Tsunami Tuesday (D)
Posted: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:16 AM by Mark Murray
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Democrats, 2008, Feb. 5
Obama won 13 states: Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Utah. Clinton won eight states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. New Mexico hasn’t been called, but Obama has a very slight lead there.
The New York Times: “Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama carved up the nation in the 22-state nominating contest on Tuesday, leaving the Democratic presidential nomination more elusive than ever… It was a night of drama as millions of Democrats cleaved sharply between two candidates offering them a historic first: The opportunity to nominate a woman or an African-American to lead their party’s effort to reclaim the White House. Yet it was also a night when neither Mr. Obama nor Mrs. Clinton could decisively lay claim - or even secure an edge - to the nomination, assuring an electoral fight that will unfold for weeks to come.”
The Boston Globe: “Obama and Clinton began yesterday essentially tied at two victories each after voting in the first four states. And that is more or less how the day ended: Neither Obama nor Clinton scored a decisive win nationally.”
The Washington Post: In many of the states Clinton won, Obama had surged from far behind to narrow the gap in the days before Super Tuesday. Her ability to hold off his charge brought a sense of relief to her campaign advisers, but the likelihood that neither would emerge with a significant advantage in delegates was a sign that their roller-coaster competition would continue.”
Per the AP’s Ron Fournier, Clinton and Obama “fought to a draw on Super Tuesday, splitting the delegates almost evenly while each emerged with bragging rights. Obama won the most states. Clinton seized delegate-rich California and New York. The calendar now favors Obama, whose strength among blacks and upscale, educated voters gives him the edge in states holding contests this month… So why worry? Despite Obama's successes so far, it's hard to argue with Bill Clinton that it's a ‘roll of the dice"’ to vote for a freshman senator less than four years removed from the Illinois legislature. Obama still has much to prove. The potential for setbacks and mistakes is high.”
The Boston Globe’s Canellos: “A fierce, protracted contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama could sour the good feelings - or energize the party even more, depending on how the candidates conduct themselves.”
