Tsunami Tuesday is over, but the only thing clear is that the primary race
is not.
Tuesday's delegates are still being allocated.
For the Republicans, Mike Huckabee
maintained his support among rural Christian conservatives.
He told CNN he
was quite pleased with his performance.
"No one's gotten 1191 delegates yet and
until they do, we're still in it. No one thought the NY Giants would be the
Super Bown Champs."
Huckabee's strong showing means John McCain did not come
out the clear winner. But he maintains his edge with a big win in California
and Missouri.
"And although
i've never minded the role of the underdog, tonight we must get used to the
idea that we are the Republican party front runner for the nomination."
McCain's
strong performance boads disappointment for Mitt Romney, who promises to stay
in the race until the party convention.
"You know, Anne came to me and said
the one thing that's clear tonight is that nothing's clear. But I think she's
wrong, the one thing that's clear is that this campaign is going on."
As for the Democrats, the race remains neck
and neck for the remaining primary states.
Women showed up in large numbers
for Hillary Clinton.
Hillary recognized one of her biggest female supporters
in her Super Tuesday address in New York.
"I want to thank all my friends and
family, particularly my mother who was born before women could vote and is
watching her daughter on this stage tonight."
Speaking to cheering voters, Clinton
sought out differences between her an Barack Obama's health care plan, an issue
the two of them will continue to debate in coming weeks, and maybe months.
"I see an America where we don't just provide health care for some people or most
people but for every single man woman or child.
Clinton won in large delegate
states of New York, New Jersey, California, and even Massachusetts, despite
Senator Ted Kennedy's Obama endorsement.
Barack Obama won big in the South and
in rural states, where he continued to court rural residents, African Americans
and youth.
In his speech to supporters, he ended by turning his attention to
the next contest - Louisiana.
"We are the hope of the woman who hears her city
can not be rebuilt because her home was swept away from a terrible storm. Yes
she can. We are the hope of the future, the answer to the cynics who tell
us our house must stand divided, that we can not come together. We know we have
seen something happen over the last several weeks or the last several months.
We know that what has swelled to a whisper can not be quelled."
The candidates
will now turn their eyes on the other half of the country yet to vote.
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