Chicago Trib: Obama gains with women voters-Appeal widens in wins in Virginia, Maryland, D.C.

[babylonsister]

Obama gains with women voters
Appeal widens in wins in Virginia, Maryland, D.C.

By Christi Parsons, Jim Tankersley and John McCormick | Tribune Correspondents
11:26 PM CST, February 12, 2008


WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama pulled slightly ahead in the intense fight for Democratic presidential nominating delegates Tuesday by sweeping the Potomac Primary as Sen. Hillary Clinton quickly shifted her focus toward territory more favorable to her in Texas and Ohio.

Obama won Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia by wide margins, breaking recent voting patterns to score well with women voters — a constituency that had sustained Clinton's victories in earlier contests. He also continued to dominate with African-Americans and young people while expanding his strength among whites.

Voters in the nation's capital, its suburbs and neighboring states in the Potomac River basin swarmed to the nominating contests, with first-time voters making a surprising showing even as a frigid day turned into an icy winter night and some polls stayed open late.

The voters handed Obama a decisive win in D.C., where many residents owe their living to the governmental culture of which the Illinois Democrat is so often critical. He easily swept the district, where more than half the Democratic electorate is black, and was doing well in Maryland, home to a large population of the high-earning and educated voters who also tend to prefer him.

Virginia was the most striking vote of confidence because the makeup of its electorate was most favorable to Clinton among the three contests. Though Virginia hasn't voted for the Democratic presidential nominee since 1964, its last two governors have been Democrats, and one of its two senators, Jim Webb, won his seat in the 2006 elections. Democratic party leaders are nurturing hopes of winning there in the 2008 presidential election.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-obama-women-clinton,0,2030459.story

[ShortnFiery]

1. Yes. The WSJ guy (cspan) is playing up HRC but she's losing "Elvis" with the Women Voting BLOCK.

Therefore, the assumption that HRC will clean up via WOMEN is no longer viable. :shrug:

[babylonsister]

2. I think she's in a spot of trouble myself; maybe TX and Ohio will

make a difference, but why won't there be a lot of Obama love in those two states? I'm in TX if that means anything...:evilgrin: And I'm raring to vote!

[Scurrilous]

3. K & R

:thumbsup: