Virginia: Hussein Wins, McCain Squeaks By, Hillary Spiraling Like Spider In Toilet
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John McCain has won the Virginia Republican primary in an unexpectedly close race with Mike Huckabee. The victory means all 60 of the national convention delegates at stake go to the front-runner.
McCain is also hoping to defeat Huckabee in Maryland and the District of Columbia tonight in the so-called Potomac Primary.
Sen. Barack Obama won the Virginia primary Tuesday night and reached out for victories in next-door Maryland and the District of Columbia, determined to erode or even erase Hillary Rodham Clinton’s delegate lead in the Democratic presidential race.
Obama’s triumph made it six straight over Clinton, the former first lady, now struggling in a race she once commanded.
Interviews with voters leaving the polls showed Obama split the white vote with Clinton, and his share of the black vote approached 90 percent. She led among white women, but he was preferred by a majority of white men.
Poor weather in Maryland prompted a judge to order a 90-minute extension in voting hours, delaying returns and the allocation of delegates.
In all, there were 168 delegates at stake in the three Democratic primaries.
Overall, Clinton had 1,151 delegates to 1,131 for Obama. Both are far from the 2,025 needed to win the nomination at the Democratic National Convention this summer.
Republican front-runner John McCain faced difficulties of his own in Virginia.
With votes counted from 37 percent of the precincts, he and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee were separated by only a few hundred votes in a race that triggered a heavy turnout of evangelical Christian voters.
Four in 10 Republican voters—twice as many as in a 2000 primary—said they were born again or evangelical Christians, and roughly 70 percent of them supported Huckabee, an ordained Baptist minister.
Virginia voters could vote in either primary. In a twist, Huckabee was running slightly ahead of McCain among independents, who cast about a fifth of the Republican votes.
There were 113 delegates at stake in the three GOP races.
The AP count showed McCain with 729 delegates. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who dropped out of the race last week, had 288. Huckabee had 241 and Texas Rep. Ron Paul had 14.
It takes 1,191 delegates to clinch the Republican nomination, and McCain appears to be on track to reach the target by late April.
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Last time I voted in a primary here (2005 (for Kilgore)), Tim Kaine won, didn’t want to make take a chance this year.
February 12th, 2008 at 5:35 pmI voted in Washington D.C a couple of hours ago. I am a registered Republican and when I prepared to vote, they had run out of Republican slips because they “underestimated” the amount of Republicans that would turn out to vote. For those of you who don’t know, Washington D.C has a 1 to 10 Republican to Democrat ratio. After several minutes, more Republican sheets were produced and I placed my vote. 1 in 10 or 1 in 1000, we live in a great country where our voice will be heard.
February 12th, 2008 at 5:56 pmObama’s triumph made it six straight over Clinton, the former first lady, now struggling in a race she once commanded.
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Anybody else think somebody’s gonna die if this woman is completely bumped out of the nomination?
February 12th, 2008 at 6:43 pmHillary going down the drain, awesome!
I can’t wait to see more of indignant red faced Bill Clinton attacking the press who dare to ask him a pertinent question.
So much for a slamdunk sure thing go ahead and try and super-delegate that result Bill!
February 12th, 2008 at 7:05 pmI wonder how many times Clinton is going to privately say “nigger” in the next couple weeks.
February 12th, 2008 at 7:55 pmOh … to be able to be [wired] and follow her around, eh? Her very own “Linda Tripp” …
February 12th, 2008 at 9:26 pm@drillanwr
I actually meant Bill Clinton.
February 12th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
:beer:
February 12th, 2008 at 9:42 pm