Post by Jack
2/20/08 – Barrack Obama wins again in Wisconsin and Hawaii making it 10 straight wins. Overwhelmingly carrying Wisconsin and Hawaii, Sen. Barack Obama rolled to his 10th consecutive win, while Sen. John McCain picked up two more states in his march to the GOP nomination.
Obama is now cutting into Mrs. Clinton’s previous strength among female and blue-collar white voters, Mr. Obama won the caucus in Hawaii where he grew up, a tenth victory that makes Texas and Ohio must-wins for Mrs. Clinton to salvage her campaign.
On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain inched closer to the nomination, winning the Wisconsin and Washington primaries with the decisive margins he needed after surprising losses to Gov. Mike Huckabee in Louisiana and Kansas and a closer-than-expected win in Virginia.
Wisconsin exit polls suggested that Mr. Obama continued his streak by pulling voters away from Mrs. Clinton, in what could be an early indicator of how the Democrats will fare in upcoming states that boast a working-class electorate.
“I think we’ve achieved liftoff here,” Mr. Obama said in Houston, going on to thank Wisconsin voters “for their friendship and their support and their extraordinary civic pride.”
He hinted at the protracted battle ahead: “The change we seek is still months and miles away, and we need the state of Texas to help us get there.”