| In case you missed it - and I certainly did - Obama did very well for himself over the weekend. He won the Louisiana primary, 57 to 36 percent; the Nebraska caucus, 68 to 32 percent; and the Washington caucus, 68 to 31 percent; and the Maine caucus, 59 to 40 percent.
Big wins for Obama, with the usual crazed, record-setting turnout:
In Nebraska, The Omaha World-Herald reported that organizers at two caucus sites had been so overrun by crowds that they abandoned traditional caucusing and asked voters to drop makeshift scrap-paper ballots into a box instead. In Sarpy County, in suburban Omaha, traffic backed up on Highway 370 when thousands of voters showed up at a precinct where organizers had planned for hundreds.
In Washington, the Democratic party reported record-breaking numbers of caucusgoers, with early totals suggesting turnout would be nearly be nearly double what it was in 2004 - itself a record year - when 100,000 Democrats caucused.
Hours after Obama's Saturday victory, Clinton's campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, resigned. |
| Meanwhile, on the Republican side of things, the weekend's results do not bode well for a quiet closing of ranks so the GOPers can concentration on librul terrorists. McCain got pummeled this weekend, eking out a victory only in the Washington caucus - and even that was marred by controversy.
Here are this weekend's Republican results:
Kansas caucus: Huckabee 60 percent, McCain 24, Paul 11, Romney 3.
Louisiana primary: Huckabee 43 percent, McCain 42, Romney 7, Paul 5.
Washington caucus: McCain 26 percent, Huckabee 24, Paul 21, Romney 16, "uncommitted" 13.
Maine caucus (with 68 percent reporting): Romney 52 percent, McCain 21, Paul 19, Huckabee 6. [This caucus was, of course, on Feb 2, not this weekend. --jay]
Sure, it'll be nearly impossible for Huckabee to catch up to John McCain, but somebody forgot to tell the voters and party insiders of Louisiana, Kansas, and Maine. Is it possible that Huckabee, Paul, and Romney will keep garnering enough protest votes to keep McCain from getting all of his delegates outright? |
