Split Decision
Romney may withdraw as Obama, Clinton race continues
Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, followed by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, waves upon her arrival at the Douglas Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua, New York, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, to cast their vote in the New York Democratic primary. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama, with wife, Michelle, waves to supporters as he leaves Beulah Shoesmith elementary school after casting their votes during the Illinois presidential primary Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008, in Chicago.(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
The race goes on as Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton came out of Super Tuesday with almost exactly the same number of delegates from those states.
For the Republicans, Mitt Romney will have to do some serious thinking on Wednesday. John McCain won big on Super Tuesday, but not enough to give him the 1,191 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination. Some major losses for Romney, amid a few wins, may lead him to withdraw as early as this week.
The biggest prize of the night—delegate-rich California—went to McCain for the Republicans and Clinton for the Democrats.
The loss of that state by Romney and Obama was a big disappointment to the two contenders. Both spent big bucks and a tremendous amount of time in the state. The silver lining to this cloud is that California is not a winner-take-all state. Both Romney and Obama will win a significant number of delegates, which are alloted based on proportion of the vote.
The closest race was in Missouri, where the two Democrats split the state right in two. The three top Republicans, who include Mike Huckabee, had a virtual three-way tie going until McCain pulled ahead by a few points. In Missouri, winner-takes-all for the Republicans, so McCain racked up all 58 of that state's delegates.
The Parties Party
At the Hillary Clinton election night party in New York City, cheers went up at each report of any gain in the count. As the clock struck 9 p.m., the state's polls closed and CNN immediately called New York for its junior Senator.
A joyous chorus of cheers shook the walls of the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center Studios in response. Oklahoma was also called early for Clinton, as were Arkansas, and Tennessee. At about 10 p.m., Massachusetts and New Jersey, both big states, were also called for Clinton.
Massachusetts is an especially sweet win for Clinton because the state's most prominent and legendary political family had thrown its weight behind Obama. Senator Edward Kennedy and his niece, Caroline, the daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, endorsed Obama just a week ago.
At Obama’s party in Chicago, the level of excitement matched that at Clinton's, as the Senator from Illinois racked up some wins of his own. He certainly took his own home state, as well as Georgia and Delaware.
Republican Race
Each of the three top Republicans also took their home states: McCain in Arizona; Romney in Massachusetts, and Huckabee in Arkansas. (Ron Paul's state of Texas does not vote until March 4.)
It could be sometime Wednesday or later before anyone knows the final outcome of all Super Tuesday races. As it appears now—at about 6 a.m. Eastern Time Wednesday, February 6—the race for the presidential nominations will continue.
MORE SUPER TUESDAY NEWS
Read all the Scholastic Kids Press Corps reports on the Super Tuesday states here.
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