Clinton clinches Ohio
March 5, 2008
On the 4th of March Hilary Clinton managed to triumph in the Democratic presidential primary that was held in the states of Ohio and Rhode Island. The other Democratic nominee hopeful, Barack Obama managed to take the state of Vermont according to the news from CNN, NBC and Fox news. The wins that Clinton managed to get greatly unsettled the momentum that Obama was carrying with him since the Super Tuesday of February. Since the 5th of February Obama has now managed to take 12 out of the 14 nominating races including the Vermont primary over Clinton.
The news from the Republican camp is that the Arizona Senator John McCain managed to confirm his nomination after the other contestant Mike Huckabee gave up as he lost out on the primaries that were held in the states of Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont. Now that the republican nominee has been finalized all eyes are now on the Democratic primaries. The result of the Texas primary, which is scheduled to come out on the 5th of March, is going to be very influential. The state of Texas also happens to be the biggest state that voted on the 4th. The results were still too close for the Democrats to call as the day came to a close on the fourth. Even though Clinton managed to take the crucial state of Ohio, the pressure exerted on her by Obama is mounting as she has now lost 12 out of the 14 nominating competitions that were held since the super Tuesday ballots. However she would have been greatly relieved to find that she still has a very large and significant following amongst the traditional voters of the Democratic Party.
According to an unofficial count that is being done by the Green Papers, the Democratic nominee hopeful Barack Obama has till date a total of 1,129.5 pledged delegates which is 119 more than what the other Nominee hopeful Clinton has. For any candidate to get the nomination he or she will have to get a total of 2.025 delegates. On the fourth of March all the states holding primaries had a total of 370 pledged delegates which were given quantitatively on the basis of votes. The delegates in the state of Texas are selected through a combination of primary and caucus.
Talking about her win in the state of Ohio, Clinton said that the news was going to be very critical for the general election prospects of both the parties. Her tagline for the day was ‘as Ohio goes, so goes the nation.’ She also expressed her belief that the ‘nation is coming back and so is her campaign.’
On his defeat, the Republican hopeful Huckabee said that the republican nominee had run an honorable campaign and had deserved to win as he was an honorable man. McCain is scheduled to fly to Washington on the 5th of March to get the endorsement of President George W. Bush. McCain who had lost out on the nomination in 2000 when he ran against Bush said that he was now prepared to take on the nomination with humility, confidence, and an overwhelming sense of responsibility.