Posted: February 12, 2008 10:21 PM
Obama Projected to Sweep Potomac Primary, Takes Delegate Lead
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Sen. Barack Obama was projected to complete his sweep of the Potomac Primaries Tuesday as the Associated Press and other news organizations called the Democratic hopeful the winner in the District of Columbia primary late Tuesday.
Earlier in the evening, Obama was also projected to win the Virginia and Maryland primaries.
D.C. marks the eighth consecutive contest in which Obama has defeated Sen. Hillary Clinton since Super Tuesday. “We have now won east and west, north and south, across this heartland of the country we love,” Obama said Tuesday night before a crowd in Madison, Wis.
Obama has taken the lead in the race for Democratic delegates for the first time, inching ahead of Clinton, the AP reported.
He got the boost from newly released results from the Washington state caucus, which was held last Saturday.
The state Democratic party said Tuesday night that Obama won 56 of the state’s 78 delegates, and Clinton won 26. He was also certain to pick up more delegates than Clinton from the three contests he won Tuesday.
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This has certainly been one of the more interesting election year I've witnessed in my life time. It's refreshing have a democratic primary where the field of candidates were so qualified and forceful. It is inspiring to see two candidates who have excited so many americans to head to the polls and participate in the process. However, keep an eye on the Republican slim machine. They are gearing up to begin an attack that will be devisive and ugly, if history can be an example of what they are capable of.
The last eight years have provided me with countless reasons to give up hope for political ethics or even accountablility in our government. America's overwhelming support for Obama - a leader who calls for unity rather than attack - is inspiring me to hope once more for a country I can be proud to call my own.
The Republicans of the last sixty years have never given in. They are an amoral, power hungry, elitist group of old white men who will do anything it takes to maintain control, anything.