Give him credit - Obama ran a brilliant campaign.

[kentuck]

From the beginning, Hillary was the inevitable nominee. She actually stated that it would all be over on Super Tuesday. But Barack Obama laid out an intelligent plan and a brilliant strategy to winning the election. No doubt, he had a lot of luck and money on his side. He could not have predicted the support that he received over the new media, the Internet. He was rolling in the dough.

But he was very smart to organize and capture the delegates in all those early states while Hillary was concentrating on the big states only. But Obama stayed close in most of the big states that Hillary won. He actually won over 2 million votes in the state of California. Luckily for him, we did not have the Republican system of "winner take all".

When Super Tuesday came and went, Hillary did not have the nomination and she did not have a strategy to continue from that point. At one time during the campaign, Obama won 11 races in a row! In the end, as of tonight, Obama had won 32 states or territories to 16 states for Hillary. He won the popular vote. He won the most delegates. Checkmate.

[John Q. Citizen]

1. Yes. He stayed true to himself and to his message. He was brilliant. They will be talking about this

campaign for years.

[Cha]

23. Excellent point.. True to himself.

Have we got ourselves a candidate!

[DS1]

2. Even his website is nice and clean and efficient

http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

vs this clunker


http://www.hillaryclinton.com/home/

[Labors of Hercules]

13. you got that right!

As a volunteer, I can tell you his website is not only great to look at, but has been an invaluable tool to me in my work for his campaign! YES WE DID IN NC!!!! WOOT!!!!

[Cha]

24. Well thank you so much,

Labor! :toast: :bounce: :kick: :party:

[sandnsea]

19. It's an activists' web site

For communication from cyber world to real world, and back again. It is not an information highway, it's an instant communication network. Obama's people understand that, Hillary's don't.

[EFerrari]

3. This was the best run campaign I've seen in my adult life.

Here's hoping the rest of the way goes as well.

[underscorer]

4. I agree

From beginning to end it was brilliant.

[NightWatcher]

5. he stayed positive and didnt play "old politics"

[Catherine Vincent]

6. I disagree.

And I disagree that Hillary was the inevitable nominee. It seems Obama supporters continue to spout this. Imo, Edwards was the inevitable nominee with Obama or Clinton as his veep.

[Connie_Corleone]

8. Edwards was NEVER the inevitable nominee.

Hillary was being called inevitable before a single vote was cast.

[GetTheRightVote]

7. He won because the American believe in his message and that the job of correcting the problems

of this nation is within our hands and he will be guided by us and our needs.
He is speaking to us but also sharing a conversation with us as if we are sitting at a table with him
making all of these decisions with him. This is our election. our country, our dream he has stated not his, HRC or JMCMs, but ours which we all share together.

[Tinksrival]

9. Like I posted earlier.....

It all began here....

****************IOWA*******************



And it was a steady ship that stayed above the tide of scum

[OzarkDem]

10. He's running a very divisive campaign

a strategy that may work well for the primary and caucuses, but won't help him win in the GE. They don't have caucuses in the GE.

[kentuck]

12. I disagee...

But he did permit himself to lapse into some negative politics. However, on the whole, he was much easier on Hillary than Hillary was on him. Mostly, he stayed cool and calm...

[scheming daemons]

14. You are so ass-backwards in your logic..... Hillary's was the only divisive campaign here...

[Mooney]

15. They also don't have closed primaries in the GE.

[high density]

16. must you spam EVERY thread with your putrid bullshit?

I can only hope you're at least getting paid to post this chaff.

[LVjinx]

21. I agree... But his victory speech was about reaching out. I feel optimistic

for the first time in a long time. Did you see how many people voted for McCain? Combined, Hillary and Obama voters CRUSHED him many, many times over. If we can unify that vote for November, nothing can stop us.

[donheld]

22. That's total bullshit

What is so divisive about anything he's done?

[CC]

11. MSM got who they wanted after they dragged out the primary

with who they wanted. Now it is left to see who they want to win the GE. Will we be led by the nose like were were the last couple months? I have seen too much hate from BOTH sides to be happy about either but I will vote for the Dem. Now it is up to Obama to see if he can reach across the aisle to Clinton supporters and those of us that weren't supporters of either of them.

[Erin Elizabeth]

17. It was the best campaign I've seen in my adult life.

Since I started paying attention to campaigns (mid to late 80s). I was very impressed and continue to be.

Go Obama!

[zulchzulu]

18. Doing grassroots work in the streets, Obama has always been an easy "sell"

I've done grunt grassroots stuff in the streets for other candidates since Clinton in 1992 and there has never been the kind of inspiration and appreciation for a candidate like Obama. People get teary-eyed whe you give them a button or bumpersticker. This is beyond any candidate and support other than perhaps Russ Feingold, another amazing leader that people are utterly for here in Madison.

I consider myself lucky to be a supporter for Obama and can't wait until I'm out in the cold and rain showing my support.

[FatDave]

20. Hillary lost the primary the way democrats have traditionally lost general elections

By conceding certain states before they even try. Barack used the 50 state strategy and prevailed.

[Cha]

25. Dean to Obama!

Positive Proof that Dean knew was he was working for..hear that, carville?

[Awsi Dooger]

26. He severely benefited from a one-time surge toward a black candidate

That's the understated reality of '08. The Democratic base, even if subconsciously, felt it was supposed to champion the first top tier black candidate. Not much different than people who rush out to buy the first hybrid car because they think it says something wonderful about them, fits the image they prefer, regardless if the car is a hurried edition, a glorified test kit, and over valued until the kinks are cleared.

Obama's early stance on Iraq provided just enough confidence in the choice, a settling perspective.

The next major black candidate might be shocked at the exponentially increased resistance. Obama will set a standard, and the novelty is worn. It's like favorite son candidates who receive a massive boost in their home state the first time, then the been-there, done-that yawn takes hold the next cycle, and the numbers plunge. Bill Clinton in Arkansas managed 12 points higher than his national margin in Arkansas during '92, but the partisan index slipped dramatically to +8 in '96.

Kudos to Obama, for making an incredibly astute judgment to contest the proper cycle. Excellent handicapping like that tends to be rewarded with bonus benefit, like Florida and Michigan gone fishin'.

[eridani]

27. Or they liked the experience of working with a bunch of people from all backgrounds--

--who were enabled to get things going for their candidate from the ground up?