Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Chesapeake Tuesday: Obama takes MD, McCain sweeps as well

Senators Barack Obama and John McCain both swept to victory on Chesapeake Tuesday. Obama's victories were by large margins, almost 2-1 in MD and VA, and 3-1 in DC. Huckabee gave McCain a good fight in VA, but the winner-take-all nature of the state's primary means McCain took all of the delegates. Although still not official, it appears McCain will be the GOP nominee in November.

For Senator Clinton, it comes down to Texas and Ohio. She not only needs to win these states, she needs to win them big. If she doesn't, it will be very hard for her to overcome Obama in the delegate count. His goal isn't necessarily to win those states, but to keep it close. However, if he does win, it might be time for Hillary to gracefully exit the stage so the general campaign can begin.

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