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player ready...Senator Barack Obama speaks to media on February 6, 2008 in Chicago. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
by Mike Dorning
Barack Obama is claiming both the title of victor in last night’s Super Tuesday primary and the role of underdog as the campaign continues.
“Last night we won more delegates and we won more states in every region of this country. We won big states and small states, we won Red States and Blue States and we won swing states, Obama said at a press conference at Midway Airport in Chicago. “I believe we had an extraordinary night. It was a big victory for our campaign.”
But even as he claimed his campaign is leading in delegates pledged to support his candidacy and has momentum going into the contests in the coming weeks, he still cast himself as the scrappy underdog in the campaign, albeit one who raised a staggering $32 million last month.
“I think Sen. Clinton remains the favorite because of the enormous familiarity people have with her and institutional support that she has and the political insiders that lined up early for her candidacy,” Obama said, just before getting on a plane to fly to Washington for a Senate vote.
“I think we are less of an underdog than we were two weeks ago, Obama said. “Two weeks ago we were a big underdog. Now we are a slight underdog.”