EU-Digest/SFGate: US Presidential Elections : Clinton Wins Big Four - biased Press favors Obama
US Presidential Elections : Clinton Wins Big Four; Obama Gathers Delegates from smaller states with black vote- biased Press favors Obama
By winning four of the six big states -- California, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey -- Clinton can claim that she has held where it matters and has momentum going forward. The Obama camp will claim that expectations going into Super Tuesday were too high, and point to how much of the gap with Clinton he closed in the last week. He will also point to winning 13 states to Clinton's 8,including bellwether Missouri, plus two big states: Illinois and Georgia. But he had the advantage in both: Illinois is his home turf and Georgia's large African American vote was expected to hand him a win.Still, what matters is delegates. Obama's broad wins across more states, including delegate-rich caucus states like Minnesota, will keep him close. Obama heads into more caucuses Saturday where his campaign claims he has shown big strength: Washington, Louisiana and Nebraska, with 158 delegates at stake.
Note EU-Digest: in listening to the results coming in from the US media last night it was remarkable how biased they were in downplaying Clinton win in the large states like New York and California and glorifying Obama wins. As one political observer remarked, "figures are showing that people who earn less than 50.000.00 dollars a year voted for Hillary and those above $100.000.00 voted for Obama. Obama is certainly favored by the corporate establishment, who control the media."
Labels: Hillary Clinton, US elections
