Hooray for having regained some ability to move without intense searing pain! It's the little things, it really is.
Four Democratic primaries today (OK, actually, two caucuses, a primary, and a "convention" worth three delegates in the Virgin Islands), all of them, except maybe the Virgin Islands, favoring Mr. Obama. There are also four on the Republican side, of which Kansas has already been projected for Mike Huckabee. Other polls start closing at around 7:15 ET, so check back later for results (though I'll keep it simple this time).
8:30: Good-sized wins in Nebraska and Washington for Barack Obama. Interesting side-note: Republican turn-out numbers in Kansas are about half of those for the Democratic caucus last week. Slate.com asks: what does it mean when Kansas like Barack Obama more than the Republican?
I'm going to make my own projection for the remaining primary tonight: Obama will likely do just fine in Louisiana, giving him a fun sweep of the evening (though Hillary will probably win the Virgin Islands). These wins are pretty well expected, which isn't to diminish their importance, but only to say that they've already been factored in to the Clinton strategy. Maine is tomorrow, which looks to favor Hillary, while DC, Maryland, and VA vote on Tuesday. DC and Maryland will do just fine for Obama, but Virginia's a sizeable prize that could go either way. If Hillary wins both Maine and Virginia, she'll be sitting pretty, but these states aren't likely to decide much, unless one campaign really defies the odds.
12:19: So, overall? Great night for Obama, looking to be a rough night for John McCain. Of the three states in play tonight, he lost Kansas, has all but lost Louisiana, and is currently neck-and-neck in Washington, a socially moderate-to-liberal state where McCain should have been golden. It's still pretty much impossible for McCain to lose, but jeepers: it seems like neither party can make up its mind.
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