Tom Baldwin, Washington
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Landslide victories over the weekend have given Barack Obama an opportunity to break the deadlock with Hillary Clinton as the two Democratic presidential candidates hurtle into the “Potomac primary” tomorrow.
Although Mr Obama’s wins – sweeping through Washington State, Nebraska, Louisiana and the US Virgin Islands on Saturday and taking yet another caucus victory in Maine last night – still leave him narrowly behind in the race for delegates, the next set of elections may result in his inching ahead for the first time. Mr Obama led Mrs Clinton by 58 per cent to 41 per cent in Maine with 70 per cent of results reported.
Though she denied that flagging results were to blame, Mrs Clinton last night announced the replacement of Patti Solis Doyle, her campaign manager, with Maggie Williams, a key aide during the tenure of her husband, Bill,in the White House.
Mr Obama is increasingly emphasising his appeal as a general election candidate who can pick up independent and even Republican votes against John McCain in every corner of the nation. “Today, voters from the West Coast to the Gulf Coast to the heart of America stood up to say ‘Yes, we can’ . . . we won north, we won south and we won in between,” he told 5,000 Democrats at a party dinner on Saturday night in Richmond, Virginia.
Mrs Clinton had earlier addressed the same event without referring to the results. Her aides have sought to play down the significance of the latest results, pointing out that Mr Obama had been “saturating the airwaves with 30 and 60-second ads” in states that he had been expected to win. They added that other looming contests this month, including tomorrow’s, were also “more favourable to the Obama campaign”.
In Louisiana on Saturday Mr Obama received huge support from the black vote, which is expected to be influential again tomorrow, when Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland vote. A poll in Virginia yesterday showed Mr Obama on course to win by 53 per cent to 37 per cent.
Both candidates campaigned in the state yesterday but Mrs Clinton is already looking ahead to March 4, when Texas and Ohio hold the type of big primaries where she performs well.
Her narrowing lead in delegates – 1,095 to 1,070, according to the Associated Press – is now sustained only by so-called super-delegates comprised of Democratic Party leaders and members of Congress who account for about a fifth of the 2,025 needed to win the nomination. More than half remain uncommitted and frantic efforts are under way by both campaigns to win over a group that may hold the balance of power at the Democratic convention in August.
Mrs Clinton and her husband are calling in favours dating back to their time in the White House. Mr Obama’s campaign team is putting intense pressure on super-delegates from states where he has won not to frustrate the will of voters.
In the Republican contest Mike Huckabee stung John McCain, the front-runner, by trouncing him in the Bible Belt state of Kansas on Saturday. He also narrowly won the Louisiana primary and ran close in Washington state. The Baptist preacher yesterday continued to resist calls to quit the race given that Mr McCain has taken a near-insurmountable lead. “I didn’t major in math. I majored in miracles, and I still believe in them,” he said.
In a TV interview yesterday President Bush acknowledged that Mr McCain “has some convincing to do” before he was accepted as a “solid conservative” but added: “I will be glad to help him if he is the nominee.”

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Wow, just read the long post about the experience Hilary Clinton has logged. Impressive. Only one thing. Looking back is fine when you want to know how to move forward. My question is, why wait until you're President to do anything to move forward when Clinton had serious time in the U.S. Senate to do more? Frankly, that's a question a lot of us ask, not to get an answer. I'm ready to look forward, move forward and take the bad with the good in Barack Obama. I can only hope that my fellow citizens will be willing to do the same thing come November.
Robert B., Long Beach, USA/CA
Joyce of Pawtucket, USA - that's what I was just about to say!
BIG Ted, Boise, Idaho
Mike in Arkansas, Phil in hong kong said nothing in his comment about Hillary's speeches being boring. He said SHE was boring. Quite frankly, I agree with Phil.
Alex, Bristol, UK
Looks like Hilary had better get weeping in public big time.
Alan, Sydney, Australia
please read the following information gathered from the Library of Congress. Feel free to check these records for yourself; better still, read a little more, and try and stay current before posting assinine comments: Clinton v. Obama on Legislative Experience: Senator Clinton, who has served only one full term (6yrs.), and another year campaigning, has managed to author and pass into law, (20) twenty pieces of legislation in her first six years. These bills can be found on the website of the Library of Congress (www.thomas.loc.gov), but to save you trouble, I'll post them here for you: 1. Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site. 2. Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech Month. 3. Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. 4. Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall. 5. Name courthouse after James L. Watson. 6. Name post office after Jonn A. O'Shea. 7. Designate Aug. 7, 2003, as National Purple Heart Recognition Day. 8. Support the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day. 9. Honor the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death. 10. Congratulate the Syracuse Univ. Orange Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship. 11. Congratulate the Le Moyne College Dolphins Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship. 12. Establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program. 13. Name post office after Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda. 14. Honor Shirley Chisholm for her service to the nation and express condolences on her death. 15. Honor John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford, firefighters who lost their lives on duty. Only five of Clinton's bills are, more substantive. 16. Extend period of unemployment assistance to victims of 9/11. 17. Pay for city projects in response to 9/11 18. Assist landmine victims in other countries. 19. Assist family caregivers in accessing affordable respite care. 20. Designate part of the National Forest System in Puerto Rico as protected in the wilderness preservation system. There you have it, the fact's straight from the Senate Record. Now, I would post those of Obama's, but the list is too substantive, so I'll mainly categorize. During the first (8) eight months of his elected service he sponsored over 820 bills. He introduced 233 regarding healthcare reform, 125 on poverty and public assistance, 112 crime fighting bills, 97 economic bills, 60 human rights and anti-discrimination bills, 21 ethics reform bills, 15 gun control, 6 veterans affairs and many others. His first year in the U.S. Senate, he authored 152 bills and co-sponsored another 427. These inculded **the Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 (became law), **The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, (became law), **The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate, **The 2007 Government Ethics Bill, (became law), **The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill, (In committee), and many more. In all since he entered the U.S. Senate, Senator Obama has written 890 bills and co-sponsored another 1096. An impressive record, for someone who supposedly has no legislative record. . . . My last point: Obama needs name recognition, he needs to be among the people, so people feel like they have access to him. HRC's debate challenge is more about the fact that her campaign is running low on money and she gets free air-time without spending anything. Would you give up the chance to see 20,000 voters up close and personal to be on a televised debate? No way! Obama, stick to your guns. Debate on your terms, not Hillary's! Go Obama 2008!
JOYCE, Pawtucket, USA/RHODE ISLAND
Phil in Hong Kong,
That's right, decide who will be the best President based on how boring their speeches are.
If that's how most people in China think, the West has nothing to fear from China.
Mike Frazier, Fayetteville, Arkansas
They can change her campaign manager, change her fund raising tactics but they can't change poor boring old Clinton.
Phil, Hong Kong,
I wonder how many people like Obama as a candidate because there were TWO very charismatic Black Presidents on the U.S. television series "24" -- both surrounded by bad White guys?
Kaivitilagi, Savusavu, Fiji Islands