Call it

It’s time to call it. The democratic primaries are essentially over unless Hillary Clinton pulls off the comeback of the.. well… I can’t think of a time frame large enough so I’ll say the greatest comeback ever in any contest ever.

It’s that bad… seriously.

There are six left and Obama is favored in three and Clinton is favored in three. Numbers say Obama just needs about 160 delegates to clinch while Clinton needs 370 or so.

Unless she absolutely dominated the rest of the election and the remaining superdelegates felt sorry for her and went for her anyway, there’s no way she can win. There really isn’t.

So, it’s time for Mrs. Clinton to pack it up and call it the end. It’s over, and it’s officially time to concentrate on the general election.

Uh oh Hillary?

Hillary Clinton will say that she’s winning and leading for the nomination and all that. She’s happy and touting her victories in California, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. On the surface, you might say Clinton is the front runner.

But… wait. Clinton was ahead by about 20 points nationally just a couple months ago. But now? Obama and her are in a basic dead heat, especially since Obama won a whopping 13 states last night. In the delegates both candidates are also in a dead heat.

Ok, maybe you still give Clinton the edge and possibly the momentum for blunting Obama’s comeback. I mean, she did win California and New York. She also won by double digits in both.

Thing is… she just donated $5 million to her own campaign. Obama just got $32 million in the month of January alone. There’s still a long way to go and one candidate clearly has more money than the other at this point.

Not only is she potentially running out of money, but now MSNBC reported that Hillary’s staff is working for FREE. Yes, free. That’s not good, as you might imagine. Politico.com reports that sources close to Obama say he’s on pace for $30 million in February.

Uh oh Hillary?

But you gotta wonder. Hillary was favored by so much just a couple weeks ago, and now they’re even. She could’ve went for the jugular, but now she’ll have to slowly grind it out. This reminds me of a sporting event or a game or a match or whatever you term it. The underdog is hanging around and hanging around and is being allowed to hang around by the favorites.

Obama is taking advantage of his opportunities and Clinton isn’t.

And now we’re entering the fourth quarter of the conference finals with a tie.

Who’s gonna make it to the championship?

Initial reactions to Super Tuesday.

It’s safe to say that Sen. McCain has wrapped up the Republican nomination. With Romney and Huckabee dueling it out over second place McCain continues to garner states and keep his front runner status. As we continue with the states I’m sure McCain will continue to take states despite not being amazingly popular with conservatives.

However, there might be a problem with him during the General Election. He failed to get any of the southern states. Huckabee essentially sweeped those while Romney took a lot of the northern states, including Alaska.

On the Democrat side, it’s essentially a tie. Though, it’s an impressive tie for Obama. He was way back in the polls a month ago and now he’s neck and neck with Clinton and won more states than her.

It’s been a long and exciting Super Tuesday, but tomorrow morning we’ll get on the delegate counts.

Just a side note: My condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the tornados in the south. Hopefully they can get aid as soon as possible.

Countdown to Super Tuesday

The nationwide state-by-state voting for the Democratic and Republican Primaries takes place in a little less than a week now, and things are getting just a bit more exciting ’round these here United States.

Firstly, Edwards and Giuliani are out. Giuliani gave his endorsement to Sen. McCain of Arizona while Edwards… well… hasn’t endorsed anyone yet, but it’s hard to see him endorse Sen. Clinton when they’re so different. Oh, and he’s attacked her the most compared to the rest of the Democratic nominees.

An Edwards endorsement for Sen. Obama makes sense as well, especially after Obama took time in his speech today to talk about poverty (something Edwards was centralizing his campaign on).

It’ll be tough for Obama, however. According to the likes of CNN.com and MSNBC.com, Clinton leads in New York and California, which happen to be the two states on Super Tuesday with the most delegates.

I’m excited to see whether the endorsement of the Three Kennedy’s and the debate tomorrow can shift Obama in those two states. It’ll definitely be an interesting couple of days.

On the Republican side it’s essentially between McCain and Romney. McCain will likely take it all unless Romney, or even Huckabee, can pull off some upsets and take back some of the momentum. Although, if McCain wins the nomination there’s a potential problem he could face in the national election. The following sentence:

“I was on the front lines with my friends saying we not only can’t withdraw but we’ve got to have additional troops over there in order for us to have a chance to succeed.”

McCain said that at the GOP debate tonight. And, well, that’s not a very good thing to say when it seems like most of the country is very against the war. Oh, and most importantly want the troops back in the states as soon as possible.

I urge anyone and everyone voting on Super Tuesday to pay attention this weekend. The Super Bowl is on Sunday and people will get a bit distracted with all the Super Bowl Parties and whatnot, but there still are primary elections on Tuesday and they will shape the nomination races in both parties.