Personal Punditry: Sidelining Race to Win

Interesting opinion piece from Timothy Egan about whether or not race keeps Obama from winning.

2008 Presidential Primaries

January 3: Iowa (caucuses) WINNER: D/OBAMA; R/HUCKABEE
January 5: Wyoming (GOP caucuses) WINNER: R/ROMNEY
January 8: New Hampshire (primary) WINNER: D/CLINTON; R/MCCAIN
January 15: Michigan WINNER: R/ROMNEY
January 19: Nevada (precinct caucuses) WINNER: R/ROMNEY, D/CLINTON South Carolina (R primary) WINNER: R/MCCAIN
January 26: South Carolina (D primary) WINNER: D/OBAMA
January 29: Florida WINNER: D/CLINTON; R/MCCAIN

February 1: Maine (R) WINNER: R/ROMNEY
February 5: Alabama WINNER: D/OBAMA; R/HUCKABEE, Alaska WINNER: D/OBAMA; R/ROMNEY, Arizona WINNER: D/CLINTON; R/MCCAIN, Arkansas WINNER: D/CLINTON; R/HUCKABEE, California WINNER: D/CLINTON; R/MCCAIN, Colorado (caucuses) WINNER: D/OBAMA; R/ROMNEY, Connecticut WINNER: D/OBAMA; R/MCCAIN, Delaware WINNER: D/OBAMA; R/MCCAIN, Georgia WINNER: D/OBAMA; R/HUCKABEE, Idaho (D) WINNER: D/OBAMA, Illinois WINNER: D/OBAMA; R/MCCAIN, Kansas (D) WINNER: D/OBAMA, Massachusetts WINNER: D/CLINTON; R/ROMNEY, Minnesota WINNER: D/OBAMA; R/ROMNEY, Missouri WINNER: D/OBAMA; R/MCCAIN, New Jersey WINNER: D/CLINTON; R/MCCAIN, New Mexico (D) WINNER: D/CLINTON, New York WINNER: D/CLINTON; R/MCCAIN,, North Dakota (caucuses) WINNER: D/OBAMA; R/ROMNEY, Oklahoma WINNER: D/CLINTON; R/MCCAIN, Tennessee WINNER: D/CLINTON; R/HUCKABEE, Utah WINNER: D/OBAMA; R/ROMNEY
February 9: Louisiana, Kansas (R)
February 10: Maine (D caucuses)
February 12: District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia
February 19: Hawaii (D), Washington, Wisconsin

September 1-4: Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota

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