Forget Super Bowl Sunday … Get Me To Super Tuesday
Posted by Shannon on January 28, 2008
I’m a big football fan. Anyone who reads this blog with any regularity or knows me personally knows that football is something that I look forward to each weekend.
However, I’m not that excited about the Super Bowl this season. I think it will be a good game, but I’m having a hard time to get up for another likely Patriots win over the Giants. I’ve seen this game. The Giants played well, but just couldn’t get it done.
But, what I’m really excited for is Super Tuesday. Call me weird, but I think watching the election results from Super Tuesday states may be more exciting than the Super Bowl itself. There are 24 states up for grabs and could easily determine the Republican nominee, though I think the Democrats may have some work left to do.
The Republican front runner John McCain could slam the door on Rudy Giuliani with a win tomorrow in Florida. (McCain leads Giuliani in New York, by the way). That could set up a scenario where Super Tuesday could set more distance between McCain and others going into March, even though Mitt Romney leads the Delegate count currently. Should McCain win half the states up for grabs on Super Tuesday, then it’s ball game for the GOP.
Democrats have some work to do. With Barack Obama winning Saturday in South Carolina, it sets up a closer race coming into Super Tuesday. Obama also picked up a big endorsement from Sen. Ted Kennedy today, which will help him in some states coming into Super Tuesday. For Hillary Clinton, she needs to get some distance on Obama by winning more than half of the states in contention.
Forget Illinois and New York on Feb. 5, those states will go to their perspective candidates in Obama and Clinton. The key will be win enough of the delegates in those states to put a dent on any gains. The main target will be California for the Democrats. Whomever wins that state could be home free for the nomination.
Right now, Clinton holds a 12-point lead according to Real Clear Politics.
Like I said, forget the Super Bowl (but GO GIANTS) and bring on Super Tuesday.
