Wednesday, January 9, 2008

From Kath in MO:

Sunny, I am still banking on justice and the American people waking up and seeing that change is essential. I was just reading the Daily Kos. They had some insight into the NH race. It is important to remember that Obama was never expected to do well in NH, and what he did was pretty much tie her. They split the delegates. Here is what Markos said:
New Hampshire was always Hillary's firewall. And it worked. Obama was never supposed to do well here until five days ago. Take a look at that Pollster chart again. Obama was in second place to Hillary here for over a year. He rightly focused on Iowa (as evidenced by the results there) and his plans never required him to win New Hampshire in order to grab the brass ring. Of course, expectations changed wildly since last Thursday.

But what I do know is that for election watchers, this horserace is just about the greatest we could ever possibly imagine. the delegate counts (not including fickle super-delegates) are as close as could be: 25 Obama, 24 Clinton, 18 Edwards. I don't think anyone could possibly hope to predict what will happen next.

Obama is already ahead in delegates. We have only had two races, and he has done well in both. No one expected him to do so well in Iowa, a white, rural, Midwestern state, and he did! We know that he will have victories and defeats in these coming months. That happens to every candidate. He will keep talking to the American people and winning their hearts. It is not over yet. Hang in there. We need you for the big fight to come!

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