Obama Wins Indonesia



Win or lose, Obama's victory in Jakarta is sighnificant, symbolic and beautiful. Democrats Abraod -- an expatriot organization in Indonesia -- selected delegates and chose hoetown hero Senator Barack Obama. From TheNation:

"Obama, who attended local schools in Jakarta from the age of 6 to 10, was clearly a local favorite. The candidate did not campaign among the expats in Indonesia, but his half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, addressed them by phone. She spoke eloquently about her brother's multi-cultural roots and his commitment to changing U.S. foreign policy.

"The Clinton campaign sought to counter with a call from retired General Wesley Clark. But the call was garbled, and drew more laughts than votes.

"Obama took 75 percent of the roughly 100 ballots cast, an auspicious start in the race for the 11 convention votes of the Democrats Abroad delegation, and perhaps for Super Tuesday."