<p>By 2 at this moment in time (Feb 12th 8.09p.m.CST) - according to CNN’s way of calculating the numbers anyway.</p>
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<p>I just read somewhere that if Obama wins Wisconsin and Hawaii (as expected) Clinton will need to get 63% or higher in Texas, Ohio AND Pennsylvania. Not doable. Watching Obama speak on TV right now, I think I’m looking at our next president. :)</p>
<p>as of now:
1195 obama
1178 clinton
i couldn’t be happier</p>
<p>Latest Texas poll I’ve seen is Clinton, 48-38. But that’s going to change.</p>
<p>CNN switched from Obama’s speech to McCain’s speech. Quite a contrast in style and substance. </p>
<p>McCain seems to have decided that Obama is going to be his opponent in November, and is trying to attack his message without naming him.</p>
<p>This could be an interesting general election. Personally I would love to vote for an Obama/McCain ticket. Maybe even a McCain/Obama. </p>
<p>If they are smart, Obama will try to get a VP like McCain and McCain will try to get a VP like Obama.</p>
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<p>He’s trying to co-opt his message without naming him, too. Did you hear the last sentence of his speech? “My friends, I can assure you I am fired up and ready to go.”</p>
<p>^^ That sounds to me as if McCain is trying to defuse the age issue.</p>
<p>By copying Obama’s refrain?</p>
<p>Forget delegates, add up all the votes and Obama now has the popular vote, even if you add in Florida and Michigan (where his name was not even on the ballot). It was a big night.</p>
<p>Obama won the Latino vote in Virginia.</p>
<p>Well, I’m a “never post in the political threads” cc-er. But I gotta say, it WAS a big night.</p>
<p>My many-many-many times Republican-voting DH, sorely disaffected by the Bush years, is actually excited about what an Obama presidency might do for this country.</p>
<p>That tells me a lot.</p>
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<p>Bad news for Hillary. Latinos have been among her most stalwart supporters.</p>
<p>“Forget delegates, add up all the votes and Obama now has the popular vote, even if you add in Florida and Michigan (where his name was not even on the ballot). It was a big night.”</p>
<p>I’d say so. Apparently Clinton’s 67% lovefest Senatorial win in NY, which incidentally is about the same percentage Larry Craig was reelected by in Idaho 
isn’t translating to the national race. Must be the national electorate didn’t realize Clinton was, as some purport, such an amazing NY Senator,</p>
<p>Not a political thread poster either, but this was the headline on Drudge Report, (a big night for Obama, to say the least)</p>
<p>In the Chesapeake Rout, according to exit polls in Maryland, Obama won:
Latino Voters By Six Points: 53-47
All Religions (Including Catholics)
All Age Groups (Including Seniors)
All Regions
All Education Levels
And Women by TWENTY ONE POINTS…</p>
<p>“Obama won the Latino vote in Virginia.”</p>
<p>He won all groups. Caucasian woman as well.</p>
<p>Cross posted</p>
<p>“If they are smart, Obama will try to get a VP like McCain and McCain will try to get a VP like Obama.”</p>
<p>I think Obama will select one of these 3 women as his running mate:
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Washington State Gov. Christine Gregoire or Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill.</p>
<p>I hate to bust anyone’s bubbles but regardless of who wins the Dem nomination, the November fight will be a lot tougher. Hillary and Obama have done a remarkable job of keeping it positive and they both have essentially the same agenda. This agenda will in November be attacked as the “wave the white flag of surrender, weak on national security, raise taxes, socialized medicine” liberal agenda. And there may be events that we don’t even know about that could swing the mood in McCain’s direction. </p>
<p>The grey haired white male patriotic veteran is not going to be so easy to beat.</p>
<p>I never understood why McCain was not the R candidate in 2000. But perhaps the fact that I liked him and I definitely am not a Republican supporter explains it!</p>
<p>Hondu: Those would be bad choices for Obama. He needs to recruit a VP with strong experience in foreign policy and/or military. Jim Webb of Virginia might be good. So also Bill Richardson who has foreign policy experience and can help with the Latino vote.</p>
<p>When I was at the volunteer headquarters in Chicago tonight (for the first time), I tried to make some observations as to who was there to volunteer. I kind of expected to be the only middle-aged white female, but I was far from it. The group there tonight ranged from all races, ages and gender… pretty evenly. If any one group stood out as having more representation than another, it would have been black females, but all ages.</p>