Excellent, the archie bunker strategy is working better than the clintons expected. There sure are alot of archie bunker types in PA. You go girl.

Looks like someone in the Clinton campaign was up to speed on the Archie Bunker demographic in PA. Maybe Mark Penn finally nailed one of his mircro-trends.

He's only 13 points behind her? Damn, thats not good for her, if he can maintain that he is good to go. If he can cut into that even more she is going to be hurting (although she'll pretend she can still win, somehow...)

I'd rather him win though, so we can just end this thing, because obviously Hillary, her supporters, and Rush Limbaugh, McCain the the Republicans have no interest in ending it.

I saw a poll with her at close to 20% in her lead. As usual, Hillary has an enormous early lead and institutional support. If she can't win by more than 15% it will confirm what we have been learning throughout this campaign season: Obama wins voters and Hillary loses them. Now, what does that tell you about who is the strongest in the GE. Hillary must have a blowout in Pennsylvania. She's got everything she could possibly want going for her. If Pennsylvania is going to turn things around for her so that she can gain ground on Obama in states like Oregon and North Carolina and not just have one win that is immediately erased like her March 4th win, she has to have a route. It's time to stop the delusional attitude some have towards the Clinton campaign. They are on the edge of the precipice and simply winning is not enough. They must win HUGE to turn this around.

Sen. Barack Obama picked up five more delegates than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Mississippi's Democratic primary Tuesday.

But Clinton erased the gain Wednesday after final election results became available from a couple of Super Tuesday contests.

In Mississippi, Obama won 19 delegates and Clinton 14, according to an analysis of returns by The Associated Press.

Obama won the primary with more than 60 percent of the vote, according to unofficial returns. But Clinton was able to hold down Obama's delegate gains by winning one of the state's four congressional districts. Obama carried the other three.

Clinton eliminated the gain when she picked up delegates based on final results from the New York primary and the Colorado caucuses, both of which were held Feb. 5. Clinton gained four delegates in Colorado and one delegate in New York.

The results were delayed in New York because the race for one delegate was too close to call. Clinton won the New York primary, picking up 139 delegates, to 93 for Obama.

In Colorado, the Democratic Party did not release results by congressional district until this week. Ten delegates had been outstanding; three went to Obama and seven went to Clinton. Obama won the Colorado caucuses, getting 35 delegates, to 20 for Clinton.

Clinton also picked up three superdelegates Wednesday.

GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sen. Barack Obama picked up five more delegates than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Mississippi's Democratic primary Tuesday.

But Clinton erased the gain Wednesday after final election results became available from a couple of Super Tuesday contests.

In Mississippi, Obama won 19 delegates and Clinton 14, according to an analysis of returns by The Associated Press.

Obama won the primary with more than 60 percent of the vote, according to unofficial returns. But Clinton was able to hold down Obama's delegate gains by winning one of the state's four congressional districts. Obama carried the other three.

Clinton eliminated the gain when she picked up delegates based on final results from the New York primary and the Colorado caucuses, both of which were held Feb. 5. Clinton gained four delegates in Colorado and one delegate in New York.

The results were delayed in New York because the race for one delegate was too close to call. Clinton won the New York primary, picking up 139 delegates, to 93 for Obama.

In Colorado, the Democratic Party did not release results by congressional district until this week. Ten delegates had been outstanding; three went to Obama and seven went to Clinton. Obama won the Colorado caucuses, getting 35 delegates, to 20 for Clinton.

Clinton also picked up three superdelegates Wednesday.

GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

expect unlike McCain, Obama has already denouced things that he said.

I too was surprised to see how high the disapproval #'s for Ferraro's remarks were among Clinton supporters. Wouldn't it be nice if it all backfired on the Clinton campaign? We can all hope, anyway.

Being black may benefit Obama in GA, SC, MS, AL, VA, MD and DC, but works against him in CA, AZ, NV, NM, PA, TX, OH & Florida.

Don't tell Pat Buchanan this though.

13 points ahead some 5 weeks out is "strong"...?

Given past performance by Obama in the week or two before a contest, that third "firewall" may not hold.

Like wwjb I am relieved and, sadly, somewhat surprised to see half of Clinton supporters rejecting Ferraros remarks. Given the comments here and on some other blogs ("She's right!/she was talking about sexism not racism!/This is Obama's fault/ooooh, birdies!") I was feeling pretty sad about my party.

Anecdotally, my mother has been polling some of her friends who did vote for Hillary and they were really shocked about it. My guess is while it could play well with Mr. Archibald Bunker, it may not with some of the older white women voters--those who aren't so invested in Hillary as some kind of political Joan of Arc that they can't see straight.

At the most excellent blog The Field, he's got a good analysis of the delegate math, and given the way the districts work and are weighted he said it should be a very big win for Hillary. I am hopeful Obama can close the gap a little but it's best not to let Hillary set the goalposts here.

http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/

View that and tell me Obama wasn't the one to start playing the race card:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUbUBTlmAiA

First off, if you disagree with Pastor Wright, then I think all this post proves is that Barack's minister plays the race card, not that he does. There are two things in that video, Barack refusing to play the race card, and his pastor going all in. Second, I don't hear anything remotely offensive in that speech. It's true.

Sorry the truth hurts.

There really isn't much point in focusing on general election polls now -- anything can happen. Someone should check back to 1988 and see how far ahead Dukakis was in August.
After the Democrats select a nominee, then the Republicans will attempt to considerably alter the perception of that nominee -- polls might be more interesting at that time.

It is pretty much over for Hillary, but even journalists who should know better keep the "big state" spin going and opine on what a victory in PA would mean. She will likely win in PA, but then lose in North Carolina, a state with about 73% of the number of delegates that PA has (115 vs 158). If she wins 55/45 in PA and he wins 57/43 in NC, the delegate margins will be identical. Even if she wins big and he wins small, her delegate count is not going to be appreciably larger.

I have always voted Republican or Libertarian but voted for Obama in the Tx primary. There are a fair amount of Republicans, even conservative Republicans who disagree with Obama on economic and tax policy but who are profoundly against the war in Iraq and have voted for Obama in the primaries and will do so in the General election if he gets the nod.

However, Hillary is pursuing a scorched-earth policy that could hurt Obama's chances in the fall. If her "experience" claim was only the proverbial resume-padding that politicians often do, that would be one thing. But the flip side is to dismiss Obama's experience as a single speech in 2002. Rhetoric, to be sure, but really crossing the line IMHO.

If she keeps it up, there are 3 guys who could cripple her chances in PA and effectively end her campaign. Richardson, Edwards, and Gore. Should one or more of these endorse Obama, the damage to her campaign could run the gamut from serious to fatal. Richardson's endorsement would hurt her, but might not kill her chances. But Gore or Edwards could really drive a stake through her and if she insists on a strategy of "either I win or McCain wins", then hopefully one of these guys will step forward and put an end to this nonsense.

Obama is magnificent.

I saw a news clip of him yesterday and the thought popped into my head, "He seems just like Spock! So Vulcan in his logic and cool-headedness!" Then he can switch gears and give a speech full of power and emotion that connects to the nation's hopes and dreams. He's an exquisite package of intelligence and judgment, combined with the empathy to relate to the average American. I would be proud and honored to call him my President.

He ought to just stop engaging with Hillary's ridiculous ploys, arguments and race baiting. He ought to say, "Enough. If YOU and your surrogates have a problem with my race - that's YOUR issue. I'm going to get back to talking about the problems important to the American people."

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