Here is what we know:
Hillary gains the symbolic victory by winning 3 states to Obama's one as she won the popular vote in three and the delegate vote in two.
According to MSNBC, Senator Clinton gained 9 delegates in Ohio.
According to the State of Texas, she will gain four delegates from the primary. However, Senator Obama leads in the caucus by 4% and there are 32 delegates to be awarded. This will reduce Senator Clinton's net from Texas.
Senator Clinton won three delegates in Rhode Island and Senator Obama won three in Vermont.
Two important developments:
(1) On the CBS Early Show, Senator Clinton stated she would be open to a ticket with Senator Obama, but Clinton will need to be the President on the ticket. Senator Obama states it is premature to discuss a split ticket and he will continue on for the nomination. I do not think Senator Obama is going to accept that the VP position while he maintains an 100+ delegate lead.
(2)On the Today Show, both Senator Obama and Senator Clinton would be open to a revote in Florida and Michigan. There is no plan in place for this. I will try to post more on the merits of this idea late.
5 comments:
I have a stupid question. If, say, Texas is worth 126 delegates, what does it mean when you (and others) say that a candidate wins 5 delegates?
A joint ticket would be quite appealing for many as I think the Democrats are going to need a very strong ticket to over take McCain who I feel is going to garner much support because of his moderate stances--despite what he says to be elected he is still pretty moderate.
In an ideal political world it would be refreshing to see both of Clinton and Obama swallow their egos to find a middle ground that would be best for the party, but alas it is doubtful this will happen. One thing is clear though, they both need to watch their rhetoric and focus their attention on McCain and not each other or else McCain will walk away with the election.
What I also find interesting is that NPR spun Clinton's comments to suggest that she would be open to a joint ticket with Obama no matter if she was the Pres or VP candidate and that it was up to the voters to decided who will be the top dog.
The 5 is the total net gain of delegates. According to the Official Texas Count, Senator Clinton will win 65 delegates and Senator Obama will win 61.
Both candidates will win a good number but Senator Clinton is not winnig enough delegates to cut in Senator Obama's lead.
Of course, all of this could change when the state tallies the caucus vote since only 32% has been counted.
here is Clinton's quote on the matter from the link in the text:
On the joint ticket: "That may be where this is headed, but of course we have to decide who is on the top of ticket. I think the people of Ohio very clearly said that it should be me."
I would need to see another quote to see if she would be open to another arrangement. This quote above is not definitive though she qualified it in a way to suggest she should be on top. Of course, Senator Obama could say the same but put in Virginia or Colorado in place of Ohio.
Ahh...I understand. Thanks, Prof. Solon ;)
Post a Comment