State | Candidate | Vote %age | Delegates |
Texas | Hillary Clinton | 51 | 16 |
Barack Obama | 48 | 10 | |
Ohio | Hillary Clinton | 54 | 62 |
Barack Obama | 44 | 46 | |
Vermont | Hillary Clinton | 60 | 9 |
Barack Obama | 38 | 6 | |
Rhode Island | Hillary Clinton | 58 | 12 |
Barack Obama | 40 | 8 | |
Uncommitted | 1 | 0 |
This table shows the GOP results for the primaries on March 4th:
State | Candidate | Vote %age | Delegates |
Texas | John McCain | 51 | 70 |
Mike Huckabee | 38 | 0 | |
Ron Paul | 5 | 0 | |
Uncommitted | 1 | 0 | |
Ohio | John McCain | 60 | 79 |
Mike Huckabee | 31 | 0 | |
Ron Paul | 5 | 0 | |
Vermont | John McCain | 72 | 17 |
Mike Huckabee | 14 | 0 | |
Ron Paul | 7 | 0 | |
Rhode Island | John McCain | 65 | 13 |
Mike Huckabee | 22 | 4 | |
Ron Paul | 7 | 0 | |
Uncommitted | 2 | 0 |
The Washington Post has an interesting viewpoint:
"For months before his victory in Iowa, doubters questioned whether Obama had the stomach to deliver the blows necessary to wear down Clinton's advantages. Now, the question is whether he can take a punch..."I don't understand why they think Obama is struggling. He's still in the lead - look at the statistics! He's won 25 primaries/caucuses, Hillary's won 16 and two of those had no delegates up for grabs. How on earth could that be considered 'struggling'?
According to CNN, the delegate count that's needed to secure the Republican nomination is 1191 and John McCain 1226, so he will become the GOP candidate at convention time. It's quite a comeback considering he was short of money early on and Mitt Romney was taking some big victories. Losing the first caucus (Iowa) was also a blow. However, McCain ended up winning in the places that had the most delegates and, as we all know by now, delegates are the most important thing in a US election.After the results were announced, Mike Huckabee dropped out of the race which means the only other active GOP candidate is Ron Paul, but his total is comparitively minor (21).
What McCain doesn't want to see is:
"...another tired debate of false promises, empty sound bites, or useless arguments from the past that address not a single of America’s concerns for their family’s security."The following picture is from this article:
Yes - that's right. John McCain has now received the dreaded 'Kiss of Death'™. George W. Bush has officially endorsed him. You might see him smiling in that picture, but now McCain will struggle to attract the anti-Bush crowd.
So, what do you think?
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1 comments:
I watched someone on TV tonight look at the upcoming primaries. If Obama and Clinton split them with Obama winning some and Clinton winning some then neither one of them will have enough to lock in the nomination by the time of the convention. That is something I have been wanted to watch for decades now. It should make for great theatre but it will not be good for the Democratic party. Well that's life. :-)
At this point someone has to land a knockout blow and win most of the remaining primaries by a lot to win outright. Frankly I do not see that happening.
McCain has been a supporter of Bush's on the war in Iraq so it is not surprising that Bush endorsed him. Plus of course as the leader of the party the President pretty much has an obligation to endorse the winner of the primaries season. Likewise McCain needs Bush to attract voters from the war supporting wing of the population which includes some Democrats as well as Republicans. It will be interesting to see when, how and over what issues McCain distances himself from the President as time goes on.
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