Virgins back Obama

How could I resist a headline like that? (Apparently, many, many headline-writers did, because I haven't seen it anywhere.)

As you've probably heard, Barack Obama made a clean sweep over the weekend, winning caucuses in Washington (state--DC votes in a primary tomorrow that he will also win), Nebraska, Maine and the aforementioned Virgin Islands, and the Lousiana primary. And he won by large margins--2-1 in Washington and Nebraska, more than 20 points in Louisiana, 19 points in Maine and, get this, he got 90 percent of the vote in the Virgins!

After the Potomac Primary tomorrow (DC, MD and VA), Obama is likely to be 8 for 8 since Super Duper Tuesday. Next week, Hawaii holds caucuses and Wisconsin a primary. Given that Obama was born in the Aloha State and spent part of his formative years there, he's expected to win. (And then there's the fact that he's won all but one caucus state.) He's also apparently favored in Wisconsin (for one thing, it borders Illinois). Which means that he could be 10-for-10 going into the important contests in Texas and Ohio in early March. In which case, we'll get to see if momentum means anything in the Democratic race. (Someone in baseball said, "Momentum is tomorrow's starting pitcher.")

(I've seen a lot of attention to the older and working-class Democrats in Ohio, but remember that there are a whole lot of colleges and universities in the state, too. And substantial numbers of black voters.)