It's now a race for both parties.
The delegate scorecard, which really tells the story
Again, everyone claims that Clinton 'won' New Hampshire, when all she really got was a tie in the Delegate count. Now counting the super delegates she has a sizable lead. So what the New Hampshire returns really meant was she held off Obama for another week, dulled his edge a little. But it's still a race.
The same story holds for the Republicans, although it is a little stranger. All people can talk about is how Romney has lost Iowa and New Hampshire, but he still has the delegate lead. And McCain is pretty far behind, Romney gets a decent win in Michigan and he's right back on top.
How Clinton did it & Some thoughts on why women supported her
Interesting analysis and break down. I think that the biggest factor is that voters were not ready to be told the race was over. No one was ready for an anointing for either party. The biggest thing that I find interesting is which 'historical' candidate will get the biggest turnout in their favor because of their unique characteristic. In the end will race or gender become the bigger attraction/turn off for voters? And when one of them gets picked, would the other be willing to be vice president in order to maximize that attraction?
The Republican race could end up being very interesting. If Romney starts to fall by the way side and it becomes a 2 man race between McCain and Huckabee. Because then it comes down to what is more important to the Republicans: Social Issues or Fiscal Conservatism? And if he is in it to the end and loses would Huckabee be willing to play the role of a Pat Buchanan and split off the Social conservative votes from the Republican Nominee?
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