Soup or Tuesday? February 6th, 2008
Edit: I added two videos today, you can find them on the “Obama Videos” link at the top of the page.
The numbers are still rolling in from last night, and the delegates are still being apportioned.
Major news outlets called a lot of things early last night, and I went to bed with a sense of unease. This morning, however, real analysis is putting the delegate split at +/-10 after everything is added up. Most analysts are putting my man Obama at +4 to +6 when it all wraps up. This is huge – just 24 hours ago we were all discussing how as long as he finished within 100 delegates of Clinton, things would still work out. Now we are looking at an actual lead. Amazing!
I will update later as some final numbers start showing up. That might not be until tomorrow though, so I leave you with something an online acquaintance of mine posted today:
I am a lifelong, hardcore, fourth generation Republican. My first political act was canvassing with my dad for George H.W. Bush in 1988 when I was seven years old. I voted for George W. Bush twice, with reservations, and I think that time and history will be fair and (for the most part) kind to his time in office, despite what most of you feel.
But too many things are wrong.
Know, this division has to be weakened; and this cynicism has to be quelled. Progress will never be realized until we can pull for someone who is willing to put the divisiveness of the past behind. It’s time for something different, something new. Barack Obama is the most compelling candidate that I have ever known, and I have seen them all in my relatively brief political experience. I re-registered as a Democrat to vote for him in my state, because I feel that he is THAT special. I will say this with impunity; never in history has someone with such progressive politics been so embraced by those with conservative values. However, this support will NEVER EVER be extended to Hillary Clinton. Without Obama, the Democrats will lose. We will all align, even with McCain, to beat her, because she is hateful, divisive, and disingenuous.
Don’t make me do it. I gave $100 tonight. You do the same.
Yes we can.
