??? Over the weekend we had several more primary and caucus contests for the office of President. On the Republican side we have McCain still way out front after Romneys abandonment of the quest for President. Even though he pulled out of the race he [Romney] was still the winner in Maine, beating McCain very convincingly with 52 percent of the vote to 21 percent for McCain. But most of the Republican primaries are all or nothing events where the candidate who wins gets all the votes from that state.
??? The Democrats on the other hand do not subscribe to this format and split up delegates depending upon the percentages. This is very good for Hillary Clinton as she was murdered at the polls over the weekend. Obama won very convincingly everywhere they voted. His winning margins ranged from substantial to crushing. In Louisiana, Obama defeated Clinton, 57 percent to 36 percent. He won in Nebraska by a 68 percent to 32 percent margin, In Washington he won with 68 percent to 31 percent.And in Maine, he led 59 percent to 40 percent with 99 percent. Obama holds a very slim lead with 1,134 delegates overall to 1,131 for Clinton.
??? This is going to make tomorrows upcoming primary in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia very important. Especially for Ms Clinton as Obama is on quite a roll as of late. Soon the internal strife amongst the Democrats must cease and they should unify behind one candidate so as to put their best foot forward in the contest with the Republicans for the Presidency.
??? I feel like McCain is going to be hard to defeat in November by either of the two Democrats running. Not because they are unqualified for the job, (and he is so much better), as I truly believe either of them would do an admirable job and the other could make a good vice-president. But I am afraid that too many voters will either not vote for Ms Clinton because of her husband and their pettiness about his morals, or their hidden prejudices. I feel there are a lot of people in this country who -while saying they are not prejudiced – are secretly, and will vote accordingly. Hopefully most of these will not be registered to vote this fall or ever.
??? Myself while on some issues I do not agree with Obama or Clinton, I do feel very strongly on others like health care for all citizens. This is one I feel is way overdue. We can afford to attack a country that was no threat to us for an hidden agenda (more on that another time) and spend somewhere in the neighborhood of 4.9 billion dollars on it and still counting. Surely we can come up with the money it takes to help our sick here at home. I feel more comfortable with a tax and spend Democrat in the Whitehouse than a borrow and spend Republican like we have in there now.