Wow...Obama Wins Missouri — Page 2

But we were told it would be neck and neck by the get-everything-wrong pundits on TV. And Tom Brokaw had to apologize AGAIN for their idiocy.

"Also, it was not a given that she would win NY, NJ, and California."

Again, wasn't she heavily favored in all three for WEEKS? Obama's momentum kicked in what? A week ago? Not really enough time to overcome the huge leads she had.

Any Democrat will carry the Eastern states and California. But Obama's wins in massively white areas in traditionally Red states are indeed great for him. Plus, he's got a boatload of money, with the possibility of a great deal more coming in.

Oh...and it looks like he's won the delegates. Maybe.

Yes...she's held her own and very well. But last night was indeed huge for Obama.

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Sure support among the base matters, but
the "purple" states are the ones that matter the most.

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Seriously,
the "big blues"
California, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois
If it is even close in those states the Democrat will not win.

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Red states, like Alabama or Oklahoma no certainly not.
But toss up states like Iowa, New Mexico, Missouri, Florida, maybe Arizona, CERTAINLY because the candidate has demonstrated appeal in the state and had a large number of voters already come out for them, and they have an organization and people on the ground.

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"But toss up states like Iowa, New Mexico, Missouri, Florida, maybe Arizona"

And even when looking at those states, Clinton is favored.

She had a big win over Obama in Florida, one of the crucial states in the past few elections, as well as in Arizona and they are in a dead heat in both Missouri and New Mexico. The only one of these states that Obama had a sizeable lead over Clinton was in Iowa, and Edwards was still in the race then, so how that state would vote without him there to spoil it is anyones guess.

Midnight Radio, Hillary Clinton wasn't only expected to win MA, NJ, NY, CT, CA, ETC., she was expected to take it ALL. She was ahead by 20 points in the national polls two weeks ago. In MA, as RobbieJ pointed out, I believe she was ahead by 40 points before the recent Kennedy endorsement. She is a senator from NY, guaranteeing northeast popularity. She has the support of nearly the entire latino community and she still won CA by what, 10 percent? Remembering that a significant portion of ballots were cast in CA WEEKS ago. Obama built a whole lot of momentum in a very short time. Given as little as a few more days may have even tipped the scales more heavily in his favor.

All I know is that the day before Super Tuesday everyone was freaking out because of the Obama momentum. Nobody thought it was real. Clearly, it's real. We need to look at the vote count of Democratic ballots cast versus Republican ballots cast.

Obama's interrupting John McCain last night, his sly jabs--this guy could mop the floor with him. Obama will be the one the media cares about--he'll be the one the people care about.

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Well D'Amato was a D'A**hole. Nobody liked D'Amato. Not even his mother.

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Huh? NY always votes blue, and NY loves Hillary Clinton (and she still didn't win by all that much). Giuliani had already dropped out. Not only are you speculating, you're speculating from a faulty starting point. If Giuliani had run a stronger campaign and stayed in it, he probably would've done pretty well.

Not only that but Giuliani has a crucial and irrevocable association with the "war on terror" which most Americans aren't feeling too hot about right now.

If Hillary Clinton had sat on her duff while Obama was working hard to catch the public's eye she would've lost NY too.

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If I may be so bold, why?

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Why? Back up what you say.

Please.

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Updated On: 2/6/08 at 06:16 PM

Whatev.

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Missouri is just s close to Arkansas as it is to Illinois, didn't anyone notice that?

Notice when Clinton fans lose, they downplay the importance of Obama's win. We should know by now that even a one-vote victory is still a victory.

The Clintons have established political organizations all over this country--sleeper cells if you will--that they have re-activated once Hillary announced her candidacy. Of course she's going to do well all over the country. She's been the front-runner for years it seems.

The mere fact that Obama has been able to compete and in some cases, best her machine is amazing.

He may not be able to go the distance, but his performance against the Clinton machine has been surprising at the very least.