Producerpundit's Blog

I have a friend named Joe who still uses Joe Lieberman's oft ridiculed "Joe-Mentum" slogan. One of the many reasons "Joe-mentum" was so funny is because when Lieberman used it he had virtually no regular momentum. Barack Obama does.

"Obama-mentum", "Barack and Roll" whatever you call it, he has it, and Virginia is the proof. Not only is he cutting into Senator Clinton's core constituents (Latinos, working class white women, elderly voters, etc.) but he's attracting a staggering number of new voters.

In the 2004 Democratic Primary -- roughly 350,000 people voted. On Tuesday the number was roughly 990,000. That's a more than 150% increase. 100% would have been incredible, but 150% is almost unbelievable. By the way, the republican turn out was less than half that -- about 487,000. So how much of that is The so-called "Obama Effect" and how much is democratic energy against the war and George Bush?

Look at it this way: Obama got about 620,000 votes. That means 170,000 more people voted for Obama in 2008 than voted in the entire democratic primary in 2004.

Look out Hillary, The Obama Express is speeding toward Texas. If you're not careful, the next stop could be the nomination.