MADISON â?? Illinois Sen. Barack Obama ran his Democratic presidential nomination winning streak over New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to nine straight states Tuesday by handily capturing Wisconsin after a frenzied week of on-the-ground campaigning.
Arizona Sen. John McCain, meanwhile, rolled over former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as expected to capture the Badger State’s GOP race and take a delegate lead of 942 to 245 nationally over Huckabee. It takes 1,191 to win the Republican nomination.
Quoted: John Coleman, a professor of political science at University of Wisconsin-Madison, said Doyle had the most to gain and the most to lose Tuesday, mainly because of his high profile as an Obama backer.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at UW-Madison.