"The Clinton campaign just announced that Hillary and Bill Clinton injected $5 million of their personal fortune into her campaign a few days ago.
This is a dramatic move, and a clear acknowledgement that our campaign has the momentum. We saw undeniable evidence of that last night as the results came in.
Barack Obama won the most states and the most delegates on February 5th.
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The Clinton infusion of $5 million -- and there are reports it could end up being as much as $20 million -- will give them huge resources for the next set of primaries and caucuses.
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Just two weeks ago we were behind by double-digits in many of the states that voted yesterday, but Barack won 13 states to 8 states for Hillary Clinton, with one state (New Mexico) still counting votes.
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We won yesterday because thousands upon thousands of individual supporters canvassed their neighborhoods, talked to their neighbors and friends, and made phone calls to remind their fellow supporters to get out the vote.
And we accomplished all of this with a campaign funded by ordinary people giving only what they can afford.
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Here are some details about yesterday's historic victory. According to official results and exit polls:
Barack won 2-to-1 in traditionally conservative states where Democrats are hungry for a nominee who can change the map and help Democrats up and down the ticket win in November
Our winning coalition included Americans of every race, background, and gender -- including 64% of women in Georgia
We scored wins in every region of the country -- New England, the Mid-Atlantic, the South, the Midwest, the Rocky Mountain states, and the West
Americans had a clear choice to make yesterday, and they chose Barack Obama."
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Post-Super Tuesday Analysis
Republicans:
Huckabee, though he had a suprising showing, might as well be out of the race. Romney follows suit. McCain is just a few delegates away from winning outright, but as far as momentum goes, the race is over.
***PA (Political Analyses) now predicts John McCain will be the Republican nominee.***
Democrats:
Obama managed a slight delegate victory, but this race is anyone's game. This race could go to the Democratic convention, and, if it does, expect the DNC to change its rules regarding superdelegates. Predictions on Saturday's caucuses will follow in a few days.
Huckabee, though he had a suprising showing, might as well be out of the race. Romney follows suit. McCain is just a few delegates away from winning outright, but as far as momentum goes, the race is over.
***PA (Political Analyses) now predicts John McCain will be the Republican nominee.***
Democrats:
Obama managed a slight delegate victory, but this race is anyone's game. This race could go to the Democratic convention, and, if it does, expect the DNC to change its rules regarding superdelegates. Predictions on Saturday's caucuses will follow in a few days.
Why Should Clinton be Afraid?
This article was posted on The Politico.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8363.html
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8363.html
Dems Delegate Update
In the end, it appears that Obama has come out ahead in the delegate race, with a slight lead of ~15 delegates.
Results
McCain and Clinton won California, but Obama was close behind. For the night, Clinton won 584 delegates, Obama 563. That brings the delegate totals, with superdelegates, to Clinton 728, Obama 633. In the end, this is anybody's race.
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