CA withstanding, tonight has been about as large of a Landslide for Obama as one could expect

[Joe the Revelator]

He's won by HUGE margins, in more states then Hillary.Plus, he has the only upset so far (CT). I feel very good about his chances going forward, due to the fact that the schedule slows down a bit and he can now pick off states one at a time, which has been his strong suit so far.

[Sulawesi]

1. I am still watching AZ, NM, UT

If HRC wins those and CA, that dampens my mood

[Unsane]

UT has been called for Obama already

[jenmito]

35. Obama is the projected winner of UT. n/t

[skooooo]

2. ...but Hillary has won some big states...

I'm for Obama, but I'm just saying...

[Joe the Revelator]

4. and Obama has met the 40% threshold in all of them, even her home state

He's done everything anyone could have hoped for and then some.

[skooooo]

18. what's the 40% threshold?

I agree. He's done absolutely great, and I think he can win.

[Joe the Revelator]

21. It means that, basically, the delegates are split down the middle in those states.

[William769]

22. He hasn't in TN.

On EDIT: Or OK.

ON SECOND EDIT: or AR or AZ.

[never_get_over_it]

37. No it doesn't

it depends on where the votes were cast and the rules of the state and actual facts - we might not know for days what the final delegate count is....

[Skip Intro]

3. I think MA was a bit of an upset.

So much for the Kerry/Kennedy tag team.

[Iktomiwicasa]

11. Obama gained bigtime

in MA after the Kennedy endorsement. Strategically, it is a victory for Obama.

[nonconformist]

17. LOL nt

[ShortnFiery]

16. Bullshit! Kerry/Kennedy helped Obama substantially in MA, where Obama was not supposed to win.

IF Obama would have won MA, it would have been an upset.

Bless the efforts of Kerry/Kennedy! Thank you so very much! :grouphug:

[Life Long Dem]

24. Woohoo! all around good news for Obama!

:woohoo:

[RiverStone]

5. Was Minn also an upset for Obama?

GoBama!

[no name no slogan]

20. Last week, Hillary was up 7%

And Obama won by 30% tonight. Either that poll from ten days ago is way off, or Hillary lost a lot of ground in that space in time.

Obama had a 20,000+ person rally this past week, which probably played a large part of it.

[bvar22]

38. Kerry & Kennedy endorsements have WEIGHT in MN.

A wonderful True Liberal state (Humphrey...Wellstone...Mondale).


"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans. I want us to compete for that great mass of voters that want a party that will stand up for working Americans, family farmers, and people who haven't felt the benefits of the economic upturn."---Paul Wellstone

[CoffeeCat]

6. Hey Wolsh...

I love your optimism.

Obama is doing well.

Considering that Obama has come from behind in several states, he is
doing very well.

Onward and upward...

[Nailzberg]

7. I'm just having fun recalling some of our DU friends that kept saying Obama would only win IL.

Chumps.

[LiberalFighter]

8. Doesn't do any good when HC increases her delegate count.

Will have to wait until tonite is over to see the delegate results.

[Joe the Revelator]

10. He's met the 40% threshold just about everywhere. Nobody expected him to win EVERY state

nt

[LiberalFighter]

30. Where does that leave him with delegates?

Doesn't do any good to meet the threshold if the delegate count doesn't narrow.

[sfam]

9. As an Obama supporter, I'm not seeing a clear winner, but..

If Obama wins the total delegate count and the total state count, this will be very bad for Hillary. I just don't know that I see that happening.

[Clintonite]

12. Are you fucking serious!?!?! All the momentum that Obama had going into tonite?

All the endorsements Obama ha gotten from all the newspapers and governors!?? The 24 hour media coverage for Obama. Get fucking real! Hillary has stopped his momentum in its tracks!

[Joe the Revelator]

19. Remember 10 days ago when Obama was only leading in IL and GA?

Yeah, I'm fucking serious.

[elizm]

29. Let's talk again after NEXT week's endorsements. :) nt

[Tektonik]

13. A tie (without even considering the state with massive absentee voters) is a landslide?

Que?

[libertee]

14. Missouri is the bellweather

[Mojambo]

15. Hard to call it a landslide without getting one of NJ or Mass, but he's done REALLY well. n/t

[Azathoth]

23. MA is a disappointment, NJ could have been better, but other than that, I agree

He's performing right up to reasonable expectations.

[jackson_dem]

25. A split decision=landslide?

[Joe the Revelator]

26. So far he has more delegates then Hillary

Whats split about that?

[jackson_dem]

34. 5% more?

Let's see what CA says.

mcCain won. Obama and Hillary split.

[yellowcanine]

27. It is no landslide but it does appear that Obama will end up with more delegates by the end of the

night. Still, I think Obama now needs Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland to counter the wins of Clinton in New York, New Jersey, and Mass.

[Postman]

28. Super-delegates will give it to Hillary...

unfortunately

[Joe the Revelator]

32. Watch them start flipping to Obama after tonight and the beltway trimary

[William769]

33. When you can't post correct information, how is anyone to take you seriously?

[Joe the Revelator]

36. Whats not correct about that? Are you implying that superdelegates can't and don't switch as the

race plays out?

[krkaufman]

31. And don't let them b-s you regarding MA & the Kennedys.

The Kennedy endorsement played a HUGE part in Obama's shrinking the margins, and even in overtaking Hillary in a few states -- including CT.

The fact that CA is too close to call is another VICTORY for Obama and the Kennedys. Anything short of a double-digit deficit in CA is a huge turnaround for Obama from just a week ago.

Combined with the 3-to-1 fundraising gap... Hillary's campaign is on the ropes. So brace yourselves for escalation, beyond even what's been seen since Iowa.