Super Tuesday results: What do they mean?

There are several conclusions we can make about the results of Super Tuesday. First, the dream is alive and well. Sen. Barack Obama, with a lead in the delegate count before the election, had a very good Super Tuesday. While Hillary Clinton won more delegates on Super Tuesday, Barack's momentum continues. It was a disappointing result for me here in California where Barack did not beat Hillary. There is a reasonable explanation for this, as many of us voted at least one or two weeks ago with absentee ballots. If you were for Hillary then or unsure, you would not have gotten the surge of popularity in Barack's message and would have voted before the last debate. I am waiting for the media to see this obvious influence in the outcome. Barack still may have enough momentum to capture more delegates and pull ahead of Hillary in a more substantive way over the next 30 days. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Texas are among the States yet to have their primaries.

Another conclusion is that the media has been quite rightfully talking about the excitement of the elections. That is true, but it is true mostly because of Barack Obama. He has given hope to a country needing hope so desperately in the wake of 7 plus terrible years of the Bush Administration's arrogance, incompetence and malfeasance. America is so ready for change.

On the Republican side, one conclusion that may not be so clear is that Republicans do not have a candidate they can truly rally behind. McCain did win many States but most were in the Northeast and the West, including his home State of Arizona and California. It is a battle within the Republican Party for the very soul of the Party. It is a battle between the Christian Religious Right versus Social Conservatives who want to break from Bush and the neocons. McCain is a Social Conservative and Huckabee is from the Christian Religious Right being a Baptist Minister but Huckabee also is using his preacher status to be a 'Compassionate Conservative, which President Bush had claimed he was but never showed that side of himself in office as President. Romney is a Social Conservative but is playing to his religious core in an appeal to the "Christian" Religious Right. They don’t see Mormons as true Christians. Does this sound confusing? That's why the Republicans are so split in this election cycle.

Voters, on Super Tuesday, do you have the courage to vote the Country's interests?

Will you hear and give voice to the call for change and once again restore America's once noble image by daring to vote for Sen. Barack Obama to heal the divide between us as a people, or will your vanity prevent you from following Iowan's lead, South Carolina's resounding voice and voting overwhelmingly for Sen. Barack Obama. With over 45% of the voters in California voting absentee and many choosing to be Independents, rather than Republicans or Democrats, we hope you are wise enough to know this is the moment in time where you must put your pride in your pocket and vote courageously for Sen. Barack Obama.

Tomorrow evening we have a chance to feel very proud of our choice. You have a chance to save our country or crown "the pretender Queen." It's up to you! Barack Obama has a chance to do what no President has been able to do before him, he has a chance to help heal the country's divide, WITH NO MORE RED STATES OR BLUE STATES, where Hillary as the nominee brings up all the things of the past with the Clinton's we would all prefer to forget. Yes she is a woman, but when we pick a woman for President, let's pick one we are just as proud of, as we are with Barack with him being the first being black man with a real chance to be President. Don't just vote for Hillary because she is a woman. Vote for Barack because he is our real hope to change the politic of the past. The contrasts with the Republican candidate whether McCain or Romney in the general election, will be stark. Barack would not have voted for this war in Iraq and unlike Hillary, he doesn't have to try to make excuses as to why he did vote for the war. Vote your spirit this election. Vote Barack Obama!

Sen. Obama's win: Will Super Tuesday bring hope to America or more of the same politic.

I was excited by Obama's acceptance speech tonight. It spoke to my inner core of an America of the future we can be proud once again about. Also, Caroline Kennedy in tomorrow's Op-Ed piece for the NY Times is quoted as saying, "I can finally vote for President for someone like my Dad." JFK was inspirational as a leader, as is Barack Obama. The big question of the evening is this: Will the country have the courage to vote for their interests or against their interests? In past electiosn we have voted against our own interests.

It is understandable that the Clinton's want to minimize this loss in South Carolina. I would if I were them too. But one fact seems astounding. If anyone would have said that the Clintons were going to get the Black vote in South Carolina a few years ago, no one would have been surprised. Tonight, not only did Barack Obama win the Black vote by a spectacular victory but he also won the white voters and also won the youth vote. Today will go down in history as a memorable point in time when America was choosing hope and aspiration, over fear politics and the rhetoric of inside the Beltway.

I can see a match-up between McCain and Obama that goes something like this:

Do you want to vote the past or the future? Do you want to vote for someone who supports our troops being in Iraq for 100 years, or would you want to vote for someone who will bring the troops home with honor? Do you want to vote for someone who has always supported the policy of George Bush and caved in on his principles and decided to support Bush's position on the use of torture when Bush asked for his support, or would you want to vote for someone who opposed the use of torture and voted that way consistently?

The choice is clear.