Obama failed to win California due to the large Hispanic and Asian populations which remained steadfastedly loyal to Clinton, but he did win more states than she did--13 to her 8, and the states which have not voted yet, according to the pundits, seem to favor him.

This is the sort of analysis that Bill Clinton got absolutely *drilled* for.

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With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms.

Respectfully, any commentary by Tim Russert is not worth the air it took for him to inhale, then exhale it all out in a white-hot steam of jet-propelled bloviation.

In addition to the kind of remarks that seem to be okay for Obama supporters to make, but get we Clinton supporters called racists, classists, and worse, I noticed that Hillary is appealing mainly to folks making under $100,000 per year. This could hurt Obama in the long run, since after 8 years of Bush, most folks are not multimillionaires.

She's also rocking and rolling in many states in picking up nonblack womens' votes...if that's what Russert is talking about when he says Hillary "has" her votes, he's most likely correct for once, since it's pretty hard for those of us of the female persuasion to up and alter our genetic makeup like you'd change a pair of shoes. I suppose we'll be off to the races on racism charges again, but I can't help noticing, since it's the kind of statistic that crops up on websites like census.gov, that there are more nonblack women than the total number of blacks in this country.

As far as Hillary's folks running scared, as I mentioned in another thread? Obama won more states last night, but Hillary won states containing tens of millions more people - if you count Michigan and Florida, she's won states containing twice as much population, and then some. I hardly think Obama has a lot to crow about at this point, although it'll be interesting to see how states like Ohio and Kentucky break down. (Russert's statistic on "Hillary supporters running out of money" is from where? Offthetopofmyhead.com? Seriously - there are many more worthy election commentators out there.)

I keep doing the math, and keep doing the math, and keep doing the math. Unless one or the other drops out or makes some horrible gaffe, I just can't see where where either is going into the convention with enough committed delegates to win the nomination outright. That bothers me. Mostly, it bothers me because I find the notion of a so-called "super delegate" completely undemocratric, stinking to high heaven of backroom politics and deal cutting. Having just endured that crap here in Knox County, I'd hate to see the Democratic Nomination decided by who can best pad the pockets of these "super delegates" with power and favors. Yuck!

I like John Edwards, and would have voted for him had he stayed in the race. I chose to vote for Obama mostly because i think he stands a better chance of beating McCain than does Clinton, who has the GOP attack machines salivating over what they will do to her.
The campaign ebbs and flow almost day-to-day, but overall, Obama has some serious momentum that really doesn't seem to be letting up. My sense is that the Clinton campaign, which enjoyed such a big lead not so long ago, expected a coronation and is somewhat indignant that they're going to have to fight for the remaining votes. A real campaign is not a bad thing.
Obama didn't have much of an organization in Tennessee, so I don't put much stock in the Super Tuesday results here. I wasn't contacted by anybody in his campaign, but I've lost count of the number of emails I got from the Hillary campaign, as well as the number of recorded robocalls and live pollsters from the 615 area code -- all from Hillary, too.
Now that he's caught up to her money-wise, it will be very interesting race the rest of the way out

the number of recorded robocalls and live pollsters from the 615 area code -- all from Hillary, too.

For 95% of the calls I receive where I see a phone number I don't know, I don't answer. Thus, I've only had one campaign robocall and I think it was for a candidate out of state.

Never had an email from the Clinton campaign asking for money. Don't know why. Got plenty from Edwards. Get plenty from the DSCC.

The Hillary calls came from something called "Blue Solutions" -- 615 254-2200.

oddly, I also got a call from Huckabee.