Thursday, February 14, 2008

It's the Obama Train.... and Hillary's tied to the tracks

Pardon the slightly overused and poorly constructed metaphor/title... I heard it on CNN recently (several thousand times), and thought it might just be silly enough to work. Still waiting on the final verdict. But, at least it's accurate; Obama has been absolutely steamrolling (no pun intended) through the last several primaries. Most recently he's kicked the Clinton's collective tail up and down Virginia, D.C. and Maryland. His campaign seems to be clicking on all cylinders (still not intentional), and is now functioning with the efficiency of a well-oiled machine (man, is this the metaphor that won't die or what???).
Hillary's recent move of showcasing her support for herself by donating $5 million to herself is a signal the Clinton's are having trouble with their fundraising. How much has Obama raised since Super Tuesday? Well, he's now averaging about $1 million a day. That's right. He got other people to donate to his campaign what Hillary loaned her campaign in less than a week.
Side bar: At this point, the inevitability of the McCain nomination for the GOP makes writing about it, for me (being a independent with more liberal leanings than a notion), boring, and a waste of space... although seeing as how this is the Internet, space is unlimited! Nevertheless, I, like most political pundits, find the Democratic race to be immensely more interesting, and at times downright entertaining.
I'm an Obama fan and an absentee ballot voter in Ohio... I'm absolutely amazed and ecstatic that my primary will actually be important to selecting the nominee this year. Usually these things are decided well in advance of the first week of March. Lucky me... I knew I had a legitimate reason for not re-registering in Alabama, aside from sheer laziness, of course.

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