Stunning

Obama crushed Clinton yesterday, no two ways about it. This was nothing short of a shellacking. In Virginia, he carried every major demographic including whites (barely but still), the over 60 crowd(!), women (59% to 41% - !!!!!) and first-time voters. That means he is cutting into Hillary natural constituency as well as pulling new voters into the fold. Furthermore, he garnered more votes than the entire Republican field and he did it, lest we forget, in a state that has not voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate since Johnson in 19-freaking-64. This is starting to look less and less like a simple campaign and more like a movement.

Next up is Wisconsin and Hawaii and both should be friendly territory for the Illinois Senator. Beyond that, the next big contests are going to be in Ohio and Texas, where the Clinton campaign must make a stand to have any chance of pulling this thing out. And while the race is far from over, Barack Obama must be considered the odds on favorite to win the Democratic nomination. Ladies and gentlemen, that is indeed stunning.