Senator Obama has said he would consider his first term a failure
if all troops were not withdrawn from Iraq, if health care was not affordable for all, and if the Economy was still in recession. Personally if he was to accomplish even the first two I would be satisfied. Creating an affordable health care system for all would be significant. Ending the Iraq war would save American lives and billions of dollars that could be used in other areas such as taking care of our wounded troops for the rest of their lives, Education, Foreign aid, and the list goes on. My question to you is what would satisfy you? What does President Obama have to accomplish to be rewarded with a second term? We disagree on many issues, even candidates, but we all have issues that mean something to us. I'm very curious to know what others believe to be their TOP issues. What would satisfy you and what would exceed your expectations? As you all know I love our candidate but once he is elected I will pressure him in any way I can. This is what a lot of people don't seem to understand, the people with the highest of hopes will demand the most of our president. No free rides from me, I demand results and I personally believe he will deliver. He needs our support and he needs to know what is important to us in order to lead effectively. I have never considered Senator Obama perfect or a God I consider him an intelligent man who sincerely wants to make America better.

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Lately I've noticed some of my fellow Democrats are not willing to give an inch on some issues. I admire and respect that and there are thoses who are more flexible which I also respect. Many of you have supported Senator Clinton in what was a very emotional and hard fought race and yet you are getting behind Senator Obama. This of course was difficult and painful because you believe Senator Clinton is the best Candidate. You have given up your first choice for the benefit of the American people. We all have one thing in common we want to see our issues implemented. We want action. In order for this to happen we need momentum to pass laws, to do this we need overwhelming support from the American people and we need to work with Republicans. If we enter the White House with a tidal wave of support we can accomplish so much. Malcolm X was a person who would not give an inch but as he once said I made Martin Luther King look good. I agree Malcolm X played the "Bad" guy. Meanwhile Martin luther King had the ear of President Johnson.

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Hello All,

A few days ago, I posted a diary asking respondents to list one thing they liked about the primary candidate they did not support, and and something they did not like about their chosen candidate.

Here are some of the resulting comments.

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The winner of tomorrow's primary in Pennsylvania will be determined by the margin. As James Carville would say, "It's the margin stupid." If Senator Obama (disclaimer: I am a supporter of Senator Obama) loses by less than 5 points, he could make the case that Senator Clinton has no chance whatsoever to catch up to him (in terms of pledged delegates and/or popular vote), and that all the recent controversies, from Rev. Wright to his alleged association with William Ayers, have not had a lasting impact on his candidacy.

However, if Senator Clinton wins by 10 points or more, not only she would live to fight another day, but there would be serious concerns among several democrats, myself included, about the ability of Senator Obama to win in the fall.

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I'm seeing some caucus results come in. Per CNN:

Barack Obama 59%
Hillary Clinton 40%

with 78% precincts reporting

Update [2008-3-8 12:59:19 by Jerome Armstrong]: The expectation being that Obama would win, he'd need to get greater than 64.285% to move to a 8-4 split of the delegates, a win of 28% or more. A win of 1-28% would garner a 7-5 split of the delegates.

Update [2008-3-8 13:7:45 by Jerome Armstrong]: County results, via CNN. Clinton has won or tied in the 3 eastern counties, and Obama has won by larger margins in 3 western counties and 1 eastern county. Laramie, Albany, and Natrona, the three largest counties, are still outstanding.

Update [2008-3-8 14:0:32 by Jerome Armstrong]: With a big win in Albany, Obama moves above the threshold mentioned above. Obama's won 6 counties, Clinton 2, and they've tied in 2.

Update [2008-3-8 14:19:43 by Jerome Armstrong]: More counties reporting. Sweetwater becomes Clinton's largest county victory, 57-43 over Obama, and Obama takes Natrona 50-49. 7 counties for Obama, 4 counties for Clinton, and 2 tied. The 7-5 delegate split looks likely.

Update [2008-3-8 14:59:5 by Todd Beeton]:Just a note, per CNN the largest caucus precinct in the state, which is in Cheyenne, has yet to report -- they haven't even done the caucus portion of the event yet, so if that breaks one way or the other dramatically we could see a big late shift in the numbers.

Update [2008-3-8 15:7:55 by Todd Beeton]:Live on CNN, the Cheyenne precinct results were just announced and they went for Obama pretty solidly but also pretty consistent with the statewide vote, so not much will change:

1532 total votes cast

Obama: 940 votes
61%
33 delegates to the state convention

Clinton: 588 votes
38%
21 delegates to state convention

Now they're caucusing.

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