Obama Well Positioned for Stretch Run
To the shock of no one, the results of Super Tuesday on the Democratic side were inconclusive. With the exception of Connecticut there were no big surprises. Clinton hung on to Massachusetts, New Jersey, and California, helped in part by early voting that took place prior to Obama’s recent surge. That he kept himself in the game and within a hundred delegates of Clinton has to be viewed as a victory by Obama’s campaign. With his superior fund raising - Obama raised nearly a million a day last month, more than twice that of Clinton - and ability to spend time in individual states, gaining face time with voters the turf seems to be shifting towards Obama. The longer the contest grinds on, the better positioned Obama becomes and one reason why his aids were claiming victory last night. Perhaps the evenings only real loser was Ted Kennedy whose endorsement was not enough to help Obama win his home state of Massachusetts or California where he campaigned vigorously for the candidate.
To the shock of no one, the results of Super Tuesday on the Democratic side were inconclusive. With the exception of Connecticut there were no big surprises. Clinton hung on to Massachusetts, New Jersey, and California, helped in part by early voting that took place prior to Obama’s recent surge. That he kept himself in the game and within a hundred delegates of Clinton has to be viewed as a victory by Obama’s campaign. With his superior fund raising - Obama raised nearly a million a day last month, more than twice that of Clinton - and ability to spend time in individual states, gaining face time with voters the turf seems to be shifting towards Obama. The longer the contest grinds on, the better positioned Obama becomes and one reason why his aids were claiming victory last night. Perhaps the evenings only real loser was Ted Kennedy whose endorsement was not enough to help Obama win his home state of Massachusetts or California where he campaigned vigorously for the candidate.
