Hillary loses again

From ABC:

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has defeated Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., in the Virginia primary tonight, crushing what may have been Clinton's best chance at a Potomac primary win.

Washington, D.C. polls close at 8:00pmET, and election officials in Maryland have extended voting statewide until 9:30pmET because of traffic problems caused by bad weather, according to the Associated Press.

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Clinton had hoped to perform strongly in Virginia's rural communities and among women and the state's sizable Hispanic and immigrant population, but Obama ultimately prevailed in the state.

Majorities of Democratic voters in Virginia and Maryland alike said the top attribute they're seeking in a candidate is the one who can "bring needed change" -- a message consistently promoted by Obama.

Obama won 90 percent of African American voters in Virginia and also split white voters with Clinton, according to preliminary exit results reported by ABC News' Gary Langer.

Obama was also helped by independents, who made up a fifth of voters in Virginia's open primary.

File this under "an ill wind blows no good". An Obama win in November means that it will no longer be possible for the black race grievance industry to claim that America is a structurally racist nation. Obama in the White House means that detestable race pimps like Sharpton and Jackson will have to find real jobs.

Now to get to the best part of the evening.

HILLARY LOST.

If I live to be a thousand years old I will never get tired of saying that.

Also in the ABC report:

On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and former Gov. Mike Huckabee's, R-Ark., are battling in a Virginia race too close for ABC News to project, with conservatives and Christian evangelicals making it a hard-fought race.

Even though McCain is the presumptive nominee with an all but insurmountable lead in delegates Republican voters continue to deny him a majority (let's remember that McCain has yet to win more than half of the Republican vote in any primary). With dissatisfaction running this high against him it is very unlikely that he can win in November even if that segment of the conservative movement that has so far refused to sell its soul gives in and backs him.

The fact is that 2008 is almost certainly going to be a Democrat year no matter what Republicans do. The mood of the nation is going to demand handing the top spot in the government over to the party which is out of power.

This is why I'm looking on the bright side by pointing out that since we are heading into a recession it will be better for the Democrats to get the blame for it than the Republicans. With a Democrat in the White House the Republican minority in the legislature will have an easier time fighting liberalism from the president if he is a Democrat and in the midterm elections public dissatisfaction with Washington will lead them to turn to Republicans rather than Democrats.

To the people who talk about how Hillary or Obama will "pass" this or that piece of left-wing stupidity I point out that presidents don't "pass" anything. Congress is the branch of government which passes legislation. Presidents can suggest and have the power to sign or veto but only congress can enact.

If Republicans in congress can hold down their losses to the point where they can still mount and sustain a filibuster no president, of either party, will "pass" amnesty or any tax increase or any gun control law or any socialized medicine scheme. That is if they stay unified and that is going to be much easier if the president is a Democrat.

With McCain in the White House the inside-the-beltway Republican establishment will bring relentless pressure on congressional Republicans to get in line behind the president when he tries to pass every item of the Democrat agenda except defeat in Iraq. And make no mistake McCain will work to bring about virtually the entire left-wing agenda because that will be how he keeps the New York Times saying good things about him.

Like Ann Coulter said in her speech at CPAC, "He's 71-years-old, he will not change". If you want to know what McCain will do as president look at what he values. He values being pro military so you will get the victory in Iraq you want. But he also values the friendship of congressional Democrats and the praise of the left wing media. So all the stuff you are afraid that Hillary or Obama will do as president McCain will do too - with the single exception of cutting and running from Iraq.