All caucuses and primaries are important as the delegates dry up
Just four days after Sen. Barack Obama was defeated by Sen. Hillary Clinton in Ohio and Texas primaries, the Illinois senator crushed his opponent in the Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday, essentially canceling out her few-delegate margin in those two states. Obama defeated Clinton 61 percent to 38 percent, and campaign officials called the victory a “very important win,” noting that their candidate has now 30 state contests, compared with Clinton’s 18 states. The win was not much of a surprise, in that Obama has rocked his rival in virtually all of the smaller state caucuses. In Alaska, for example, he captured 74 percent; 70 percent in Kansas; 61 percent in North Dakota; and 79.5 percent in Idaho. Wyoming was the last of the caucuses. He now moves on to Mississippi for Tuesday’s primary. Obama is also expected to win in Mississippi, where – like South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana – he will get a chance to battle in a southern primary with large populations of African-American voters. Who do you think will get the Democratic nomination?
Just four days after Sen. Barack Obama was defeated by Sen. Hillary Clinton in Ohio and Texas primaries, the Illinois senator crushed his opponent in the Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday, essentially canceling out her few-delegate margin in those two states. Obama defeated Clinton 61 percent to 38 percent, and campaign officials called the victory a “very important win,” noting that their candidate has now 30 state contests, compared with Clinton’s 18 states. The win was not much of a surprise, in that Obama has rocked his rival in virtually all of the smaller state caucuses. In Alaska, for example, he captured 74 percent; 70 percent in Kansas; 61 percent in North Dakota; and 79.5 percent in Idaho. Wyoming was the last of the caucuses. He now moves on to Mississippi for Tuesday’s primary. Obama is also expected to win in Mississippi, where – like South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana – he will get a chance to battle in a southern primary with large populations of African-American voters. Who do you think will get the Democratic nomination?