Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Obama Leads in Delegates on Super Tuesday, Wins 13 States

Barack Obama Wins More Delgates than Hillary Clinton Super Tuesday!
Obama won 13 states, Hillary Clinton won 8. Though HRC won a couple of larger states, they are virtually tied in delgates, with Obama slightly ahead. The Obama camp projects topping Clinton by nine delgates, 845 to 836. NBC News projected that Obama won around 840 delegates while Clinton won around 830.

While Clinton won Tennessee, Obama won Shelby County!
Tennessee: Hillary Clinton 53.87% (335.374) Obama 40.39% (251,842)
Shelby County: Clinton 27,914, Obama 68,516

In the closest thing to a national primary we've ever seen, Barack Obama overcame double-digit leads by Senator Clinton in 8 of the largest 10 states to win a majority of states, defeating Senator Clinton 13-8 – with New Mexico still undeclared.

Obama also won Red States by a margin of more than two-to-one and leads Senator Clinton by nearly 50 delegates going into California.

Obama won his home state by 67 delegates (110-43; 153 total). Clinton won her home state by 52 delegates (142-90; 232 total). Among home states, Obama won a net delegate margin of 15.  That's a good number – but even more impressive when you consider that New York had 79 more delegates up for grabs than Illinois.

Barack Obama performed especially well in those states he visited in recent weeks, including Minnesota, Utah, Idaho, Delaware, and Connecticut. He also won his home state by 67 delegates, 15 more than Senator Clinton won her home state of New York by. This is further proof that the more voters get to know Barack Obama and hear his message, the more they support him. And this bodes well for the contests coming in the next few weeks, where Obama will have more time to campaign aggressively in individual states.

Of the seven caucus states that were decided tonight, Obama won six (New Mexico is still undeclared). Caucuses test the enthusiasm of supporters in a way that primaries do not. And Obama's near-sweep of these contests shows why he's the candidate who's generating the most excitement in this race and bringing new people into politics for the first time.

Barack Obama won the support of Americans of every race and gender in every region of the country. From Hillary Clinton's backyard in Connecticut to Georgia, where Obama won nearly 40% of the white vote and eliminated the gender gap by winning 64% of the women's vote, Obama demonstrated that he's the one candidate who can transform the electoral map. That's why he is the Democrat who's most likely to win in November.

Looks like Hillary is running out of money
Clinton Loans Campaign $5 million, Staff Working for Free

Meanwhile, Obama is set to raise $5 million since Super Tuesday and another $30 million in Feb.!

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