Thoughts and results on the Potomac Primaries

February 13th, 2008 12:37 am  |  by Marc Gallagher  |  Published in Election, Maven Commentary, Philosophy, Politics, Ron Paul  |  0

Ron Paul pulled in 5% in my home state of Virginia with over 21K votes. That equaled my realistic hope for him. In DC, he pulled in 8% of the vote. Not too bad at all. In Maryland, Ron Paul has 6% with 60% reporting.

I certainly wish Paul had campaigned in one of these primaries. I think he could have done better than this. In fact, I think his results are amazing considering the near zero media coverage.

In the three primaries he pulled in over 32K votes. The freedom message is still popular among a select few.

McCain barely won Virginia ahead of Mike Huckabee. I’m starting to think Huckabee will not be McCain’s running mate after all. Huck staying in the race is likely aggravating the hell out of McCain. I’m not sure who McCain will choose now.

On the Dem side Obama swept all three primaries by large margins. Hillary’s campaign is now reduced to having to win all of Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania. If she loses any one of those states, Obama will be the nominee.

I think Obama will be the nominee and will win convincingly in the general election. A lot can happen between now and then though, so we shall see.

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