20 February 2008
NO SLEEP 'TIL OHIO!
Senator Obama is CLEANING UP! He's now swept the Potomac (or Chesapeake, whatever they're calling it) primaries, and he just waxed Senator Clinton in Wisconsin and Hawaii. Hawaii was expected as it's Sen Obama's home state, but Wisconsin is something to boast as it has a 90% Caucasian population and mostly working class (under 50K annually) population. These groups were formerly squarely in Hillary's corner. Senator Obama captured 63% of the white male vote, and 50% of the working class vote. Here's the best: he also racked up 48% of the female vote. That's Senator Clinton's bread and butter there. I listen to the pundits speak of him being the clear front-runner, and how it will take miracles for Sen Clinton to catch up, but I can't allow myself to believe his nomination to inevitable. I'm not even superstitious, I'm just taking it one day at a time. One thing that we've learned in this primary race is that anything can (and did) happen. I also want to take this time to shout out my Dad who says he was inspired by my work on Senator Obama's campaign and signed up to be a district Captain for the campaign up in Cleveland, OH. He lives in the #4 region on the map above, in Cuyahoga County (NE Ohio/Cleveland). His job shouldn't be too hard, seeing as though that's where all the Black people live. There and Cincinnati. Still, I'm so proud of him! Ohio should be interesting. A week ago Sen Clinton showed a 21% lead over Sen Obama in the polls, but OH has a similar demographic as Wisconsin; many working class white. Since Sen Obama has been chipping away at Sen Clinton's voter base, perhaps he can make inroads in Ohio as well. Add to that, Ohio has a lot more people of color than WI. I do feel he may have a better chance in Texas where the major cities are filled with Blacks - Dallas, Houston, San Antonio. Even if he doesn't win theses states, chances are, he'll win the the previously named districts which have the most delegates. I'm bracing myself for the negative ads the Clinton machine will produce in the next weeks. The Clinton campaign doesn't have the budget to air them nationwide, so at least we won't be burdened with them here in MD, but trusty MSNBC always airs the attack ads during their broadcasts. It'll be interesting to see just how nasty it gets. Sen Clinton has no choice but to go negative, she's going to have to do something, anything to slow Sen Obama's momentum. They just better leave Michelle alone. She's not the one!!!
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I also don't allow myself to get geeked over the commentaries about Obama taking he lead...he still needs Texas...but he is said to probably rack up down there. I would hate for it to be this way all the way to the end then BOOM!!! something happens to take him out of the running...Clinton is getting vicious now, and that's only because she's scared...but hey that's what white folks have been doing your years, no?
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