Obama wins Virginia, DC, and Maryland by significant margins. After the strong wins posted by Barack Obama in the last 5 delegate selections, this continued dominance bodes well for Obama. It looks like Obama will be ahead even accounting for superdelegate endorsements. Since Obama appears to be the most progressive of the delegates, I think it is a good thing that he may be pulling ahead. 58% of the white men that voted Democrat in VA pulled for Obama, and overall he was 52% of the white vote. It is the first time he has won a majority of the white voters, and I think that is excellent sign. It seems the voters may finally be looking past the race/gender issue and looking at the actual issues, and Obama is basically the best on these issues all around.
In GOP news, I’m a little bit sad that Huckabee fared so poorly yesterday. I was hoping that he would pull out a win in Virginia, because as long as he in the race, McCain is going to have to waste money on shooing the fly instead of dealing with the Democrat competitor.
Also, in his victory speech, Obama didn’t talk much, or maybe not at all, about Clinton, instead choosing to focus on how he is going to beat McCain. He seems to be very proficient at denigrating with complements. Lets hope that plays out in the general election, because if McCain wins the presidency, I think we are toast.
Here is a Q&A session on Boston.com with candidate Obama.
MSNBC’s Leader Board
CNN’s Election Center
Real Clear Politics Democratic Delegate Count
Real Clear Politics Republican Delegate Count