Obama Takes Mississippi

With a victory that surprised no one, Barack Obama took the Mississippi primary Tuesday and widened his delegate lead over Sen. Clinton.  Perhaps what is more interesting is that with Obama finally estimated to be the winner of the Texas caucus from March 4th.  While he didn’t win the coveted Texas primary, he took what was more important:

Clinton beat Obama 51 percent to 47 percent in the Texas primary that was also held on March 4, but Obama was expected to win a majority of the 228 Texas delegates due to his caucus win.

This is the last Democratic primary until April 22nd in Pennsylvania which is another large delegate rich prize for the candidates.  In the mean time I’ll cover Obama and Clinton’s continuing campaign and any word on who McCain will choose as a running mate

stay tuned

Obama Wins Wyoming, Goes Mostly Unnoticed

Well Barack Obama got back to his winning ways Saturday picking up a victory in the Wyoming caucus.  The delegate light state sent 7 delegates to Obama while awarding 4 to the Clinton camp.  Obama now has a 99 delegate lead heading into the Mississippi primary on Tuesday.

GOP Has Their Candidate, Democrats Continue to Fight

As we wait for the remainder of the Texas Caucus votes to be counted, let’s reflect on Tuesday’s events. Barack Obama won his 12th consecutive Primary with an easy win in Vermont, but thats where his streak ended. Hillary Clinton easily took Rhode Island, Ohio, and squeaked out a win in Texas. While the three wins were big for the Clinton campaign and kept the race very much alive, Obama still leads by 96 delegates as of this post. The two candidates now turn their attention to Wyoming and Mississippi in the next week for their primaries. It’s clear neither candidate will receive the necessary delegates by convention time, we should be in for a fun summer.

John McCain now has topped the number of delegates and will be announced as the official Republican candidate at this year’s National Republican Convention. Now his focus should turn to campaigning against Clinton and Obama as they battle it out and to choosing a proper running mate.

Hillary Appears on SNL

Hillary Clinton appeared on SNL this weekend (video) with impersonator Amy Poehler.  She complimented Poehler on her impression of her and delivered the trademark opening line.  I hope she doesn’t hope her performance would be as memorable as Janet Reno’s appearance with Will Ferrell.