Sorry, but when people or mis-quoted it is a pet peave of mine. Al Gore never said "I invented the internet." Here is the quote that got him in all the trouble. If you read the full article it is clear he is not taking credit for anything technical. He was saying that he was the first lawmaker who recognized the importance and benefits of the internet.
243 delegates up for grabs today. Obama could be up as many as 50-60 delegates after today. He needs to build himself up a lead of 100-120 or so heading into OH and TX, where Hillary is expected to win (although even that isn't guaranteed anymore).
Bush said that. During one of the Presidential debates, Bush responded to Gore with the comment: "This is a man who has great numbers -- I'm beginning to think not only did he invent the Internet, he invented the calculator." The whole thing started when Gore tried to say, as you put it, that he was the first lawmaker who recognized the importance and benefits of the internet (he actually said "During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet"). Such a claim was, at least, a minor exaggeration of Gore's legislative record, and, at worst, an outrageously false boast. Of course it was going to cause controversy. Newspaper and TV pundits criticized him on it, and he became the butt of late-night political jokes.
Vint Cerf, the father of the internet, disagrees with you. You better stop bashing Al Gore. He gave us the internet, and he can take it away.
Obama sweeps Virginia, Maryland and D.C. I think that Hillary is gonna have a tough time winning Ohio and Pennsylvania. She needs to take one of those states along with Texas. If she loses Texas, she's done and it won't surprise me if she retires from politics.
Wow, some folks give a speech, but Obama gives a SPEECH! As one of the talking heads said after both Obama's speech and McCain's speech, it's probably a really, really good idea to not immediately follow an Obama speech.
CNN: Obama 1215 Clinton 1190 USAToday: Obama 1212 Clinton 1191 CNN also at one point had their big board showing the following: Obama 1240 Clinton 1199 This might be the count after these 3 states have been totally counted. We'll know by tomorrow morning. I expected about a 50 delegate lead for Obama after tonight.
On to Wisconsin next and Clinton is not even campaigning there as Obama holds a big lead, which will probably end up being an bigger spread with only Obama campaigning out there. Could end up 75-25. He will also dominate his home state of Hawaii, both held on Feb. 19. The lead should expand to about a 100 delegate lead for Obama.
Chuck Todd (MSNBC's numbers guy) said tonight that Obama now has the lead in the popular vote (which is meaningless technically, but important as a beauty contest sort of thing), even if you add in Florida and Michigan (where Obama wasn't even on the ballot)!
