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Democratic race still going on

7:26 am on Wednesday, March 5, 2008

CNN.com

Sen. Hillary Clinton Wednesday said her campaign had “turned a corner” with dramatic wins in Ohio and
The New York Democrat broke a 12-contest winning streak by her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama.

Clinton also won Rhode Island, while Obama won Vermont. Cinton’s victories mean the Democratic race will continue at least through the Pennsylvania primary on April 22.

This is good news for me, as Hillary my favorite of all the contestestants still standing and Obama is my least favorite.

It will be interesting to see how the press reacts.  It wouldn’t suprise me if we see a lot more critical coverage of Obama, whether that will be enough to derail him is hard to say.

2 Comments »

Comment by k. pablo

March 6, 2008 @ 4:53 am

Tellin’ ya, man. Brokered convention. Just ask Bob Novak.

Comment by Dave Justus

March 6, 2008 @ 7:45 am

I still hold it will be decided well before the convention, but of course it is also obvious that it will be decided by super-delegats and backroom deals. So depending on your definition of ‘brokered convention’ it either will or will not be one.

The Democrat superdelegate system is designed to avoid brokered conventions, but giving party elite enough of a say to swing the outcome as they desire if a race is at all close. That will happen in this case. One or the other will get enough super delegates to end the race, and then the super delegates will get together to find ways to disguise that fact (super delegates that would have voted for the loser officially voting for the winner, seating MI and FL delegates, etc.)

My bet is still on Hillary to win this, but if she doesnt win PA it will be much harder to do so.

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