02.20.08
Obama Wins Big Again…
…this time in Wisconsin. That’s nine in a row. Any more questions?
That’s the delegate count, Obama vs. Clinton. As the late Phil Rizzuto might have said, we’ve got ourselves a barnburner.
It’s possible that neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama will have enough votes to automatically earn their party’s nomination. A brokered convention? Can you say ratings?! CNN says that, in fact, the voting split yesterday may help Obama, and that the next 2-3 weeks of primaries and caucuses may favor the Illinois senator.
The visionary Seth Godin offers tips for us marketing types, whom he says can learn a thing or seventeen from what he dubbed “Galactic Interstellar Tuesday.” #15, in particular, is spot-on.
A great way to keep up with today’s primaries is at Newsvine’s political page. Here’s an interesting thread centered on the New York Times piece which posits the idea that Barack Obama is a Mac, and Hilary Clinton is a PC.
…and, since he’s out of the presidential race, have shifted my allegiance to Barack Obama. Bill Maher has been eloquent in this regard, talking about how America needs a new face, literally and figuratively, and the message it will send the rest of the world. On the most recent Real Time, Maher said something else interesting — and spot on – which I paraphrase: ‘Politics is cool again.’ It’s about time.