Lincoln’s Birthday, Obama’s Wins February 12, 2008
Posted by Conrad Hubbard in : The Chip , 3 comments
Today, February 12th, is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. The real one. Not that federal holiday that fakes it, in conjunction with faking some other ex-presidents. Anyway, I like to think that Lincoln would be happy with the events of today.
Barack Obama, the first black Presidential candidate to ever gain this level of national recognition, today pulled into the lead by every measurable standard. As of today, he leads in: total Democratic delegates, total popular primary votes, pledged delegates, and polls against the presumptive Republican nominee (John McCain). Additionally, his Democratic primary votes in Virginia, despite having to compete with Clinton, beat the Republican primary votes of McCain and Huckabee combined.
I spent some time and effort reaching out to my friends and family in Virginia to try to do my part to help Obama in my previous home state (I have lived in Georgia since 1999, but was born and raised in Virginia).
This post is really a shameless effort to get you to do the same.
If you know anybody in any of these states, try to convince them to
vote…. Vote!…… VOTE!!!!!!
VOTE!!!!!! did I mention “vote”?
vote February 19th
Hawaii caucuses
Washington primaries
Wisconsin primaries
vote March 4th
Ohio primaries
Rhode Island primaries
Texas primaries
Vermont primaries
vote March 8th
Wyoming caucuses
vote March 11th
Mississippi primaries
vote April 22nd
Pennsylvania primaries
vote May 6th
Indiana primaries
North Carolina primaries
vote May 13th
Nebraska primary
West Virginia primary
vote May 20th
Kentucky primaries
Oregon primaries
vote May 27th
Idaho primary
vote June 3rd
Montana primary
New Mexico primary
South Dakota primaries