2008 Election Thread (Primarys right now)

[Nwahs]

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With that said, the Iowa caucuses are done, with Obama and Huckabee winning. Right now the NJ primary's are taking place. Should be an interesting outcome as much of the state is Independent. Discuss away!

[Nwahs]

I didn't want the Original Post to have my opinion in it, but I think its ok to put it here. Personally, I hope that Obama and Huckabee win. I think Obama because he is more electable then Clinton, and I say Huckabee because personally I think he will be the least electable Republican. I bet you guys can guess what I am now.
From many of his stances though, Obama isn't a hard core Democrat. I think we need more of a centrist at this point, as our country seems to have been divided a lot over the last years.
Also, does anyone know what we will have the NJ results will be in?

[Alex]

I think the results are pretty much in now

Democrats

Obama 16
Clinton 15
Edwards 4

Republicans

Romney 20
Huckabee 17
Thompson 6

I heard a rumor that Hillary recently cried...is this TRUE?

[706VZWUser]

I'm not sure if she cried, I haven't been following the primaries recently. The top end seems fairly close though, wouldn't you say?

[Alex]

Yea, but I think everyone is so Obama crazy. The media absolutely adores him. Do you think we will have a black president? Sadly, I'm not convinced that Americans are done with racism.

[Nwahs]

Well it is safe to say that Hillary "won" the NH primary. However, both her and Obama got 9 delegates, which means Obama is still ahead by 1 delegate...which doesn't matter because they need something around 2200 to win the nomination. I definitely think it will be close.
And although I think most Americans still have some type of racism left in them, I don't think it will apply completely here. I have thought about this and even talked to some people I know that I would consider "more racist" then most of us, and even they rarely consider the fact that Obama is black. I know it is a weird concept, but even though racism does seem to still exist, I don't think it will affect Obama as much it could. I hope you understand what I mean.

[Alex]

I do understand what you mean. I guess I am originally from the South and my relatives are country folks. They still stereotype black people as unintelligent. This mentality, I completely disagree with. There are many, many intelligent African Americans. Some people are just stuck in their ways...

I'm just annoyed that I can't find any clear facts on what each candidate has done while they have been in office. I want to know exactly what laws they passed and what effect it had on their communities.

[secrecyguy]

Originally, I predicted that Hillary Clinton will be our next president of US.

Why? The Clinton family get along with the Bush family quite well now.

Another reason is, her husband.

So she is a the clear winner.

But now since Oprah decided to join in and support Obama, this could be anyone's race now. I still feel she still have a good chance to win.

Who am I going to vote for the next president, for this election, I am going to stay out.

[Nwahs]

Well looking at predicted outcomes etc, it looks like it is going to be incredibly close in the Democratic party. Clinton takes all the key states...however Obama is going to be taking most of the other ones, which is definitely a lot combined. At this point it is anyone's guess.