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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) was projected to win Massachusetts Tuesday night even though her rival, Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), famously won the endorsements of both Sens. John Kerry and Edward Kennedy. For Clinton, the state is a big win in the Northeast where Obama was thought to be surging. The Clinton campaign was calling the win “the upset of the night,” saying that the even the endorsements of Kerry, Kennedy and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick did not stop Bay State voters from supporting the former first lady. Clinton appeared to be consolidating much of the Northeast with wins in her home state of New York and neighboring New Jersey. Earlier in the night she won Oklahoma. After Clinton’s wins in the Northeast, Obama picked up North Dakota, Kanasas and Utah as results moved west. Obama’s wins in North Dakota and Kansas continue a streak of success in caucuses for the Illinois Democrat whose organization has performed well in each caucus state starting in Iowa. Obama carried his home state of Illinois and the Kansas caucuses. He also broke up Clinton’s Northeastern sweep by winning Delaware. The New York Democrat’s success in the Northeast also did not extend to Connecticut where Obama was able to close on Clinton in her neighboring state. Obama made up Clinton’s double-digit lead of only a few weeks ago to win Connecticut. Obama and Clinton were splitting the Southern states Tuesday night, as Clinton picked up wins in Tennessee and Arkansas and Obama won in Alabama and Georgia. It is unclear how the delegates will be allocated in the two states, given the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) rules allocating them. |
