February 7, 2008

Origami Election Headquarters ‘08 - Super Tuesday!!

Super Tuesday has come and gone!!

Hello ladies and gentlemen and what a fun night it was on the 5th.

I will admit to being shocked by a few things, disappointed by some others and yes Hillary Clinton is still in the race (sad for all, sadder for me) and yes she still has my support.

The Republican race was far more clear in the results and so many hard line conservatives are hating it. But we’ll get to them in a little bit. Let’s talk about the closest Democratic race in who knows how many years.

Here is the current score card for everyone. Senator Barack Obama (D) won the following states:

Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, and Utah

For a delegate count of: 741

Senator Hillary Clinton (D) has won the following states:

Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee

For a delegate count of: 823

It’s interesting that despite beating Hillary by a single state, somehow Obama is still behind in delegate count. Strange little system and that’s even with her not being awarded delegates for her wins in Florida and Michigan. Something she is contesting of course.

New Mexico is still being counted as it is that close, but delegates were distributed and with Hillary in the lead, she’s received the majority. The media has been unusually favorable to the former First Lady since her wins are not being downplayed as much.

The long road ahead seems to be for both of them, Obama is still behind Clinton for delegate count. Again this wacky system of yours. Pundits talk about how he’s winning the white guys because Hillary is so unlikeable. Edwards dropping out of the race last week seems to have helped Obama. Hillary is picking up the women and minority vote, which counted for her big win in California.

Not that it matters since all the analysts state the fact: Since Clinton didn’t crush Obama on Super Tuesday in the long run he’s going to win.

This long road is rather winding since according to many sources McCain is also on it. Despite the fact that he’s “trounced” his opponents by consistently winning more states, and more delegates then both of them combined. Unlike the democratic race, the Republican race is very simple.

McCain is the front runner and that just annoys Rush and some other more severe conservatives who’d like to “wipe out” the liberal movement. But let’s ignore them for a moment and go back to McCain.

According to CNN, the conservative wing of the Republican party doesn’t trust McCain since he may be too liberal. He’s a wishy-washy flip-flopper and that’s dangerous. Let’s see:

1. He’s flopped on illegal immigration.

2. He’s opposed the Bush tax cuts.

3. He wants campaign finance reform.

Now shall we look at those individually. McCain has flopped on all them for a good reason, the con-wing should be smart enough to know this.

1. McCain wants to win Texas, Arizona, California and New Mexico in the general election. He’s no idiot, threatening to send back the illegals and that guarantees those states go to the Democrats. Lie, win election and then send them back. That’s how politics work.

2. The rich have enough money and maybe McCain is just trying to give the middle class a break. Who knows? Or perhaps he’s trying to win more of the working man states and again he can lie, win election and then break the promise.

3. The lobbyists and the status quo don’t want campaign reform and you’d think a party like the Republicans would want to do something about it. McCain is a threat to the old system and I guess there will never be a resolution on this matter.

McCain shouldn’t worry so much or try so hard to unify his party. The Republicans claim to be a party for the people, but they’re not. They are rich white people who want to remain rich white people and they could care less about those in another tax bracket.

In fact McCain should tell the conservatives to go f**k themselves and fight for his nomination as he’s doing now. He’s already at the halfway point with delegates and it looks pretty good for him.

There’s been talk of boycotting him if McCain wins the nomination and if that’s the case, then let the Republicans be so stupid. You may not like the man, but helping a Democrat win the White House is far more dumb a move than voting for a member of your own party whom you dislike.

As it stands now:

Senator John McCain (R) has won the following states:

Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, and South Carolina

For a delegate count of: 680

Mick Huckabee (r) has won the following states:

Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee, and West Virginia

For a delegate count of: 176

Mitt Romney (R) has won the following states:

Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming

For a delegate count of: 270

I’m noticing a trend here people. McCain appears to be the chosen one for this election, you might as well join in on the fun.

With Huckabee’s good showing on Tuesday (I’ll admit to underestimating him) there’s also talk about a McCain/Huckabee ticket to counter the rumored Clinton/Obama ticket. Silly idea.

Huckabee himself said he didn’t want to be Vice-President and there’s no way in hell that Clinton and Obama would join forces, there’s too much ego between them. They would never work well together. So let’s put that worry out of your heads.

My suggestion to you Republicans; Accept who wins the nomination and try to win the national election. You can lose by a little or you can lose by a lot. Your choice.

**One Last note**

Mike Gravel (D) it is time to announce your plans for the future. Staying in the race or staying out? Do you want to be VP? Do you even care anymore? Or you even still alive?