Sunday, May 25, 2008

Could Obama wrap things up by winning Puerto Rico?

A victory in everyone's favorite protectorate would probably be a shot through the heart for the Clinton campaign, which has repeatedly insisted upon its strength with Latino voters. But Obama has been gaining with that group in a big way. Even a squeaker win would likely be seen as a huge upset, and would be treated as evidence that Clinton's coalition is crumbling. Follow that up with expected Obama wins in Montana and South Dakota, and the popular vote argument is severely diminished.

I don't think it's an understatement to say that Puerto Rico will probably be the deathknell of Clinton's campaign if Obama manages to pull out a victory.
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The Man, The Myth, The Bio

East Bay, California, United States
Problem: I have lots of opinions on politics and culture that I need to vent. If I do not do this I will wind up muttering to myself, and that's only like one or two steps away from being a hobo. Solution: I write two blogs. A political blog that has some evident sympathies (pro-Obama, mostly liberal though I dissent on some issues, like guns and trade) and a culture blog that does, well, cultural essays in a more long-form manner. My particular thing is taking overrated things (movies, mostly, but other things too) down a peg and putting underrated things up a peg. I'm sort of the court of last resort, and I tend to focus on more obscure cultural phenomena.