Illinois US Senator Barack Obama scored three decisive victories in the triumvirate of Potomac Primaries on Tuesday, routing one-time leader and favorite Hillary Clinton by nearly 2-1 in Maryland and in Virginia, and by over 3-1 in the District of Columbia. Obama figures to picks up a whale of delegates from these states which will unquestionably give him the lead in committed delegates for the first time clearly in this process. Early estimates this evening show him with at least a 35 to 50 delegate lead over the fading Clinton, who figures to be headed for more losses in next week's primaries in Wisconsin and Washington as well as the Hawaii caucuses. Clinton's last stand will come in three weeks at the Texas and Ohio primaries on Tuesday 4 March. Increasingly, it appears that the will be the end of the longtime Clinton quest for the presidency. Ohio, at one time a sure notch for Clinton, will likely to go with Obama as the Obama wave continues to grow. Texas is still up for grabs at this point, but the momentum and ever-increasing perpetual swelling of support nationally for the Illinois senator probably will result in the Lone Star State joining the movement and choosing Obama.If those two states do go for Obama, it virtually guarantees Obama's securing of the Democratic Party presidential nomination -- quite a stunning and shocking development that will have occurred in less than two months as both party's seemingly lock-set sure heir apparents will have been knocked off from their lofty and mighty perches by upstarts that were strongly believed to be going nowhere. A historic moment for America continues to draw nearer.
Unfortunately, many radio listeners are going to be hearing a lot more of the parody song, "Barack the Magic Negro", from racist iconoclastic zealot radio talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, and Mike Rosen.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/livecoverage/2008/02/potomac_primary_democrats.html
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