Obama Cleans Up in First Super Tuesday Voting

The first results for Super Tuesday are already in and --so far-- it's a rout with Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton three to one.  


JAKARTA (AFP) -- US Democratic Party voters in Indonesia, where Barack Obama spent part of his childhood, handed him a win over Hillary Clinton in the first voting abroad on "Super Tuesday," party officials said.

Seventy-five percent of nearly 100 votes cast by expatriate Americans just past midnight (1700 GMT Monday) went to Obama and 25 percent went to Clinton, Democrats Abroad officials here said.

Registered Democrats in Indonesia's capital Jakarta were the first to vote in person on the day of the US mega-primary, which will select more than half the delegates to the Democratic National Convention in August.

If this trend continues outside of Indonesia, expect Hillary's concession speech with 16 hours.

In all seriousness though, Democrats voting abroad have 11 delegates at the upcoming convention (almost as many as Wyoming, or Alaska).  With so much talk about which candidate would be best prepared to represent America to the world, it will be interesting to see what Democrats living outside of the US think.    

And with increasing talk from both Clinton and Obama of the race going on to the convention, there is an outside possibility that even these 11 delegates could be decisive.  


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Re: Obama Cleans Up in First Super Tuesday Voting (none / 0)

Obama's background gives him an unfair advantage.  He's a favorite son in like 12 different places.


"Another problem we have...is that in election years we behave somewhat as primitive peoples do at the time of the full moon." --Harry Truman
by Steve M on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:10:15 AM EST

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Hillary has three homes, as well: Illinois, Arkansas, and New York.

Obama has Hawaii, Illinois, Indonesia, and more tenuously Kansas (his mom's home state).


by DPW on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:14:46 AM EST
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Ha ha, true.  That's part of his appeal, though really, isn't it?  


Go back to Hussein Texas
by gobacktotexas on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:15:23 AM EST
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Re: Obama Cleans Up in First Super Tuesday Voting (none / 0)

Not really.


Restore America's Strength.
by RJEvans on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:19:53 AM EST
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Yes, it certainly is.


"Another problem we have...is that in election years we behave somewhat as primitive peoples do at the time of the full moon." --Harry Truman
by Steve M on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 01:41:01 AM EST
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Obama wins in Indonesia. I did not expect that...

Please.


Restore America's Strength.
by RJEvans on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:14:40 AM EST

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give me a damn break.


by arkansasdemocrat on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:19:06 AM EST

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Ok.  I hereby grant you a break.  


Go back to Hussein Texas
by gobacktotexas on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:24:30 AM EST
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Re: Obama Cleans Up in First Super Tuesday Voting (none / 0)

Dude, this diary sounds seriously desperate.


by praxis1 on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:26:15 AM EST
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Re: Obama Cleans Up in First Super Tuesday Voting (none / 0)

Believe it or not, Democrats abroad have a real primary, with real delegates, and the first votes are in, and I think it's interesting.   I don't understand what your objection is.  


Go back to Hussein Texas
by gobacktotexas on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:28:56 AM EST
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You diary reminds me of all the "BREAKING" diaries from dailykos. That's all.


by praxis1 on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:30:22 AM EST
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I've seen plenty of those on MyDD as well.  Again, your point being....


Go back to Hussein Texas
by gobacktotexas on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:41:21 AM EST
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Re: Obama Cleans Up in First Super Tuesday Voting (none / 0)

Chill out, folks. It's obviously a light-hearted piece.


by DPW on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:29:05 AM EST
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Re: Obama Cleans Up in First Super Tuesday Voting (none / 0)

I'm more interested in how Floridians vote.


by hwc on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:39:45 AM EST

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Give them their delegates! NOW! I will not accept the Party's disenfranchisement of 2 million voters in MI and FL! I will NOT!


Restore America's Strength.
by RJEvans on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:44:54 AM EST
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Maybe we should start a You Tube campaign for these delegates.


Restore America's Strength.
by RJEvans on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:45:41 AM EST
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Grrr, gobacktotexas.  I hate you.

Don't really know why, just wanted to join in the fun.


by Ryan Anderson on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:56:24 AM EST

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I've taken a lot of flak for being an expatriate American but there are lots of us and we have something to contribute to the US political process.  It is a unique perspective to view US politics and geopolitical policy, and a generally well-informed and relevant one.


by Shaun Appleby on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 01:19:49 AM EST

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Floridians have have something to contribute to the US political process. Or, would have, if the Democratic Party didn't disenfranchise them like refugees in a third-world bananna republic dictatorship.


by hwc on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 10:50:54 AM EST
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