Super-Duper Tuesday
Tomorrow will be one of the biggest days in the history of the Democratic primaries. Both democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama have been on their grind, working towards securing delegates, primarily in Ohio and Texas. This is a must win situation for Hillary Clinton, who has lost the last 11 nominating contests to her rival, Senator Obama. If she doesn’t take home both states, by large margins it will be very difficult for her lock down the democratic nomination at this year’s convention. I can’t remember a time where there has been so much electricity and passion surrounding a primary (granted, I’ve only been around for 6). Almost every state is setting records for voter turnout. For example in Ohio, absentee voters have quadrupled since the last election. In the 2000 primaries, about 10,000 votes were cast before election day. In the 2004 primaries the number was 9,500. This year, in the Cincinnati area alone, 40,000 people filed for absentee ballots. Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said Friday that she expected a 52-percent voter turnout rate for the primaries. These numbers are unheard of. Tomorrow, primaries are also scheduled in Rhode Island and Vermont but all eyes are on Texas and Ohio. This could decide the next president of the United States. Thoughts?
2 Comments to ‘Super-Duper Tuesday’:
Published on March 3, 2008 at 2:45 pm.
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Ishmael on 3 Mar 2008 at 5:03 pm: 1
I do not think that any of the candidates have a viable plan for dealing with the looming healthcare crisis posed by the aging baby boomers. Within 5 years the boomers will start consuming vast amounts of Medicare dollars and at the same time depleting the “social security trust fund”. These massive expenditures will take funds away from education, R&D, and infrastructure maintenance.
Ishmael on 3 Mar 2008 at 7:03 pm: 2
the following link epands upon what i said above:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/us/politics/03qhealth.html?ref=us