Tuesday, May 20, 2008

As expected, Hillary wins Kentucky and Obama Wins Oregon

Each candidate campaigned heavily in a state and each candidate came away with state. Thats how the story went for Clinton and Obama in Kentucky and Oregon, respectively, as each candidate won the state they had spent a good amount of their time in.
Obama spent the majority of the past week in Oregon, drawing the largest crowd of his campaign in Portland-an estimated 75,000 people showed up to hear the Senator speak. He pretty much had given the state of Kentucky to Clinton as she spent nearly four days in the state campaigning alone. By winning Oregon, Obama was able to get the majority of pledged delegates and is that much closer to winning the nomination. As Barack marches on, he also continues to take jabs at his Republican foe while all but ignoring Hillary and her efforts to spark controversy. Once again, he criticized OM McCain and his gas tax while speaking very little about Hillary and her views. But, boy, Hillary keeps on fighting.
As i mentioned, she spent a good amount of time in Kentucky and won it by a landslide- 35%. She continues to reitterate the fact that she is leading the popular vote and is winning all of the states that are essential for Democrats to win in November (all of the states that Obama presumably cannot and will not win). I applaud her effort and the points she makes are good ones. But, she has been all but forgotten. Despite a miracle, like Boys II men said, "its the end of the road" for Hillary.

Obama's Huge Crowd
Hillary gets Kentucky; Obama wins Oregon

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