Obama Takes Wyoming

Barack Obama won the Wyoming caucuses today by a healthy margin. He received 61% of the vote while Hillary Clinton received only 38%. Since Wyoming has such so few Democrats, only 12 delegates from Wyoming will cast their votes at the convention in August.

Both Obama and Bill Clinton stumped there, and had about equal campaign activity in the state. But Obama proved his strength once again in caucus states, of which he has only lost two thus far.

Obama will receive seven of those delegates, while Clinton will receive the remaining five. This race makes almost no difference in the long haul--Obama picked up a net gain of two delegates. But a win is a win.

Obama should win in Mississippi as well, which votes on Tuesday. These two victories for Obama should almost erase the gains Clinton made in the delegate count on March 4th.

In other news, Puerto Rico has changed its June 1st caucus into a primary. This should help Clinton even more, because even though she was favored to win there, caucuses don't bode as well for her in general. This may give her a larger net gain in delegates in Puerto Rico. And in a race where every delegate counts, it could make an impact.

And finally, we say goodbye to our good friend Ron Paul. He dropped out of the race yesterday and is now focusing on holding his congressional seat. He had a small but intensely loyal group of supporters, and he will be sorely missed.