Delegates, bonus delegates, super delegates....my head is spinning. When will the madness end? Today I cast my first vote that I was excited to cast. It helps that our primary is pertinent for once with the Democratic co-frontrunners deadlocked and John Kerry’s name not on the ballot. Senator Obama should be weary of my endorsement, as every candidate I have ever voted for in a primary has lost the nomination. My hit list includes Howard Dean, Ken Longmyer, Harris Miller (I was one of three people who voted against Jim Webb), and guys who's names I cannot remember. It appears that my streak will end to today, as Obama is poised to sweep the non-cleverly dubbed "Chesapeake Primary." With three wins today, Obama will have won seven contests in a row following the weekend sweep of Louisiana, Kansas, Washington, and Maine. That streak could reach nine with Hawaii and Wisconsin voting next Tuesday (I challenge anyone to come up with a clever name for that one). By this time tomorrow Senator Obama can claim to have won 23 of 35 contests to date, a winning percentage of .657. A winning percentage like that would make the Senator the #3 seed in the NBA's eastern conference behind the mighty Celtics and the Detroit Pistons. Not too bad for a guy that was supposed to be finished after Super Tuesday.
Senator Clinton's campaign seems to be embracing a Rudy Giuliani strategy of establishing March 4 as a firewall for her candidacy. Chances are she will lose every contest between Super Tuesday and Super Tuesday Lite, thus loses in either Texas or Ohio could be the fatal blow for the Clinton era. At this point, Pennsylvania could matter on April 22 (BK should get throwing in the bullpen). It is worth noting that the primary that precedes Pennsylvania is Mississippi, which is held 43 days before Pennsylvanians head to the polls. That could be longest six weeks of our collective lives. Go Obama…
2 comments:
I've thrown my warm-up pitches and I'm ready to go. The tide seems to have turned against my girl Hillary, though it should be clearer tonight. The fact that most people have just bandwagoned onto Obama's run is what upsets me most. (Not you- you were the first person that ever mentioned him pre-'05). Enjoy your vote today!
BK's just mad because he thinks if Hillary is elected, Bill Clinton will get 4 more years in the White House. I would be one of the bandwagoners he is referring to. That may be true because I didn't know who Barrack was before 2005 but I would rather be a bandwagoner than to vote for someone because of their spouse!
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