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OBAMA'S LANDSLIDE VICTORY PROMOTIONALkeep this video snowballing YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED Thanks everyone!let us bring in some PERSPECTIVEObama's winning margins ranged from substantial to crushing. Obama wins big in Wash., Nebraska, La. Illinois senator sweeps contests Feb. 10 2008 NBC Sen. Barack Hussein Obama swept the Louisiana primary and caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state Saturday, boosting his slim delegate lead over Sen. Hillary Clinton $7 million more raised in two daysObama's aides announced he had raised more than $7 million on line in the two days that followed. The television ad wars continued unabated. Obama has been airing commercials for more than a week in television markets serving every state that has a contest though Feb 19. Clinton began airing ads midweek in Washington state, Maine and Nebraska, and added Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia on Friday. The Illinois senator also won caucuses in the Virgin Islands, completing his best night of the campaign. Today, voters from the West Coast to the Gulf Coast to the heart of America stood up to say 'yes we can'" Obama told a cheering audience at a party dinner in Richmond, Va. Clinton preceded Obama to the podium. She did not refer to the night's voting, instead turning against McCain. We have tried it President Bush's way and now the Republicans have chosen more of the same He won roughly two-thirds of the vote in Washington state and Nebraska, and almost 90 percent in the Virgin Islands. With returns counted from nearly two-thirds of the Louisiana precincts, he was gaining 53 percent As in his earlier Southern triumphs in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, Obama, a black man, rode a wave of African-American support to victory in Louisiana. In all, the Democrats scrapped for 161 delegates in the night's contests. In initial allocations, Obama had won 31, Clinton nine. in overall totals in the NBC News count, Obama had 861 delegates to 855 for Clinton. A total of 2,025 is required to win the nomination at the national convention in Denver. The Democrats' race was as close as the Republicans' was not, a contest between Obama, hoping to become the first black president The two rivals contest primaries on Tuesday in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, all states where Obama and his campaign are hopeful of winning. Preliminary results of a survey of voters leaving their polling places in Louisiana showed that nearly half of those casting ballots were black. As a group, African-Americans have overwhelmingly favored Obama in earlier primaries, helping him to wins in several Southern states. Obama was gaining about 80 percent of the black votes statewide One in seven Democratic voters and about one in 10 Republicans said Hurricane Katrina had caused their families severe hardship from which they have not recovered. There was another indication of the impact the storm had on the state. Early results suggested that northern Louisiana accounted for a larger share of the electorate That left Obama and Clinton facing the likelihood of a grind-it-out competition lasting into spring — if not to the summer convention itself. With the night's events, 29 of the 50 states have selected delegates. Maine, with 24 delegates, holds caucuses on Sunday. Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia and voting by Americans overseas are next, on Tuesday, with 175 combined. Then follows a brief intermission, followed by a string of election nights, some crowded, some notUSA Obama s'impose dans 3 Etats Le sénateur Barack Obama a réussi en remportant les trois consultations organisées samedi pour départager les rivaux démocrates Aujourd'hui les électeurs de la côte Ouest au Golfe du Mexique en passant par le coeur de l'Amérique se sont dressés pour dire: Oui, nous pouvons a dit M. Obama à Richmond Virginie Le jeune sénateur, visiblement galvanisé par ses succès dans l'Etat de Washington (nord-ouest), du Nebraska (centre) et de Louisiane (sud), s'est présenté comme l'adversaire possible de John McCain