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Barack Obama, the next president of the United States of America, is hugged by his wife, Michelle, in New Hampshire tonight. Obama's close second-place finish in the New Hampshire primary today indicates a prolonged fight between him and Billary Clinton for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
Shit.
Barack Obama is still on top of the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, with first a No. 1 win Iowa and then a close No. 2 win in New Hampshire, but Billary Clinton's narrow win in New Hampshire today looks as though it will prolong the fight that Obama eventually will win.
Preliminary numbers out of New Hampshire put Billary at 39 percent of the vote and Obama at 36 or 37 percent. That's not exactly an overwhelming victory for Billary, who long has been presumed to be a shue-in for the nomination.
The New Hamsphire results upset me because for a good 48 hours before today's vote, the New Hampshire polls had put Obama at an apparently insurmountable double-digit lead over Billary. (Um, did anyone spot Katherine Harris or Kenneth Blackwell in New Hampshire today?)
Again, I still expect Obama to win the Democratic presidential nomination, but I was hoping for another loss for Billary "Crocodile Tears" Clinton today.
Now, with the Clintonistas re-energized, it's going to be even uglier between the Obama and the Billary camps between now and the next two contests, the Nevada caucuses on Jan. 19 and the South Carolina primary on Jan. 26.
At least we'll know no later than Feb. 5, "Super Tuesday," who the Democratic presidential nominee will be (Barack Obama).
A loss in New Hampshire today would have spared the Clintonistas their inevitable disappointment and thus would have been merciful.
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