Hillary vs Obama - Spoils Shared.

08:32

As expected, a high-scoring draw with Hillary getting 462 delegates to Obama's 422.

Biggest winner of the night therefore is Mike Huckabee who has surely scooped the Vice President nomination with his unexpected 5 primary wins.


01:43

Well, not much going on and I'm off to Paris tomorrow so Super Duper Tuesday will have to wait until Wednesday I think....

G'd night!


01:19

Yep, it's becoming increasingly clear that John McCain is going to be the Republican nominee. He is predicted to win a whole raft of states given the exit polls with Mitt expected to win Massachusettes. His home state. The Beatles used to say you can't buy me love. It seems the presidency isn't always up for grabs for the highest bidder either.

So given this race is all but run, I won't waste valuable Budweiser drinking time talking about those crazy Republicans from here on in.


01:14

Well, McCain has taken Illinois which is no doubt going to be one of many for everyone's favourite defender of water-boarding.

Obama has taken Illinois which is about as surprising as Cliff Richard saying he'd rather just hug tonight if it's all the same to you...

And Oklahoma looks like it's going to go Hillary's way. Given that back in January she was leading Edwards (remember him?) there with Obama a distant 3rd, this comes as no great surprise. So, again, so far everything is going as expected.

Note though that there seems to be a remarkable split in North vs South, Clinton vs Obama. Maybe that American Civil War isn't over just yet.....!



00:55

Further to my 00:53 posting, if you haven't read the Best of British guestblogging entry at Mr Eugenides then I actually feel sorry for you as it really is quite painfully amusing.


00:53

I just checked my reader stats and they've gone through the roof. A quick "recent came from" map search later and I know why. There's a lot of people up and about in the US searching for political blogs...

Look smart fellow Brit bloggers, we've got guests.

00:49

Per the BBC:

One undecided Democratic voter put the names of Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton in a hat and voted for the one that came out.

With logic like that, I'm beginning to see how George W Bush got re-elected. Why not just stay at home and not vote if you can't make your mind up!?

00:42

BBC News is reporting that female turnout is around the 60% mark. Surely a shot in the arm for Hillary Clinton. Who is a woman.

Her main challenger is Barack Obama. Who is a man.


00:26

Well, we're off on Super Duper Tuesday and given that Mike Huckabee is perfectly placed to scupper any last vestige of hope that Mitt Romney had, all eyes are on the Democratic race.

And with Obama due to take Georgia, it looks like he has taken the first decisive move.


However, given that he was ahead of Clinton in the polls on 25th Jan, this result should be no great shock. If his lead has extended significantly from this poll then we could be on to something.

But so far, it's all panning out as expected so far which means we are still on track for a high-scoring draw once the Democratic dust settles....

I am, fittingly perhaps, drinking a Bud and eating a pastrami sandwich here as news rolls in...