Obama on Fire

The Obama and Hillary Battle is close. If anyone thought it was a given for Hillary in winning the nomination, they were sadly mistaken. CNN reports the total number of delegates to get the party's nod is 2025 delegates. Hillary after Super Tuesday is leading with 823 to Obama's 731. Amazing. Obama's first time out of the box, compared to John Edwards second run, is less than 100 delegates away from taking the lead from the well branded second Bill Clinton.

According to CNN, on Super Tuesday, the votes were spit 582 for Clinton and 562 for Obama. Talk about closing the gap, Hillary captured only 20 more delegates than Obama. And this was after Edwards dropped out of the race !!!

The next round of caucuses should have Hillary's fan worried. On Super Tuesday Obama won 13 states and Hillary won only 8. This means the closet Obamaholics must stand front and center in supporting a victory for Obama. According to CNN, althought Obama lost both California and New York, money is on his side. Four states hold contests this weekend; three other races set for next Tuesday

"Heading into the next states ... Barack Obama has a money advantage," Borger said. "And now Hillary Clinton wants to debate every single week because she doesn't have the money to compete with him for paid media. I think we'll be seeing a lot more Obama and Hillary Clinton one-on-one."

The Democratic campaigns now turn their attention to the Louisiana primary and Nebraska and Washington caucuses Saturday, the Maine caucuses Sunday and the so-called Potomac primaries in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia next Tuesday.

The candidates also have circled February 19 when Wisconsin holds its primary, March 4 when voters in Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont head to the polls, and April 22 in Pennsylvania.

While failing to win the biggest prizes of California and New York, Obama should see many positive trends in the Super Tuesday results as he battles Clinton, the presumptive nominee a few months ago."


For those folks who doubted Obama ability to win, it appears Obama is in it to win.