WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The biggest day in U.S. presidential nominating contests was under way on Tuesday with Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton struggling for an edge while Republican John McCain hoped to knock Mitt Romney out of the race.
Twenty-four states hold nominating contests for one or both parties on "Super Tuesday," yielding a huge haul of delegates to this summer's nominating conventions to choose the candidates for the November presidential election.
Economic concerns -- plunging housing values, rising energy and food prices, jittery financial markets and new data showing a big contraction in the service sector -- have eclipsed the Iraq war as voters' top concern, opinion polls show.
Clinton, a New York senator, tried to hold off a late surge by Obama, an Illinois senator who has almost caught up to her in national polls and leads in several of the states taking part in the coast-to-coast voting.
"The fact that we've made so much progress I think indicates that we've got the right message," Obama said on NBC's "Today" show.
More than half the total Democratic delegates and about 40 percent of the Republican delegates are up for grabs. Georgia is the first state to end voting at 7 p.m. EST (2400 GMT), although West Virginia Republicans were already casting ballots at a convention that could crown a winner in the afternoon. Romney led after the first round of voting but was short of the majority needed for a win.
Romney, a former venture capitalist, told the West Virginia convention he was the best candidate to handle a troubled economy and uphold conservative principles. Continued...
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i personally prefer 4 obama because i am a female n not to say anything that will ofend gurls u know but i think that women arent ready to take cover the u.s there still basing thei r decssions on their feeling n i think that thas gonna cosst us in the long run i actually like obama i think that he is a really good guy all his points are correct n the fact that hes not afraid to say that the war was a mistake n i totally agree wit him because we went over there wit a tip of weapons that could destroy us we stil havent found them thatss juz my opinon
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I would ratyher have a president make her or his decisions based on thier feelings then using faith based decisions. I think Hillary would make a great president. I also think Mitt would be better then mccain.
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u girls make me sick, except for reedadeet who can come visit me later. Hillary is nothing but a clinton in a dress. Do you remember the clinton years?? Scandal after scandal after scandal and what did we get out of those 8 years jack shit. Mark my words she'll be just like a her husband, a power hungry redneck dope addict.
What I am reading off of all this, is that the Democrats are saying that they like both Hilary and Obama, and that they would love to see a ticket with both their names on it.
Hilary (President) and Obama (Vice President).
I don't see how Obama can beat Mc Cain in a Presidential race, and Hilary would have a hard time with a straight fight against Mc Cain too. If these two shake hands and go at it together, then the Republican party does not stand a chance.
Frankly speaking, I think somebody really did a great brainwash job on Obama in convincing him that he could even be President. Who we're fooling here? There's still hardcore racism in this great nation, and Amerikkka is not yet ready to accept a Balck, Brown, Red or Yellow President.
But lets just say for arguments sake that Obam was to get elected. I feel that one or both things would happen.
(1) He (Obama) would be assassinated, like Kennedy who was cool with civil rights and MLK. And like LIncoln who freed the slaves.
(2) He (Obama) would be an innefective President because the ruling elite establishment will sabotage his Presidency.
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