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Still Extremely Close

I think the way that CNN is tracking the primary delegate count is probably the easiest to digest.

I think the race for the Republican nomination really came into focus last night– John McCain is looking like the front-runner, with the others remaining (Romney and Huckabee) splitting up a portion of the leftovers.

I haven’t tried to hide the fact in this space that I’m a lot more focused on the Democratic race up to this point. Hillary is hanging on to her lead, but it continues to be pretty slim. Obama is still racking up more ‘pledged’ delegates (the ones that are decided in these primaries), and he continues to pick up more and more financial support (and from people like me, if you can believe that).

I have some friends in Minnesota and California who I know went out and voted for Obama yesterday, and now I’ve got a chance to do the same thing in two weeks. When the primary season started, I didn’t think Wisconsin would matter much, coming after this ‘Super Tuesday’– now it’s clear that the campaign is going to go down to the wire, and if we want a change, a fresh perspective, and a person in the White House who can bring people together, we have to get out there and make it happen.

Take a look at this, too, and make sure you get the polls on the 19th, or whenever you have the opportunity to vote.

Obam-ish Campaigning

Caught this little story this morning about Obama and the fam on the campaign trail.

Hillary’s lead has been slowly eroding in Iowa, and right now they’re pretty much in a dead heat.

The reason I’m more fired up about Obama than I’ve ever been about a presidential candidate in the past is that he seems to legitimately be interested in changing the partisan status quo in Washington and just thinking outside the political box for the first time in 50-some years. Not that NO ONE else has done that, but I don’t know of anybody affiliated with a party that can win who has…

As this race continues, I’m going to be really curious about the climate between Obama and the Republicans in Congress. My two leading problems with Hillary are: (1) old-school Democratic stooge that’s been in Washington too long already, and (2) Republicans hate her fracking guts.

No matter who has the majority in Congress, I think it’s very very VERY important for the next president to be someone that can reach across the aisle and make some progress. There are a LOT of hard feelings from the past 7 years, and it seems like our government is more polarized than ever. We need some healing, yo.