OFFICIAL OBAMA SUPPORTER THREAD! GO BARACK!

[sniffa]

I wouldn't have known that I needed to post this, but it is level 2.

I'm sorry he "lost" my home state (even though it's being reported they think he may win the delegate total), but he's still doing fucking awesome tonight. :woohoo:

[Kittycat]

1. This is a great night!

I'm anxious for the delegate counts... But it's one for the history books in so many ways. From our candidates, to turnout, to seeing the states he's winning even, and by the margins in some of them. What a night!

[Eurobabe]

2. GoBAMA!

I voted for him overseas today. :hi:

[SallyMander]

3. I'll be voting for him in Ohio next month

:toast:

[TwilightGardener]

4. Gobama!! He held his own tonight.

[adabfree]

5. I'm being bashed for being happy elsewhere..so I shall come in here...

I am happy because as a black woman, I am witnessing history. Some may not understand and that's fine..

I have seen, lived through much...and have heard horrific stories from my elders about the treatment they received in this country...

TO SEE THIS MOMENT IS JUST UNFUCKING BELIEVABLE..

I'm not prejudice.

I don't hate but I am overjoyed...

Truly overjoyed that this nation has grown the way that it has...

Even if he doesn't win..it shows how far we've come..

Hope that explains it..

[TwilightGardener]

14. You be happy all you want...

:toast:

[sniffa]

16. I understand

I'm a white boy, but I grew up most of life as the minority in the projects. I still have a connection that many people don't/won't ever have, and I'll never forget it.

Today is greater than any day prior, in my view. :woohoo:

[Hutzpa]

25. Sniffa, is that you....

we are on a roll, hopefully Cali might come through.

Good night all the same considering the machine we up against.

10 States and counting, about to be 11



:bounce: :woohoo: :bounce:

[sniffa]

37. Yes it's me

Why do you ask? ;)

[Whisp]

26. yes! it explains!

[cloudythescribbler]

64. I think Obama did BETTER than just hold his own -- I'd say he's the odds-on favorite now. Link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4429972

[MH1]

6. He's doing GREAT tonight!

Things are looking up for the Democratic Party and America!

[Moh96]

51. No doubt

he is doing great
better than he wanted

[JI7]

7. he was so far behind just a couple weeks ago

amazing how far he was able to come in that time.

[Moh96]

52. and what do you think will happen Next

he is getting stronger with time
we will win this nomination

[Invidious]

8. And to think

For weeks we had to listen to..."Wait for Super Tuesday!!" "It'll all be over after Super Tuesday!"...whatever..GOBAMA!

[THUNDER HANDS]

9. woot!

:woohoo:

[VolcanoJen]

10. What, what?

It's been an incredible night!!!!!

Holy crap. Kansas??? People in freaking IDAHO lining up for hours????


Good times, indeed.

[NoBorders]

11. This race continues

Going about as expected, And the next set of states look good for him, he has the cash he needs, so overall a great night for Obama.

[psychopomp]

12. Sen. Obama will come out of this with a great chance to go all the way

Congradulations to all the people who made this possible!:toast:

[DB1]

13. Caucus for Obama in WA state this Sat at 1PM.

I am very pleased how civil the incivility has been tonight on DU! Obama is definitely the candidate of the forward thinking voter.

[tammywammy]

15. w00t

Great night for Obama!

[cali]

17. GO BARACK, GO

FIRED UP!

[still_one]

18. My state, California is starting to count, GO OBAMA!!! /nt

[Moh96]

50. you should know better CA

I ma sad to say I am from CA, but nevertheless few weeks ago clinton were 2 to 1 look at us now

[marlakay]

19. He is doing great for being the new guy

I just finished the audicity of hope today and now I like him even more. I vote on saturday in WA caucus, for obama of course. my state is leaning his way so far.

[Moh96]

54. WA for Obama

we are counting on you
if win these next 3 states, imagine what will happen

[ShortnFiery]

20. It's past HRC's people's bedtime ... Terry's already lied to them and tucked them into bed.

Now, let's play!?! :evilgrin:

[Coexist]

21. I am so thrilled with his performance thus far

I was afraid he wouldn't break 40% in the states that had Hillary up a lot 2 weeks ago - afraid people would re-think in the voting booth.

You know what's funny - no matter how a Dem is doing in the GE, when they show that US map with the colored states red v blue, the red is always awash, and even though I know they are mostly surface area vs. population, it makes me feel sad for us.

If we make one for Obama's wins thus far - WOW! do we look great!!!

[Moh96]

55. it is great

Obama have done better than anyone expected even himself

[Raine]

22. GoBama he's doing TERRIFIC!

I hope he can enough in my state of CA to get a BIG share of delegates!

[totodeinhere]

23. 11 states to 6 so far.

It's just great.

[Lebam in LA]

24. Congratulations!!!

The dems have done great tonight!

[Cha]

27. I voted for Obama in

New York, today. It was so nice to see his smiling face on the front page of msn as winning Connecticut.

I was flipping channels and saw hilary for an instant and expected the worst.

[greenmutha]

28. GO OBAMA!

W00t! :bounce:

[gravity]

29. Let the momentum continue

The more exposure Obama gets, the more people like him

[graywarrior]

30. I am happy his is still in the race

[Indenturedebtor]

31. In every battle in every war

It's all about the Obamentum!

GOBAMA :bounce:

By George I Think He's Gonna Win This Thing!

[Exultant Democracy]

32. Looks like a big win for Team Obama tonight, more states more delegates!

[silverweb]

33. Great night!

:woohoo:

GObama! GObama! GObama!

[sniffa]

34. Woah!

It's looking that he's going to be the clear winner. I was predicting today that he would most likely eek her out in delegates but losing most states. Now it appears, he's going to actually win the state count. Still don't know the delegate count total (though from what they're reporting, he's winning big on that), but I thought he had to crush her in delegates, and come close to states in order to get MO.

I think today will move him on, and that's not counting Clinton's apparent empty coffers for the primaries.

God bless America. :patriot:

And our family has now decided to finally get on the Obama campaign. We're going to donate (small, as we don't really have money - we're thinking $100) and we've just decided we're going to get involved with phone banking for him.

We're also going to go hold signs for the remaining NE states as soon as we can.

Maine is in 3 days. RI is in March, and I have my sister and her family living there.
When is VT? That's the only other close state we could commute to.

[Coexist]

36. he's now within 3% in MO

I NEVER thought he would do that well.


I saw this as Clinton by 8%.

Shows you what I know!

Go Barack.

[Coexist]

39. Make that 2% in MO!!!

[Coexist]

40. Make that 1% in MO!!!

[sniffa]

46. Make that him now winning by a few %

And they pulled it from her column as a win, and it's now in the "leaning Obama" column. :wow:

[Moh96]

48. Thank you MO

[harun]

61. Obama won MO !!!!!!

That is awesome. Pundits earlier said, when he was in the lead, that the large population centers hadn't reported yet and would clearly go for Clinton and she would likely win the state. That is a big switch for Obama to win it.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#val=MO

[bicentennial_baby]

35. w00t! My favorite pic that I took last night:

:woohoo:

[taught_me_patience]

62. GOBAMA

Man he looks good in a suit!

[Crunchy Frog]

38. Gobama! I just got back from caucusing for him, and it looks like he won in my state.

[sniffa]

43. Which state?

If you don't mind. :D

[Crunchy Frog]

44. Colorado.

There was a huge turnout for my precinct, and he took it 2 to 1.

[Moh96]

49. Thank you

Thank you and thank you CO
you are the best

[Dob Bole]

41. My wife and I voted for him in Georgia, and we're "white evangelicals"...

which begs the question, why does the media only count evangelicals who vote in Republican primaries? And what about the black, latino, or Native American ones?

But that's another soapbox for another day.

[bicentennial_baby]

42. Thank you!

:applause:

:yourock:

[Moh96]

58. Thank YOU

from the bottom of my heart

[mopinko]

45. gobama. full speed ahead.

grab them coat tails and don't look back, dems. we are the people we are waiting for.

[Moh96]

47. Obama is the clear winner of yesterday

we are going to win this
no doubt in my mind

[TexasObserver]

53. We Will, We Will ... BA-RACK YOU!!

We are the Champions, my friend.

And we'll keep on fighting, to the end.

[treehuggnlibrul]

56. He had Colorado at Hello.

:-) We caucused big for Barack yesterday. I was in tears all day.

15,000 dem caucus goers in CO in 2004. 118,000 Dem Caucus goers in CO last night. Obama team did a great job getting people to caucus.

[SteppingRazor]

57. It was a hell of a night ... and Obama's looking GREAT in the upcoming primaries and caucuses!

I think it'll be all-Obama over the weekend, from Washington to Maine and Nebraska to Louisiana, which will give him the momentum to take Virginia! :woohoo:

[Colobo]

59. GOBAMAAAA!!

[workinclasszero]

60. He won my "bellweather" state!

GO OBAMA!!!

[Adelante]

63. You did good, Barack!!

We love you :loveya:

[LordJFT]

65. My county was the only county in NY that he won in!

And he won every precinct in my town.

[Tom Rinaldo]

66. Obama had an impressive night

The type of support that Obama has been able to win in every region of this country bodes well for America and says volumes about his ability to inspire people across all walks of life.

[Moh96]

67. Obama is the clear winner of Super Tuesday

Before I begin this analysis, I must indicate that this is not how delegates are counted, it is win based on districts won in each state, but it gives us a clear and early idea on who won the most delegates on Super Tuesday based on the popular vote vs. delegates assigned to each state.

The way I calculated this statistics is by multiplying the percentage won in each state by the amount of pledged delegate assigned to it
You will see that the total does not add up to the total delegates in some states and that is to the fact the Sen. Edwards have won some percentages.

For example, in the state of Idaho 18 delegates are at stake
Sen. Obama won 79% of the vote so 0.79 x 18 = 14.22
Sen. Clinton won 17% of the vote so 0.17 x 18 = 3.06

Actual delegates won
Sen. Obama won 15 delegates
Sen. Clinton won 3 delegates

So you can see that it is not completely accurate but it is very close

Here is the whole 22 states breakdown

State_____________Obama______ Clinton

Missouri__________35.28_______34.56
Alaska____________9.75________3.25
California_________155.4_______ 192.4
Arizona___________23.52_______ 28.56
New Mexico_______12.74_______12.48
Utah_____________ 13.11________8.97
Colorado_________ 36.85_______17.6
Idaho____________ 14.22________3.06
Minnesota________48.24________23.04
Connecticut_______24.48_______ 22.56
Kansas____________23.68_______8.32
North Dakota______7.93________4.81
New Jersey________47.08_______ 57.78
Massachusetts_____38.13_______52.08
Alabama__________ 29.12_______21.84
Delaware__________ 7.95________6.45
New York_________ 92.8________132.24
Tennessee________27.88_______36.72
Arkansas_________ 9.45________ 24.15
Illinois___________ 99.45_______ 50.49
Oklahoma________ 11.78_______20.9
Georgia__________ 58.29_______ 26.97

Total Delegates____827.13______789.23

Now here is why I think Sen. Obama is on his way to win the national Democratic nomination:

If these primaries and caucuses were held a month ago we would have never seen Sen. Obama is even close to that number, in fact, I believe it would have been 2 to 1 in favor of Sen. Clinton.

So we can clearly see that Sen. Obama is doing great with time, he has been like a rocketing unstoppable stock where Sen. Clinton has been very steady.

Now, with this in mind if Sen. Obama were to loose by small margin, like 100 to 150 delegates, he would have been still in great shape as his stock keep rising with time and there are still so many states still at stake here.

With Sen. Obama winning with these popular vote statistics 827.13 to 789.23 I say with clear conscious that we are looking at the new Democratic Nominee and in fact, THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

[greguganus]

68. Kickin' for Obama! n/t