Obama Poised to Sweep Into Lead Over Clinton in Primaries Today

[Wretched Excess]

Obama Poised to Sweep Into Lead Over Clinton in Primaries Today

 Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama is poised to chalk up three more wins over Hillary Clinton today in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., that would give him a clear delegate lead in the Democratic nomination race.

Obama packed arenas in Baltimore and College Park, Maryland, yesterday while Clinton pursued voters in smaller settings. Polls in all three jurisdictions show Obama the favorite to win a majority of the 168 delegates at stake.

``You're looking at a groundswell,'' said Keith Haller, president of Potomac Inc., a Bethesda, Maryland-based political consulting company not affiliated with any campaign. The Illinois senator will win the capital overwhelmingly, and in Virginia and Maryland, the ``yield for Obama is likely to be more significant than just splitting the delegates.''

Obama will be building on the momentum he gained after winning in four states over the weekend -- Maine, Nebraska, Louisiana and Washington -- and having battled Clinton to a draw in 22 states on Feb. 5.

His campaign claimed a narrow edge in pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention after his Feb. 9 victories. An unofficial estimate by the independent non-partisan Web site thegreenpapers.com shows Obama ahead of Clinton, a senator from New York, 925 delegates to 896.

Delegate Counts

An Associated Press projection shows Clinton ahead with 1,136 delegates to 1,108 for Obama, counting Democratic office holders and party officials known as super delegates who aren't bound by results in primaries and caucuses. Obama holds a lead counting only pledged delegates.

A candidate needs 2,025 delegates to win the nomination.

Republicans also will be voting today, and Arizona Senator John McCain, 71, has a lead in polls over former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, 52. McCain has the backing of top party leaders in both states. He also was endorsed yesterday by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the brother of President George W. Bush, who called him a ``devoted conservative leader.''

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VA and MD are actually more critical to The BarackStar! than hillary at the moment.   but then it's up to her to hold OH, PA, and TX.

[Lord Undies]

My prediction is:

The Tragic Lesbo wins in Texas....places in Pennsylvania...and shows in Ohio.


 

[Wretched Excess]

My prediction is:

The Tragic Lesbo wins in Texas....places in Pennsylvania...and shows in Ohio.


 

I agree that ohio is the most likely state for her to lose.  the hispanic vote in TX will be a problem for The BarackStar!, and hillary has the full backing of the rendell and the dem machine in PA.

but by "show" do you mean to say that she will actually come in 3rd in OH?

[Lord Undies]

My prediction is:

The Tragic Lesbo wins in Texas....places in Pennsylvania...and shows in Ohio.


 

I agree that ohio is the most likely state for her to lose.  the hispanic vote in TX will be a problem for The BarackStar!, and hillary has the full backing of the rendell and the dem machine in PA.

but by "show" do you mean to say that she will actually come in 3rd in OH?

No, it was a racetrack analogy.  I didn't know I was going to have to slap it into you.   

[Wretched Excess]

My prediction is:

The Tragic Lesbo wins in Texas....places in Pennsylvania...and shows in Ohio.


 

I agree that ohio is the most likely state for her to lose.  the hispanic vote in TX will be a problem for The BarackStar!, and hillary has the full backing of the rendell and the dem machine in PA.

but by "show" do you mean to say that she will actually come in 3rd in OH?

No, it was a racetrack analogy.  I didn't know I was going to have to slap it into you.   

ah.  I get it now.  I think.

[Lord Undies]

My prediction is:

The Tragic Lesbo wins in Texas....places in Pennsylvania...and shows in Ohio.


 

I agree that ohio is the most likely state for her to lose.  the hispanic vote in TX will be a problem for The BarackStar!, and hillary has the full backing of the rendell and the dem machine in PA.

but by "show" do you mean to say that she will actually come in 3rd in OH?

No, it was a racetrack analogy.  I didn't know I was going to have to slap it into you.   

ah.  I get it now.  I think.

Let's put it in golf terms.  Your gal will have to buy the drinks on the 19th in Ohio.