Well, the big night has come and gone and all I can think to say is "what a night."
Who knew the Kennedy's had such little influence in their own home state? As someone whose interest in politics began with the presidential race of John F. Kennedy, the Kennedy's always seemed bigger than life.
And what's up with the Oprah factor? Is the honeymoon over?
Maybe we can hope for one thing after tonight's contest ... that the pundits will stop declaring either Clinton or Obama "finished" or "the obvious nominee" after every contest. I don't think this one is going to be over until the convention.
And again, how exciting that Democrats are so equally supporting both a woman and an African American candidate. The face of American presidential politics has changed, regardless of the final outcome.
The same cannot be said, however, for Republicans. Tonight we saw the maverick white guy take a slight lead over the evangelical white guy and the corporate white guy. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Oops, sorry ... must be the flu medication kicking in again.
McCain won in all the states where Republicans have no real chance in the fall, Huckabee took the southern votes of people who firmly believe their parents rode to school on dinasaurs. And Romney won in all the states where he's lived. Okay, he won in a few more than that, but not many. If he decides to run again in 2012 his campaign strategy COULD be to live in all 50 states first -- or at least the ones with a lot of delegates.
What became VERY clear tonight is that this election season belongs to the Democrats, and we have to use it for more than just taking back the White House.
If we don't use it to REALLY take back Congress, we're crazy. The 2006 win was nice, but it wasn't good enough. Republicans have the power of the fillibuster, and they have demonstrated their willingness to use it.
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