The idea pushed subtly by the Clinton camp (including Bill Clinton's own crass innuendo in South Carolina), namely that of Barack Obama being a candidate that only appealed to African American voters was effectively killed tonight as Obama carried Alaska, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Connecticut, Kansas, North Dakota, and Deleware, none of which are known as states heavily populated with African American voters.
This is the most important development of the night. We as Americans showed that this election would not be decided along lines of race or gender. That we CAN be united by a common purpose. The media has largely sold us short, but we are not accepting their generalizations. Obama won in some of the most urban and rural areas of the nation. He won in the south, he won in the west, and he won in the northeast.
This campaign is far from over, but we in the Obama team have alot to take pride in tonight. Sure Hillary won some of the big prizes that are Democratic strongholds, but look at the swing states Obama has won Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, (possibly New Mexico). We showed we CAN win in November with Barack Obama.
Let's do it.