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Article: Wisconsin Voters Give Obama Decisive Victory; McCain Easily Defeats Huckabee in Republican Race
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- The Washington Post
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- February 20, 2008
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Sen. Barack Obama won the Wisconsin Democratic primary decisively
last night, extending his winning streak to nine consecutive
contests and dealing another significant blow to Sen. Hillary Rodham
Clinton, whose imperiled presidential candidacy now hangs on the
outcome of showdowns in Ohio and Texas in two weeks.
After a week of sparring that included the first negative ads of
the campaign, Obama emerged victorious in a critical general-
election battleground state. For the second week in a row, the
senator from Illinois made inroads into the coalition that Clinton
has counted on to carry her to the nomination -- women and white
working-class voters -- while rolling up big margins among ...