Pennsylvania Primary Results
The AP is calling Sen. Hillary Clinton as the winner in the Pennsylvania primary. She has reportedly received 53 percent of the votes in this important state, while opponent Barack Obama received 47 percent of the votes. According to the article I read, 9 percent of precincts have reported.
Hmm, I didn’t know a race could be called after just 9 percent of the votes were tallied, but whatever.
With this win, Clinton will be able to remain in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, despite trailing Obama in most of the popularity/approval polls that I’ve seen.
The loss, while disappointing after a long six weeks of campaigning, can’t come as too much of a surprise to the Obama camp. His message doesn’t exactly resonate with blue-collar workers, and his recent comments about them being “bitter” and having to “cling to guns and religion”. Of course, he tried to downplay those remarks, as Clinton immediately jumped on them as proof that Obama is out of touch with the people.
Anyway, I’m glad the Pa primary results are in early. Now I can go watch baseball and forget about politics for a while!