from tonight’s primary coverage:
In Wisconsin’s Presidential Primary tonight, Barack Obama and John McCain win – and win BIG ...
Obama defeated Hillary Clinton by 17 points (58% vs. 41%), and McCain defeated Mike Huckabee – also by 17 points (54% vs. 37%). Huckabee’s press conference wasn’t covered by CNN, but all three other speeches were:
The majority of the evening’s analysis focused on how and why Barack Obama has proved to be a formidable competitor for Hillary Clinton, and what he is doing to erode the base of her traditional support. There was also discussion of the thinly veiled attacks that McCain leveled against Obama in his speech, and field reports from on-location correspondents:
Other News and Notes:
Anderson managed to squeeze in time today for an appearance on Late Night; he talked with Conan about: (1) Presidential Debates (and the lack of candidate sweat glands), (2) the most recent GOP Debate when Governor Schwarzenegger gave him a ‘thumbs up’ for so obviously working out, (3) the pros and cons of live blogging during the program, (4) a re-visit of the ‘stalker’ inicident during the 2006 book tour (still scary to hear), (5) subbing for Regis and (6) Anderson’s disdain for interviewing (certain) celebrities.
There's been some commenting throughout the primary coverage about the size of the crowds that attend the Obama rallies. I think CNN finally gave us a glimpse of what that really looks like (Senator Obama is in the lower left hand corner, BTW):
But without a doubt, this is my favorite shot of the entire night - the hard-working stage crew doing their thing - with Stage Manager Kevin (in the middle) leading the way:
Thanks for visiting – updates posted as needed – have a terrific Wednesday!
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Saw most of the debate on MSNBC last night and thought it was very good. Look forward to further comments.
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