Posted on 02/10/2008 5:26:32 PM PST by jdm
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Hillary Rodham Clinton had hoped her strong showing on Super Tuesday would halt Barack Obama's momentum - but that notion was shattered yesterday as Obama scored blowouts in Washington state, Louisiana and Nebraska.
The Clinton camp had tried to downplay the widely anticipated losses as old news - and her campaign had ceded Louisiana and Nebraska to save their resources for the bigger March 4 contests in Texas and Ohio.
But the big wins for Obama could fuel the perception that he's on a roll, and victories could be scarce for Clinton over the next few weeks if she doesn't prevail in today's closely contested Maine caucuses.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
You are welcome. I don’t like the caucus system either, although at least in Maine there were absentee votes allowed. Actually, I suppose it doesn’t matter because the dems have all those superdelegates, that are just party officials and elected officials that will pick the nominee anyway. I am glad I am not a dem, because I would be mighty upset about all the effort and money going into their nomination process. What a waste, considering none of it matters.
Hey Hillary....Close, but no cigar...(Sorry Bill!)
It wouldn't be so bad if she'd put the seat back down when she was done! ;-P
ROTFL!
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