(Carlos Barria/Reuters)
The scale of his triumph sent shockwaves through Clinton’s campaign, even though it was braced for a poor night. Obama won the Nebraska caucuses by 68 to 32 per cent and Washington state by 68 to 31 per cent. He won 90 per cent of the vote in the US Virgin Islands.
The Illinois senator, 46, who hopes to become the first African-American president of the United States, said “There is no doubt that she has not generated the kind of grassroots enthusiasm that we have.”
Obama’s clean sweep will help him to catch up with Clinton in the race to obtain the 2025 delegates needed to secure his party’s nomination. He now heads into the delegate-rich “Potomac” primary in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC on Tuesday with vital momentum. More HERE