An Obama blowout?

I want to ignore the leaked, unweighted exit polls, given their history of being drastically wrong (see: the Seven-Hour Presidency of John Kerry; Obama by 4 in New Hampshire; Obama winning Arizona, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New Mexico on Super Tuesday; etc.) ... I want to look away, really I do ... I don't want to blog about them ... but I can't help myself!

I'm hearing that after two waves of data, Wisconsin looks like a blowout in favor of Obama, in the neighborhood of 60 percent to 40 percent.

Also:

Democratic officials with access to exit polls say Sen. Obama looks like he’s headed for a huge win in today’s Wisconsin primary. The polls could turn out to be off, as they have in the past. But the officials’ revelation reflects the chatter in the campaigns in advance of the 9 p.m. Eastern poll closing.

The party officials said that if the trends reflect in the interviews with hundreds of Badger State voters, the news out of the primary will be: Obama encroached deeply into three of Clinton’s core groups of voters — women, those with no college degree and those with lower incomes — while giving up none of his own.

I need a twelve-step program or something. :)

P.S. More here, with (apparently weighted) numbers: 51-49 Obama among women; also 51-49 Obama among households with incomes under $50,000. If those are anywhere close to correct, that's absolutely devastating for Hillary.

Video here.

Comments

[Alasdair]

Warning ! Warning !

Politically incorrect comment follows ...



Did you hear about the new organisation for those who excessively and endlessly relentlessly talk about their 12-step program ?

The new organisation is called Onandonanon ...

{not-so-innocent smile}

[Gardner]

Hopefully Michelle Obama can be proud of her country tonight. Maybe the Second time in 24 years.

[anon]

too bad michelle obama isnt blindly proud of her country regardless of what it does.

[Andrew]

Yes anon, because our country definitely offers so few things to be proud of, our love of country should definitely be conditional on whether or not we're occupying other countries and such.

I'm not surprised by the erosion in HRC's support. Quite obviously her candidacy depended quite a bit on the Clinton name and the concept of her candidacy's inevitability. Once Democrats realized they had a real choice, suddenly she's lost a lot of her appeal.

[Wurf]

Where's the beef (substance)?! Obama can talk the talk, but he cannot walk the walk. He's right out of corrupt Chicago politics. It amazes me that time and time again the liberal media give him (and his pastor) a pass. Obama is a tax and spend liberal. Has anyone thought about who'll pay for all his grandiose plans? No, they're too busy caught up in the Oprah moment. The GOP needs to regroup, or just plan for 2012, when new conservative leadership will blossom.

[Joe Mama]

too bad michelle obama isnt blindly proud of her country regardless of what it does.

Andrew stated one reason why that statement is silly. I'll offer another -- no one made the argument that anon is purportedly responding to (that Michelle Obama must be "blindly proud of her country regardless of what it does").

What many, including myself, find curious about Obama's statement is that her and her husband's life story is so inspirational and you would think it would make her proud of America, not critical of it.

[Wurf]

Hmmm, Michelle's "adult life". Wonder if she voted for Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, and wonder whether she had any hope then.

[kcatnd]

"Obama is a tax and spend liberal. Has anyone thought about who'll pay for all his grandiose plans?"

How is he a tax and spend liberal? What grandiose plans are you talking about? Like invading a country? Or going to universal healthcare?

[Wurf]

Check out Obama's economic package.

If universal healthcare isn't "grandiose", I would hate to see what is.

[Aaron]

Michelle Obama's comment was a gaffe, there's no denying. Personally, I very much doubt that it genuinely represents her feelings - she just said something stupid. I'm guessing the campaign considered having her issue a correction and apology, but decided it would be better not to call any more attention to the incident.

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I'm happy to call Obama a "tax and spend liberal". That's part of what I like about him. Can I call Bush - and I suspect McCain too, if he ever were to get a Republican Congress - a "don't tax, but still spend, conservative"?