so with tonight’s results in the democratic primaries (essentially a split decision), the super delegates have become even more important in the democratic nomination.
this scares me.
as we march towards november, we face the likelihood that the american people find themselves in a parliamentary race for the democratic nominee.
meanwhile, the AP will continue to re-write its headlines and the asterisk to every story will be barack obama.
stay tuned.
p.s. yes. we. can.
with exit polls filling our inboxes and RSS feeds, there seems to be two broad thoughts that bring people from all corners of the united states together under the obama-fold:
1: the american people are starving for change. exit polling is showing that voters cite change over experience as their motivating factor and they do it by a two-thirds margin.
2: among progressives, liberals, and working americans there is a feeling of community and togetherness that we’ve never felt before. enough with the rhetoric of hate, let’s be done with partisan politics and let’s just come together under the candidate who is DIFFERENT.
as obama said in his speech tonight, “…WE ARE THE ONES WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR.”
this was without a doubt the most profound comment i’ve ever heard in the history of politics.
WE ARE THE ONES WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
i hope you’re enjoying history as much as I am.
best jab of the night goes to keith olbermann from msnbc:
“now this report from election officials of people improperly trying to cast ballots tonight…improperly because this was taking place in Florida…where they voted last week.”
i love you florida.
best quote heard so far in super tuesday coverage:
“if you’re waiting for the california polls to close and you’ve got something to do…you have time.”
keith olberman at 4:30pm PST, 3.5hrs before CA polls close