Super Tuesday and Moving On

It's done.

Super Tuesday, I mean. The final results were a mixed bag if anything. Obama won the most states, but it is estimated that Hillary got the most votes and won the most populous states (except Illinois). While she was supposed to win Massachusetts (Obama never lead in the polls here) and California (they've been voting by mail for 3 weeks people!) most people seem to think that Obama was supposed to win both because he was gaining and Ted Kennedy endorsed. Nonetheless, his margin of loss was larger than I anticipated in both states.

Still, what really matters is delegates. Obama won this on Super Tuesday, according to NBC by something around 4 delegates. The estimations going into the night was Clinton would win by 100, so Obama performed and performed well by this measure.

Now what? The next states, over the next two weeks, are Washington State, Nebraska, Louisiana, Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland, Wisconsin, and Hawaii. In other words, good news for Senator Obama, where he is running ads and has active ground games in all 9 territories, while Sen. Clinton is only running in 2. The delegate count can be expected to shift heavily to Sen. Obama for now.

Then comes March 4, when Texas (along with Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont) get a say in the process. The campaigns are coming to Texas. Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama are coming to Texas. This will be an amazing race for anyone who has an interest in politics. We'll have more on this in the next week as we find out what the plans are for Dallas, Fort Worth, and Denton by both campaigns.