN) -- Illinois Sen. Barack Obama won the first battle of the Super Tuesday showdown when Democratic Party voters in Indonesia -- where Obama spent four years of his childhood -- picked him over Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Seventy five percent of the nearly 100 votes cast by expatriate Americans a minute after midnight Indonesia time (12 p.m. Monday EST) went to Obama. The rest were cast in favor of Clinton, said Arian Ardie, country committee chair for Democrats Abroad.

Ardie said he was not permitted to disclose the exact number of votes cast, and added that the results were preliminary and still need formal verification.

Ardie said that Obama's time in Indonesia was part of his appeal among expatriate voters in the southeast Asian country.

"I think it factored in to the extent they saw someone with strong international experience," he said. "But I don't think it was the primary factor."

The voting at a hotel in Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta was the first in-person casting of ballots in a coast-to-coast contest for Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls Tuesday. Voters will go to the polls in 24 states and American Samoa.

Some 6 million Americans living abroad are eligible to vote in U.S. elections, The Associated Press reported, but only a fraction have done so in the past.

more at link: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/05/indonesia.usvote/?iref=hpmostpop

[CorpGovActivist]

1. Democrats Abroad...

... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008#Phase_three:_Super_Tuesday">are worth this many.

Every little bit counts, and that's a cool human interest story.

Thanks for posting that.

- Dave

[AtomicKitten]

2. His is a great story indeed.

Cheers.

[CorpGovActivist]

4. That news was sort of like: "The first transport is away!"

Followed by Rebel cheers.

:toast:

- Dave

[workinclasszero]

3. WOO-HOO!

I was gonna post the good news but ya beat me to it lol!

The first win today of many I hope. GO OBAMA YES.WE.CAN!!!!:woohoo::party::applause:

[AtomicKitten]

6. Yes, we can.

[GalleryGod]

7. For tomorrow.......

[William769]

5. He also won the first battle in New Hampshire!

OOPS!

[GoldieAZ49]

8. Baraaaaaaaaaack the vote!

[question everything]

9. And here I thought that CA, NY and IL are the bellweather

silly me.

OK, won't bother to caucus tonight. Won't bother to vote in November. The next president of the United States has been declared by Oprha and by Indonesia.

Now, about those books that I've meant to read..

[smalll]

10. The "Democrats Abroad" primary has the most upscale demographic of any primary -

Of course Obama will win it in a landslide.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

11. This Dem Abroad Member

Voted for Obama online! I'm on the DAUK mailing list but yet to attend a function or outing here... I've got to get my own car! :-)

[AtomicKitten]

12. wonderful!

thanks for your vote

[FunkyLeprechaun]

15. You're welcome!

We've got a week to wait until the results come in. I think it's because of the three different methods they are using in voting. The first is Online (Which I did), second is paper ballots (kind of like absentee), then third is attending a primary in Person. I think the closest one is in Oxford.

I thought the easiest way for me to vote was the Online voting. They gave me a personal password and a PIN only for me to use. I would suspect that they've got that on the record now as already used.

[cascadiance]

13. As a person who was born in Indonesia, my vote at this point still goes to Edwards...

I haven't gone to the booth yet, but I still haven't found substantive info yet that Obama is going to work strongly more for the people than other special interests the way Edwards has. I'm still "decidin'" at the last minute now!

[AtomicKitten]

14. there is a certain poetry in that

Edwards ran his campaign like a gentleman, and I will forever be grateful to him for kicking in the inevitability theme.

[Cant trust em]

16. Well, he did go to a muslim terrorist training school there

just kidding. GObama!