2008-02-04
The Democratic Party: Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory Since 1968.
On the day before Super Tuesday, the only thing that can be said is: nobody knows anything. Polls have Obama up in California, other polls have Hillary in the lead; heck, some even have Romney leading McCain. California has gone Weird once more.
For Hillary Clinton, tomorrow needs to be a convincing victory across the board; the rest of the month has a series of small primaries where Obama has a commanding lead. Without enough momentum from California, she may become battered further in the eye of the media, even if the delegate count from these contests is small in relation to the March contests of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas. For Obama, all he has to do is get as close to Hillary's results as possible. And if he wins? He still won't get much of a delegate advantage, but it will completely derail the opposition, giving him almost a clear run in February. And the more people see him, the more they seem to want to vote for him...