The Washington Post quoted Alabama’s own Rep. Artur Davis on the Obama win last night.
“A young, 46-year-old black man, with a black family, before an all-white crowd, hailing his victory — that’s a remarkable image,” said Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.), a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and an Obama supporter.
The Montgomery Advertiser gives us the latest polling data from Alabama as part of it’s coverage coming out of last night. It’s a poll taken by the AEA in NOVEMBER! Are you kidding me? That’s about as valid a poll as me sticking my wet finger up in the wind…
Thompson and Clinton will not win the Alabama primary, I’m telling you that right now.
montgomeryadvertiser.com :: Campaigns will set their sights on state soon
Obviously, the win last night was huge for Obama (and for Huckabee), but there were a number of interesting things in my opinion, last evening:
1. I watched the CSPAN coverage of the Des Moines caucus in precinct 53, what struck me there was how the second tier candidates moved in waves to Edwards and Obama, once their candidates were deemed not to be viable. Hillary Clinton has her supporters, but, at least in this precinct, she had almost no support as a second choice. There was also a difference in the enthusiasm of the Obama supporters over that of the other candidates.
2. It is telling that Obama won almost every demographic category and that the turnout was massive.
3. The Iowa process killed the second tier candidates this time, because there were so many of them, they couldn’t make themselves viable anywhere. Governor Richardson is able to hang around a little while longer, and he will pick up some of the Biden and Dodd supporters, but the only chance he has is if Edwards runs out of money and Clinton’s support evaporates.
The big question heading into New Hampshire, is will the momentum carry? My feeling is that the support for Clinton is very soft and her campaign could go either way. It could have the bottom fall out in the next week or she could rebound and play the “comeback kid” scenario. It’s still going to be very exciting to watch.
OBAMA ‘08!
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