Obama Wins Super Tuesday?

February 6, 2008

The headline that wasn’t read or made until Wednesday morning was- Obama wins the most states and Obama wins the most delegates (840-830). Of course the way delegates are divided up, knowing how long it will take to count all of California, and all that, the “exact” number is not set in concrete. Super Tuesday was super for both candidates when you are fair about it.

In a surprise twist after a chaotic Super Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) passed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in network tallies of the number of delegates the candidates racked up last night. With the delegate count still under way, NBC News said Obama appears to have won around 840 delegates in yesterday’s contests, while Clinton earned about 830 — “give or take a few,” Tim Russert, the network’s Washington bureau chief, said on the “Today” show.

The running totals from way back in Iowa (remember the Iowa caucus?) show the two candidates about 75 votes within each other (with Hillary ahead). She has the advantage of the Super Delegates (193-106), but that’s a very fluid count and represents less than half of all the super delegates.

On Wednesday morning, the battle was on to shape public perceptions about Tuesday. So, naturally the Obama count is going to keep mentioning how MANY states he won and Hillary will mention the BIG states that she won.

The Obama campaign sent an e-mailed statement titled: “Obama wins Super Tuesday by winning more states and more delegates.” Campaign Manager David Plouffe said: “By winning a majority of delegates and a majority of the states, Barack Obama won an important Super Tuesday victory over Sen. Clinton in the closest thing we have to a national primary. From Colorado and Utah in the West to Georgia and Alabama in the South to Sen. Clinton’s backyard in Connecticut, Obama showed that he can win the support of Americans of every race, gender and political party in every region of the country,” Plouffe said.

The “SPIN” begins here!

Written by Ernie · Filed Under Election News

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