Barack Obama is the projected winner in the Wisconsin primary. With 75% of the precincts reporting, Obama is ahead of Clinton by 15 points, 57-42.
Reporting for MSNBC at about 11:20pm, Andrea Mitchell has stated that although there were no congratulatory or concessionary words for Barack Obama in Hillary Clinton's speech tonight, that she did call Obama soon after their speeches for a short, cordial conversation.
If you were watching the returns, you witnessed that Clinton's speech interrupted by Obama declaring victory in Wisconsin at a rally in Houston, TX. Every cable news outlet cut away from Hillary Clinton to cover the Obama speech, a lengthier one than usual. The Obama camp has stated that the interruption was not intentional. They had set an approximate time and went with it. Mitchell reports that the Clinton campaign decided to go with Hillary's speech earlier than expected, and speculated that perhaps it was an attempt to preempt Obama.
Reporting for MSNBC at about 11:20pm, Andrea Mitchell has stated that although there were no congratulatory or concessionary words for Barack Obama in Hillary Clinton's speech tonight, that she did call Obama soon after their speeches for a short, cordial conversation.
If you were watching the returns, you witnessed that Clinton's speech interrupted by Obama declaring victory in Wisconsin at a rally in Houston, TX. Every cable news outlet cut away from Hillary Clinton to cover the Obama speech, a lengthier one than usual. The Obama camp has stated that the interruption was not intentional. They had set an approximate time and went with it. Mitchell reports that the Clinton campaign decided to go with Hillary's speech earlier than expected, and speculated that perhaps it was an attempt to preempt Obama.
Guess it didn't work out too well, did it?
Chuck Todd, numbers analyst for MSNBC has also reported that at this point, Obama has approximately a 150 pledged delegate lead. Clinton would have to win 65% of the remaining delegates just to retake the lead, while Obama would take the magic delegate number of 2,025 and win the nomination with that same 65%.
Meanwhile, as John "No We Can't" McCain gave his victory speech this evening, he immediately attacked Obama. "I will fight every moment of every day in this campaign to make sure Americans are not deceived by an eloquent but empty call for change."
Great job, Maverick. Don't get the American people too excited about anything that you wouldn't be able to deliver.
Meanwhile, as John "No We Can't" McCain gave his victory speech this evening, he immediately attacked Obama. "I will fight every moment of every day in this campaign to make sure Americans are not deceived by an eloquent but empty call for change."
Great job, Maverick. Don't get the American people too excited about anything that you wouldn't be able to deliver.
UPDATE: With 92% in, Obama will win by 17 points, 58-41. Hawaii results will start coming in at 3am EST.
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