TrashDispatch: Barack Obama Pummels Hillary Clinton

Trash Dispatch:

Barack Obama Pummels Hillary Clinton in 3 more states

It seems, inevitable. Barack Hussein Obama, the next President of the United States.

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Obama sweeps 3 states

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama swept Democratic presidential contests in three states on Saturday, striking fresh blows in a bruising back-and-forth battle with Hillary Clinton for the party’s nomination.

Obama won in Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington, giving him a burst of momentum in a deadlocked race with Clinton where every delegate to the party’s summer convention has become crucial.

Among Republicans, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee easily won the presidential contest in Kansas, showing signs of life in a nominating race front-runner John McCain has nearly sewed up. [link]

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Obama sweeps 3 states, Virgin Islands

WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama swept the Louisiana primary and caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state Saturday night, slicing into Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s slender delegate lead in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The Illinois senator also won caucuses in the Virgin Islands, completing his best night of the campaign.

“Today, voters from the West Coast to the Gulf Coast to the heart of America stood up to say ‘yes we can’” Obama told a cheering audience of Democrats at a party dinner in Richmond, Va.

He jabbed simultaneously at Clinton and Arizona Sen. John McCain, saying the election was a choice between debating the Republican nominee-in-waiting “about who has the most experience in Washington, or debating him about who’s most likely to change Washington. Because that’s a debate we can win.” [link]

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Obama pummels Clinton in White House duel

SEATTLE, Washington (AFP) - Barack Obama pummeled Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the latest round of their battle for the White House nomination on Saturday, earning momentum and valuable delegates with big wins in Washington and Nebraska caucuses.

Obama registered comfortable victories in both states, outscoring Clinton by margins of roughly 2 to 1, according to media projections.

His triumphs will boost the Illinois senator’s campaign to be the country’s first black president, after a fierce Super Tuesday duel that saw the two share the honors.

It was not immediately clear how many delegates Obama picked up from his victories on Saturday, with the two locked in a tussle for the 2,025 delegates need to win the party’s nomination for November’s presidential elections.

Pete Crane, a caucus-goer for more than 30 years, said the turnout at a caucus in Bremerton, Washington, was “by far” the biggest crowd he had seen.

“It was an incredible crowd, probably three times what it was four years ago,” Crane told AFP. The precinct went 32 to 12 Obama. [link]