Word: potomac
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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That has been a dubious honor in this year's chaotic Democratic race, especially for Hillary Clinton, who comes into the so-called Potomac Primaries after a challenging week. Not only did she admit to loaning her cash-strapped campaign $5 million in order to keep pace with Obama ahead of Super Tuesday, but on Sunday Clinton replaced her campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle with long-time confidante Maggie Williams, and Monday she had to reassure some nervous donors and endorsers that the nomination was still within her reach. Still, Clinton is nowhere near being counted out: she has raised...
...contests Obama and Clinton remained neck-and-neck in the pledged delegate count. But this past weekend Obama won by wide margins in Washington State, Nebraska, Maine and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition to a tight but impressive victory in Louisiana. If he overwhelmingly wins the so-called Potomac Primaries, where 237 delegates are at stake, he could start to break away from Clinton, especially since he's also favored in the next two states due to vote on February 19, his native Hawaii and Wisconsin, next door to his home state of Illinois. If Clinton can pull...
...effort here, indicating that they have not given up on Virginia," said Mark Rozell, a political science professor at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. "Certainly the immediate schedule favors building some momentum for Obama, and that could help him solidify his existing advantages in the Potomac primary states...
...force is Barack Obama. His sweep of the Potomac Primaries in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday gives him seven straight wins since Super Tuesday, not to mention his first lead in pledged delegates. Unprecedented amounts of money are pouring into his campaign coffers. He now has momentum that any challenger would envy in any year. Indeed, in any other year, a candidate with his numbers would have the nomination locked up tight...
Pundits may well marvel that, for once, participants in Tuesday's D.C., Maryland and Virginia Democratic Potomac Primaries will be casting votes that "actually matter," but yesterday's results among Republicans show that even if a party's nomination is all sewn up, votes can still matter quite a lot. John McCain's losses in Kansas and Louisiana - and his narrow win in Washington State - suggest that, at the very least, the Republican Party will not be able to begin preparing for the general election as soon as leaders would like. At worst, Mike Huckabee's insistence on staying...