Liberty Maven

Today voters in Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island go to the polls. The polls suggest a neck and neck race on the Democratic side. Originally I though Obama would probably win both due to his momentum we keep hearing about. Now he seems to have become the candidate with a bullseye on his back. The front runner backlash has taken him down a few notches. It wouldn’t surprise me to see him win both, but I have a feeling Hillary may eek out a few victories today. It really is too close to say for sure one way or another.

On the Republican side McCain is set to lock up the nomination. If he wins just half of the delegates at stake today he would do so. I’m interested mostly in Ron Paul’s results in Texas and Vermont. Texas because he’s on the ballot twice. We get to see if he can win his own parties primary. He’s up against a neo-conservative warmonger named Chris Peden. Polling suggests Paul will win and win big. We’ll see if that remains true. As for his performance in the Presidential election I’m hoping for double digit percentages in at least 2 of the states tonight. McCain locking up the nomination may help with that since he is now a foregone conclusion.

I wish I was living in Ron Paul’s district at least for today. Why? If I lived there I could vote for him twice. The results tonight should be interesting.