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Presidential Primaries; It’s butterfly season
The Presidential Primaries have got me all fluttery. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are two of the best Democratic candidates we’ve had in quite a while and I am psyched about how close it is right now. It’s projected that Obama will take Ohio, although he’s got a bit of a disadvantage because the weather is so bad in some parts of the state that some polling places had to be moved due to flooding. Obviously, some people would rather not brave the weather just to vote in a Primary, so the voter turn-out might not be as strong. That could work against either of them, so as a preventative measure, Obama asked for polling places to stay open for an hour longer.
Hillary is projected to win Texas, which would definitly keep her in the race.. thing is, Obama has proven to be quite the popular guy, keeping a cool 100 plus delegate lead so far. Even if Obama wins both Texas and Ohio, he will still be short of the 2,025 delegate total necessary to secure the Democratic Nominee bid. Winning those two states will just make it rather difficult, if not impossible, for Hillary to catch up to Obama in time to beat him. As of right now, it looks like Hillary is ahead in Ohio and BEHIND in Texas. So who knows whats going to happen? It could all rest on tonight.. i’m so excited!!!!
To be honest, I voted for Hillary here in California, but I would still be ecstactic if Obama ends up being our Nominee since he is definitly the better choice compared to what is now the pretty much official Republican Nominee, John McCain. I was happy to hear that Huckabee dropped out though; I almost did a dance. That guy just gave me the heebie jeebies.
This entire process is beyond exciting for me.