An Oxford graduate student by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his Ph.D. research in protein structure get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.
Barack Obama swept all three Democratic contests yesterday, winning the popular vote convincingly in Louisiana (57-36), Washington (68-31), and Nebraska (68-32). In case there were still any doubts about his broad appeal, for the record that's a largely African-American Southern state (Louisiana), a white progressive West Coast state (Washington), and a white conservative red state (Nebraska). This means that Obama and Hillary Clinton are virtually tied in delegate counts, with Clinton holding a small advantage if preliminary superdelegate counts are included, and Obama holding a larger advantage if they're not.
Obama looks to do very well in the upcoming contests, and he'll need to maintain his momentum if he wants to do well on March 4th, when the big prizes of Texas and Ohio are at stake. Unlike the ill-fated and make-believe "Joementum" of 2004, Obamamentum (or should it be "Obamomentum"?) looks like the real deal. Besides, the Clinton campaign is starting to get a little stale.
On the Republican side, John McCain seems to be having a little trouble wrapping up the nomination. Even after his chief competitor Mitt Romney left the campaign for the vomitously lame cause of "party unity", Mike Huckabee continues to make a strong stand. Yesterday, Huckabee won handily in Kansas (60-24) and appears to have won a tight victory in Louisiana. McCain may have managed a small victory in Washington (with only about a quarter of the vote), but the results remain too close to call. Just to put this into context, Huckabee is the candidate whose most recent gag-worthy gem is "I didn't major in math. I majored in miracles, and I still believe in them." And, he'll definitely need one if he wants to be more than just a thorn in the side of John McCain.
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I think you're exaggerating Huckabee's chances a bit. He could pull out some impressive victories, but McCain already has more than half the delegates he needs to win the nomination. It's a hell of a lot more of a sure thing that he'll be the Republican nominee than Obama will be the Democratic nominee at this point.
Posted by: Tyler DiPietro | February 10, 2008 1:56 PM
I don't think I was exaggerating anything, considering that I said Huckabee would need a miracle to be a real contender... unless, like Huckabee, you also "majored in miracles."
Posted by: Nick Anthis | February 10, 2008 3:06 PM
You're right, I misunderstood you. My apologies.
Posted by: Tyler DiPietro | February 10, 2008 4:43 PM
You support an organization which excluded Ron Paul from speaking. This in itself is against science at it's core.
Science is the search for truth. All science must include all circumstance. No ommission or fact or possible fact.
If by your own action you create an outcome then your science is flawed.
You know this!!!!!
So don't complain. You brought it on yourself. Let Dr. and I repeat DOCTOR Ron Paul speak. You may not agree with him, but science seeks truth and required all the facts to make a decision. Otherwise you live in belief and religion and not fact.
Look to your own for the problem and see your error of observation. You call yourself a scientist? hmmmmmmmmm
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Posted by: RobJ | February 12, 2008 1:44 AM
Re RobJ
For Mr. Anthis' information, this noodlebrain has has been posting this identical comment on a number of blogs. Apparently, whackjob RobJ doesn't bother to even make a determination as to whether it has anything to do with the original post.
Posted by: SLC | February 12, 2008 10:47 AM