Obama trounces Clinton in Potomac primaries

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Agencies): Barack Obama swept Hillary Clinton in three more primaries in the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, giving him eight consecutive wins and a clear lead in the race for delegates.
Obama's decisive victories yesterday in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., follow wins in five contests over the weekend. The next elections are Feb. 19 in Hawaii, Obama's childhood home, and Wisconsin, where he has the support of the state's governor.
The AP reports its count of delegates "showed Obama with 1,210. Clinton had 1,188, falling behind for the first time since the campaign began." However, neither candidate is "close to the 2,025 needed to win the nomination."
CNN reports Obama topped Hillary Clinton 60%-37% in Maryland. In Virginia, Obama won 64%-35%, while he won DC 75%-24%.
``This movement won't stop until there's change in Washington, D.C., and tonight we're on our way,'' Obama, 46, told a crowd of more than 19,000 backers at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin. ``We have now won east and west and north and south and across the heartland of this country we love.''