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Obama completes sweep, projection says

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor February 9, 2008 10:10 PM

Barack Obama completed a sweep of the states voting today, with projections that he won the Louisiana primary after also winning the caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state.

The wins, by big margins in the two caucus states, will likely give him the lion's share of the 158 delegates at stake in those three states -- and a burst of momentum heading into the next contests Sunday in Maine and Tuesday in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

He and Hillary Clinton are in delegate-for-delegate fight for the Democratic nomination, but Obama can claim more popular support after also winning more states on Super Tuesday.

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  1. Excuse me, but Obama may have won more states, but the states he won were the tiny states. The states Hillary won were the big states. Therefore he cannot claim more popular support.

    Hillary won CA, MI, FL, NY, NJ, NH, NV, and oh yeah, MASS!

    The Globe, the Kennedy's, Kerry, and Patrick have NO clout in MASS...

    Posted by Joe Keegan February 9, 08 10:59 PM
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  1. Well anything is better than (another i didnt have sexual relations with that woman )clinton clinton is yesterdays news and would be even worse than the cigar man billy boy ,anyone who gets up in front of the world and lies like that can never be trusted ! pumping someone with a cigar is not exactly the actions of a president that can be trusted. they are one and the same .

    Posted by jack February 9, 08 11:12 PM
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  1. If it is true that Obama is winning more state and ahead of Mrs. Clinton. People in this country is not smart. A lot of them living in the middle of nowhere and have never been out of their home towns. It is sad.
    Since they are not smart, I am not surprised that they elect someone with no background of experience for the White house, only know how to chant good. It is going to be bad. America will need to elect someone who hits the ground running and not someone who hits the ground"falling".

    Posted by mary smith February 9, 08 11:14 PM
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  1. Although I share Hillary's goal of universal health care, I am wary of her rigidity in asserting that anything less is not good enough. It sounds like 1993 all over again. I don't know why she is so certain that she can pass universal health care next year with bipartisan support. Barack Obama's approach seems more realistic in terms of in the short term, with no less of a commitment of working towards truly universal health care after ensuring that all children and seniors are covered immediately. Hillary has never answered Obama's question of how she would police her mandate that everyone sign up for health insurance nor have I heard her comment on whether she would veto a plan closer to Obama's if that were all Congress was willing to pass.

    Posted by J Richardson February 10, 08 12:26 AM
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  1. I'm an American citizen living in France. The French voted in Nicolas Sarkozy who ran on a platform of "change". Like Obama, he diverted the focus from his track record. Obama has done very little besides talk to end American military intervention in Iraq. If we elect him, we must cope -- as the French have been coping since their presidential election in May -- with the consequences of someone who deals in appearances.
    I work in the French school system as a teacher of English as a second language. In order to get a raise, I prepared for a teacher test for which I had to prepare 5 topics, one of which was the growth of presidential prerogative since FDR. JFK was mentioned by the French author as someone who -- like Obama --spoke about what he would do rather than about his track record. It was disastrous for all the Americans subsequently killed in Vietnam to elect a president so inexperienced. He might have written up a civil rights bill but he is not the one that got the legislation passed.
    The presidency is not a role play for ambitious young men. It's a key function for a major nation on the planet. It must be put back into competent hands. Let Obama roll up his sleeves and put in the work for what remains of his term in Congress and give us a track record that we can look at and say that he is the person to fill the presidency.
    Otherwise, the United States will end up like France because the arrogance
    and entitlement of the inexperienced know no bounds. Those of us who are parents know this from our own children who go through a cocky age. What we must realize is that certain individuals never grow out of it, because things slickly slide into their hands before they've acquired the skill and the mettle to handle them. We cannot blame George Bush for the war in Iraq. We are the one who voted while ignoring the track record. Let's not make the same mistake again Obama in 2012, or 2016, maybe?

    Posted by GIANNINI Kathy February 10, 08 10:16 AM
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  1. Keep Going OBAMA !...... you are the fresh, new start and the antibiotic needed for a diseased nation .... a nation that needs to purge the "old ways" and the good ol' boy (and girl) network. YES WE CAN!!

    Posted by yvonne buijs-mancuso February 10, 08 06:32 PM
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  1. agree with Kathy Giannini 100%. young people need to look at history with a closer eye instead of flying by the seat of their pants. i'm only 27 and i already know what Kathy knows because i care about my future so i look into it instead supporting someone because i "feel good" about Obama and his campaign of change or because he gives a good charismatic speech. watch him in his debates - he always seems on the defensive or offensive with answers that aren't very good. look at the new york and chicago voters - why do they like their senators - what have the senators done for to earn their support. this is reason, plain and simple.

    Posted by eve February 13, 08 01:41 PM
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