Super Tuesday’s the big day

The American elections are fascinating this year (more so than usual, mind you).
A woman.
A black.
Unbelievable.
And this in conservative America. Who would have thought it possible.

And now Super Tuesday is creeping up on us.

What’s Super Tuesday, you might ask. And why is it so important?

Super Tuesday is the day when the greatest number of American states hold their primary elections. More delegates can be won on Super Tuesday than on any other single day of the primaries, and candidates seeking the presidency normally need to do well on this day, in order to secure their party’s nomination (democrat and republican).
This year Super Tuesday falls on February 5. 24 states will hold primaries or caucuses on this day, with 52 percent of all pledged democratic delegates and 41 percent of the total republican delegates at stake.

So basically, this will be a very important day for the outcome of the primaries. And that, in turn, will naturally have a very large impact on the outcome of the 2008 American presidential election.

The competition in the democratic corner is fierce. Hillary Clinton. Barack Obama. Which one will win? Obama did great in Iowa and really showed Hillary a thing or two. But that was short lived and, as many expected, Hillary took over the lead (The tears did it - got her the women’s vote. You just gotta love a lady who can get emotional about things).

What’s going to happen now though, with South Carolina behind us and Obama up and going strong. Is he strong enough to beat Hillary?
Is he strong enough to beat any republican candidate? Is Hillary? Is anybody?

Is America ready for change? Have things gotten bad enough, or does it have to get worse?

Here is an interesting post  - talks a bit about hubby Bill jumping into the race (Oh, just stay out of it Bill. Go find yourself a nice intern to play with.).

How about the election scorecards according to CNN. Here the dems and here the republicans.

What do you think? Which democrat is strong enough to actually win the election (a woman? a black?) - I’m not talking just about the primaries here. Which one has the strength to win in November - in a race against a republican candidate?

Does either one have a real chance, or is this whole election thing just something fun to watch, but won’t change the direction America is going in.

I really do wonder if change is possible.

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