No question Obama lost in 3 of 5 primaries last week. But the net Clinton gain was just 4 delegates:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/10/151122/998/240/473676This was partly because Obama won the Texas caucuses big and so ended up with more delegates from there. Overall, Obama actually won more delegates last week because 12 superdelegates declared for him and 4 for Clinton. If superdelegates are indicative of where the
leadership is, Clinton led by 97 a month back; the lead is down to 30 now, according to the same webpage.
For people interested in minutiae and arithmetic, two webpages explain the near-inevitability of an Obama win:
http://openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4449http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/9/184226/0219/795/473137Other links:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/03/10/obama_im_no_vp_1.html has Obama's rejoinder to the Clinton's VP talk.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/obama-hits-back-on-vp-chatter/index.html?hp has a link to Obama's comments on the vice-president scam.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/audio/politics/20080310_obama_audio.mp3 has just the audio.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/hillary-obama-not-ready-_b_90542.htmlhas Andy Borowitz's analysis of Clinton's inconsistency re the VP.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/10/174538/523/145/473771 calls Geraldine Ferraro on her appeal to white resentment for Clinton.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/182621.php points out Clinton's attempt to separate "caucus" and "elected" delegates.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/us/politics/10cnd-nagourney.html discusses Clinton's decision to go negative on Obama.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/03/clinton-went-on.html has the story that Bill Clinton went on the Limbaugh show, after Limbaugh urged Republicans to vote for Clinton to keep the Democratic primary going longer.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/03/clinton-and-the.html wonders why gays support Clinton, after the poor record of the Clinton Administration.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/03/taxing_questions_for_clinton.html wants to know about the Clintons' tax returns.
http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_030708WAB_hillary_ad_KC.328ab14f.html reveals that the girl used in stock footage in a Clinton ad is an Obama supporter now.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/political-earthquake-in_b_90666.html points out that Obama will help Democratic races across the country.
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