Sen. Barack Obama swept Democratic presidential contests in numerous states Saturday, extending his victories in the continued battle with Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic party presidential nominee.
At a party dinner in Richmond, Virginia, Obama said:
“Today, the voters from the West Coast to the Gulf Coast to the heart of America stood up to say yes, we can. We won in Louisiana, we won in Nebraska, we won in Washington state, we won North, we won South, we won in between, and I believe that we can win Virginia on Tuesday if you’re ready to stand for change.”
Obama won 57% of the vote in Louisiana, the latest string of Southern states with large black populations (which the mainstream media cannot resist mentioning). In Nebraska, a state comprised of a 4.4% black population, according to 2007 U.S. Census Bureau Total Population Estimates, Obama gained 68% of the vote, the same percentage he earned in Washington.
According to an analysis of voting results by the Associated Press released Saturday, Obama also led by two delegates from Super Tuesday’s contests with 796 to Clinton’s 794. I am still hearing conflicting reports; in fact, that was the first instance in which Obama was on top except from his campaign. All sources confirm that he won more states and, as I mentioned in the Super Tuesday recap, it’s essentially a draw for both candidates.
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is also enjoying a string of victories in southern states. With 60% of the vote in Kansas and 44% in Louisiana, Huckabee is offering Republican front-runner John McCain a run for his money (or should that be Mitt Romney, who suspended his campaign earlier this week?).
The results of the Washington Republican Caucus are still being analyzed, with Huckabee and McCain both vying for the number one spot.
Obama ’08.
I’m so pumped, can’t wait to vote here in Pennsylvania.
Obama 08… I think Hilary is shady and that Bill is vying for the White House through her. he was a good pres. but time for CHANGE!
WOW! This is truly a movement and I am so proud of my young black people for getting out and voting and getting involved in the democracy and the future of this country! YES WE CAN! OBAMA 08′
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OBAMAA..im loving this..even though Im a TOalien (Toronto Kid)..Im loving this movement and if I could vote..clearly my vote is going to homebwoy Obama..for me to move down I would Homeboy voted and ummmm..free healthcare…
Barack the Vote Dammit! I admire Obama, what he represents, what he’s lived – hell he had my vote way back after his Democratic Party Convention speech………….I downloaded it to my ipod it was so goddammed inspairational.
It’s real you guys, he can win…..and like they said to Jesse in 84 and 88…………….Run Barack Run!!!!! I’ve never been so passionate about my candiate, ESPECIALLY after this Bush puppet presidency.
Change….Change….Change…..Obama 08
GET IT OBAMA GET IT!
The Media can’t play the backwards race card for Nebraska and Washington State now can they??? HAHA
Obama 08′ !!!!!!!!!!!
“The Media can’t play the backwards race card for Nebraska and Washington State now can they??? HAHA ”
Exactly! I am so sick of every article pointing out how Obama receives 80% of the Black vote…so what?! He received overwhelming support (beat Clinton by wider margins than in Louisiana without 50% of Black voting bloc) from all kinds of people. It is about time that people stop writing Obama off as a Black candidate and stop insulting Blacks by insinuating that our reasons for voting for Obama are any different than the millions of others who want change.
Go Obama! This is incredible and I’m hoping that he keeps up this momentum to the point where his nomination cannot be denied. If it is too close and it boils down to super delegates we could have a problem. However, with more decisive wins, I’m hoping it won’t come down to that.
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Once a Hillary supporter i am officially now for OBAMA. 08. This guy is the real deal. Ive always been torn b/w him and Hillary, and even though I like Hillary and want to see her as the first female president, I think Obama has a better chance against McCain. Too many people dislike Hillary b/c of her excess baggage, plus she’s very corporate; almost bought. And Bill is making her look bad.
OBAMA. OBAMA. I really hope this guy can take on McCain. And i really hope non-blk Americans vote for him. He needs to appoint Hillary to his cabinet though b/c she’s brilliant as well.
But anyway, enough about Hillary. Obama is the man of the year! It’s time for change and he’s definitely the one to bring it!!!!
OBAMA O8 OBAMA 08! He was right. This election is about the past. vs. the future.
OBAMA.
BARACK THE FUCKIN VOTE!!!!!
yayyy im so proud that i helped barack win LOUISIANA
Real Change in O8′ OBAMA…
YEAH………..I can’t wait til Obama wins VA (he better)………I have already casted my absentee ballot for him………..and the way the crowd was reacting towards him at the Siegal Center, I think he has VA……………………………….obama obama obama damnit
obama’s reaching rockstar status….this campaign speeches are like concert-like performances!
whut truely bugged me out is the fact that he beaten hillary in the state of washington by 38 POINTS!!!!! that’s a straight up massacre!
he’ll be the only president in my lifestime in where i’ll be excited to listen to his inarguation speech!
The reason there are conflicting reports about the number of delegates is because most states, especially the caucus states, haven’t fully assigned them yet. They have to take a vote on the county level and then on the state level which may take a month or more. At that time they can provide a accurate count of how many delegates will be assigned to each person.
Also, some news outlets are counting super delegates, others are not. Some are using actual super delegate lists that the candidates provide, others are taking a poll of super delegates and trying to calculate their response. Keep in mind that unlike a pledged delegate, super delegates can change their mind for any reason, at any time on who they will vote for at the convention. I know of at least one politician in Minnesota who went with Obama simply because Obama won his state and he wanted to side with constituents……which is the fair way to me.
If you count pledged delegates, then Obama is leading by a margin of less than 30 I believe. If you count the pledged and super delegates, then Barak is down by at least 90 because Hillary racked up her super delegates last year when it looked like she had the election in the bag.
The bottom line is that Obama supporters have to put pressure on the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Party has a whole to make sure that the people decide their candidate, and not party insiders in some backroom deal. If Obama wins the most pledged delegates and the most states, then he should be the nominee pure and simple. The 796 super delegates should not be able to swing the vote to Clinton because they fear her political machine. That would be worse than 2000 when Bush stole the election by the Supreme Court ignoring the voice of the American people. If we go into the summer with a tie and there is a brokered convention, it’s possible that the Democratic Party will ignore the American people and swing the vote to Clinton as well.
I’m a registered Independent who supports Obama. But I have no problem with voting for McCain in the general election if Hillary has to use backroom deals to swing the election her way when Obama wins it fair and square. I refuse to allow the Democratic Party to believe that I don’t care if my vote doesn’t count and that they can take me for granted because I’m some party loyalist.
Never again…..
NOW THIS IS THE CHANGE WE’VE BEEN LOOKIN FOR!!! I didnt realize he’d do this well and is reached a dead heat with Clinton.
Barack IS the man to lead us into the future, to direct America the right way.
donna brazile from CNN (she’s one of the superdelegates) already said that if this thing gets to the national convention and forces the selected superdelegates to decide FOR the people, then she’s going to leave her party!
and rightfully so! especially if obama continues to have more pledged delegates, but loses because hillary’s back-pocket dealings, bribes, and “favors” to pull the superdelegates onto her side.
even howard dean who is the current party leader sees this as a huge brewing problem! and wants to resolve this as quick as possible (i dunno how he’s going to do that)…the democratic party’s only saving grace is that even though it’s damn near official that mccain will be the republican nominee, that party is so much in shambles and so much divided, with huckabee trying to be the ultimate spoiler overall, that it’s actually buying the democrats time!
with that said, i dunno HOW hillary can stop this momentum obama is getting right now. it’s like nothing i’ve even seen before in a canidate. and suppose he pulls another sweep come tuesday, then he pretty much had that month of feb. on lockdown and have a whole 3 weeks to work on texas and ohio (and considering how impressive that closed that gap within a mere 10 years in 23 states where he was behind in double digits in almost all of them….hillary’s chances of a blowout even if she wins is near to impossible)
i honestly think hillary will win texas, and may edge obama out in ohio…..but if obama DO happen to win those two states…this race is over
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!
Nice
I find it funny that they keep mentioning what percent of the black vote
he is getting. Its like they’re secretly telling the white people “get your ass out
there and vote or there will be a black president”
This is such an exciting time in our history. He is truly breaking a door down for black people WORLD WIDE. A black man (of African origin) is on the cusp of becoming the most powerful man in the world? I can barely contain my excitement. I too have been hearing too many conflicting reports over super tuesday. Who the hell won??????? Hell with his percentages in Louisianna I swear some of them KKK musta been voting Obama. smh. triflin asses.
AND WHY THE HELL ARE THERE LESS THAN 20 RESPONSES TO THIS NEWS??? YET FANTASIA AND HER STANK HAIR HAVE PULLED IN OVER 80? SMH @ THE PRIORITIES OF MOST BLACK FOLK. Don’t complain when Hilary gets to power because your apathetic asses forgot to vote. Don’t complain when she starts to increase the taxes on Korean lacefront glue. Obama knows what we need, Hilary be lookin out for her own peeps.
Good night for him, but it is long way from over with believe that. It was already expected for him to win all three. I think Hillary is expected to win Maine tonight. He is expected to win Maryland and DC and whether some of you all know it or not VA is a toss up. She is still ahead in delegates. He really should be worried when Texas and Ohio come around especially if he can’t tap into that Hispanic vote. Hillary is waiting for those states and Pennsylvania also.
Side note, I saw an earlier comment about him being a “Rock star.” My god, I tell you so I guess a rock star can run the white house. Still shows people are voting for him for the wrong reasons. All these polls about him beating McCain are so premature. Just like one of the analyst on MSNBC said about the 1988 election where Dukakis was beating the Sr. Bush in polls around this time double what they Obama is beating McCain. And in the end Bush killed him in the general election. I just have this feeling and I know some of you won’t agree, but the Republicans know they are doing. They keep saying how they scared of Obama and don’t want to face him knowing that they really want him cause they know they will win. I really really don’t want another Republican in the white house, but if Obama gets the nomination on the Democratic side, I really see that happening.
I am SO PROUD of OBAMA!
I’m so happy he swept the three states yesterday. I love how these majority white states are voting for him. It just makes me feel so good, and proud to be an American that everyone is willing to give this man a chance. Never thought I’d see this.
Clinton will lose if Obama doesn’t win. Dems will vote for McCain. I’ll be one of them.
Jay Anthony Brown on TJ said it best ” Hillary had millions in campaign money, how is she gonna balance the budget when she can’t even balance her campaign funds.” LOL
I voted yesterday in New Orleans and it FELT GREAT!!!! Barack Da vote Ya heard me!
I’m SOOOO Excited!!! I’m going to hear him speak at a rally in VA Beach today!!!! Obama ’08!!!!!!!!
Yes. I am tired of the race only patrayal I am witnessing from the mainstream news channels. Seeing Barack Winning in Nebraska and Washington excites my soul, some news stations are trying to act like he can only win in predominently black, southern states. Besides, Barack has an excellent campaign and the more predominantly majority states he wins maybe they can focus on his campaign and platform instead of race identity voting, which will indeed recruit more supporters. Those supporters who only know info about candidates because of news coverage.
Obama ’08!!!
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It’s getting tight, they are getting desperate. Be sure to have and take your voter registration card with you to the polls. Don’t be turned around, don’t be turned back.
I can’t understand how some people are so caught up in themselves to tell others they are voting for someone for the “wrong reasons”. Each person’s vote is influenced differently. Is it so bad to vote for someone who inspires you, your community, the youth of the nation. Is it “naiive” to want this person to be in power to unite this country after years of partisan politics. Reality is people are tired of the same old rhetoric. They see Barrack as someone who defies the norm in Washington, and so far has defied the narrow logic of the naysayers. We have a large amount of people who vote for anyone who reminds them of Ronald Reagan. A man who was a good president to some, but horrible to others. There’s many people voting for Hillary because they see her as a representation of the Clinton Administration. Isn’t that a far more faulty reason. Personally I’m tired of the feuding families insatiable desires for power. The people are calling out for change and many see it in Barrack. If you need more substance go read his policies, go read the work he’s done in Illionois. If you want more inspiration then read his books. But don’t think that people are wrong to vote with their hearts and their minds. To this date, I have not met anyone who voted for Hillary and stated their reason without making an attack on Barrack.
YEAH!!! Take that Hilary supporters!!!!!
OBAMA ’08
i really really hope obama wins! and i hope he proves that he is the right candidate for the position.
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I think J. Dakar should do a post called VOTING 101 and school people on delegates, superdelegates, the various parties, etc. so that people understand that just because Obama SWEPT these states does not mean he gets the Democratic nod. I just don’t want people frustrated if things dont go their way just beacuse there is a lot of hype behind this bid for the White House in ’08!
O B A M A
vote people, even if not for him. its extremely important that everyones voice is HEARD.
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i dont understand why blk people want sorry boring ass hiliary in the white house. and this whole thing about color is so vague and dumb. white folks do it all the time going for their own. how come when we do it, it such a bad thing? get your head outta your ass. everything is about race. but thats not the issue. obama is for change and bringing people together. nebraska is the whitest state of all, i know cause i lived there. if this country is looking for a change, voting hillary isnt going to make it better…….yall dont want so support your own, i find it very disturbing cause hillary aint did a damn thang for me but put me to sleep with her sheepish ass voice.
I can’t wait until I get to vote in Ohio… Obama all the way!!!!
I’m excited! I have faith in Obama, something I don’t recall having before.
BUT I’ve been comparing their politics and plans for when either holds office.
Obama actually has a plan for poverty (it’s not perfect but it most certainly has the potential to make change) and it looks like Hillary does not. If you don’t believe me, check both of their websites (barackobama.com and hillaryclinton.com). Is that not on her agenda as president? Not an important issue?
oh yeah OBAMA 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO OUT AND VOTE FOR A CHANGE
GO OBAMA
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Go OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m still on team Hillary, and she will receive my vote come March 4th…the democratic race should be interesting…
Well, I did my part last Tuesday up here in MN…had a cold and everything but still went out and voted…for CHANGE!
It does surprise me that newsanchorsa/media are continually making statements that the (majority) reason Obama won was due to ‘large turn out by the black vote’. I mean what give s? They might want to explain why he won MN, which has a population of around 96% whites. So, it makes no sense as to why they keep on mentioning the so call ‘black vote’ .
But, what ever u do, do vote for whatever candidate you want.
And may your voice be heard! I voted for change in my state and change is what the whole state yelled back together ‘Yes we can!’
Mlps & Chi Towns Finest!!
By the way the video Yes We Can…..moving, just moving.
OBAMA IS SOO FINE HE LOOKS LIKE MY BOYFRIEND/HUSBAND/GAY ASS BOYFRIEND c.j. henry:)
The one thing that is making me mad is that the political analyst keep wanting to contribute his success to the “Black vote”. Obama has a reach that goes beyond just African Americans. The bottom line is that VOTERS are turning out and speaking, through their votes, about the change they want. All I can say is , ROCK THE VOTE in November. Rememberr how Gore lost…not by popular vote, but electoral vote….conspiracy……ugh!!!!
GO OBAMA…I want change
@33 (Visionary) — Excellent post — I wrote something very similar in another post a little while ago. The sentiment that somehow we are voting “for wrong reasons” when we are inspired by Barack is par for the course for Hillary supporters. They think *they* are the only ones voting for the “right reasons” — LMAO! As if they can insult people into voting for Hillary — LMAO!
The arrogance is astounding and has caused them to make all sort of predictions that they continue to have to back off of as the Obama Train keeps rolling along…LOL!
Anytime I ask a Hillary supporter why exactly I should vote for Hillary over Barack, they cannot give me a straight, reasoned, principled answer based on facts. It always turns into an attack on Barack or on the voter who is voting for Barack. As if they hold some superior intelligence, pragmatism or decision-making skills. NOT…lol!
Anyway, enough about the Bitter Betties and Bobs ——- I’m so happy about Barack’s wins yesterday. He has momentum going into the Chesapeake primary, including the endorsement of Virginia’s governor and Mark Warner — two heavyweights in the area (white men, lol) and things look good. He could pull the whole thing off. I’m still riding the train til the damn wheels fall off, and I’m proud to be doing so!
O-B-A-M-A 08 ! ! ! ! !
Obama’s change messages are beginning to sound like empty promises and empty words. Totally overused.
Thank you for mentioning the fact that the media cannot get off the “black” voting bloc thing for Obama. They never focus on his wins in Nebraska, Washington, Alaska, and Idaho. Black people didn’t carry the vote there! So please, realize the significance of his wins in aALL states!
OBAMA 08!
At 33 and 48
I don’t care what you guys say I stick to what I said. Most people I KNOW and HAVE HEARD are voting for him for the wrong reasons. I bet half of them people in Louisiana didn’t know he voted AGAINST Funding Katrina Victims and so did one of his key endorsements Sen. Kerry. Trust me, if those people in Louisiana actually checked out the issues, do you think they would have voted for him know what he voted against, hell no. I saw some on CNN beating around the bush knowing they voting for that man cause he black. Obama is nothing more in my book but a great motivational speaker. That’s all I have seen and hear him do. I live in the south and I know how these white people operate. If he gets the nomination, he will lost the general election by a landslide. They keep saying how Republican turnout is low, but let him get the nomination, you’ll see. Republicans are nasty and downright dirty, and if Obama gets the nod, they are going to eat him alive.
@49
You see it too, just words. I bet he received an A in public speaking in College. He good at that and that’s about all.
Everyone watch this video it is so inspirational:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cySK6q2P_Nw
Obama ’08!
In a February 8 Los Angeles Times column headlined “He’s got Obamaphilia,” Joel Stein referred to Obama’s popularity as “Obamaphilia” and his supporters as “Obamaphiles” and members of “the Cult of Obama.” Stein asserted: “Obamaphilia has gotten creepy. I couldn’t figure out if the two canvassers who came to my door Sunday had taken Ecstasy or were just fantasizing about an Obama presidency, but I feared they were going to hug me.” He added: “What the Cult of Obama doesn’t realize is that he’s a politician. Not a brave one taking risky positions like Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich, but a mainstream one. He has not been firing up the Senate with stirring Cross-of-Gold-type speeches to end the war. He’s a politician so soft and safe, Oprah likes him.
In a February 8 New York Times column headlined “Questions for Dr. Retail,” David Brooks referred to Obama as the “Hopemeister” and compared his supporters to Hare Krishna members: “Obama’s people are so taken with their messiah that soon they’ll be selling flowers at airports and arranging mass weddings.” He also wrote: “Have you noticed that he’s actually carried into his rallies by a flock of cherubs while the heavens open up with the Hallelujah Chorus? I wonder how he does that.”
In a February 7 column, Time columnist Joe Klein wrote of Obama’s speech following the February 5 Super Tuesday primaries: “And yet there was something just a wee bit creepy about the mass messianism — ‘We are the ones we’ve been waiting for’ — of the Super Tuesday speech and the recent turn of the Obama campaign.”
In a February 7 post on his ABCNews.com blog, Political Punch, senior national correspondent Jake Tapper wrote of Obama’s supporters: “Inspiration is nice. But some folks seem to be getting out of hand.” Tapper continued: “It’s as if [former Senate Majority Leader] Tom Daschle [D-SD] descended from on high saying, “Be not afraid; for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people: for there is born to you this day in the city of Chicago a Savior, who is Barack the Democrat.” Concluding the post, Tapper compared Obama supporters to followers of Charles Manson. Tapper wrote: “The Holy Season of Lent is upon us. Can Obama worshippers try to give up their Helter-Skelter cult-ish qualities for a few weeks? At least until Easter, or the Pennsylvania primary, whichever comes first…”
Obama supporters have excellent reasons for preferring Barack for President:
1. Check out that great smile.
2. His speeches make me feel warm and fuzzy.
3. His speeches make me think “Yes I Can!”
4. He talks about Hope and Change and Changing Hope and Hoping for Change and the Audacity of Hoping for Change. And Hope.
5. If you don’t vote for Barack, you are a racist.
6. Hillary is Polarizing. I won’t vote for her if she’s the nominee. But if her supporters don’t vote for Barack, they are racists.
7. Barack has yet to lose a single primary or caucus legitimately.
8. I really like the way he speaks. He makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Did I say that already? Well, it’s because they really do.
9. What was the subject again? I was thinking about Barack and I kind of glazed over. Gosh I like him.
LOL…all that, and STILL no reason to vote **FOR** Hillary……LMAO! Just proved my point. Too easy.