Sunday, January 27, 2008
News, In this Issue...

The first-ever Sunday Paper Super Tuesday Challenge

More than 20 states head to the polls on Feb. 5, including our own. Who do you think is going to win?

The scholarly guessers

Charles S. Bullock III

Charles S. Bullock III is the Richard B. Russell professor of political science at the University of Georgia and one of the country’s most respected elections scholars. He’s also the author of “The New Politics of the Old South” and the classic “Runoff Elections in the United States.”

• Alabama--Obama/Huckabee
• Alaska--Clinton/McCain
•  Arizona--Clinton/McCain
• Arkansas--Clinton/Huckabee
• California--Clinton/ Romney (Although both Clinton and Obama should get a large number of delegates.)
• Colorado (caucuses)--Clinton/Romney
• Connecticut--Clinton/Giuliani
• Delaware--Obama / McCain  
• Georgia--Obama/Huckabee
•  Idaho (D)--Obama
• Illinois—Obama/McCain

•  Kansas (D)—Obama
• Massachusetts--Clinton /Romney
• Minnesota—Clinton/Romney
• Missouri--Obama / Huckabee
• New Jersey-- Clinton/Giuliani  
• New Mexico (D)--Clinton
• New York--Clinton/Giuliani or Romney
• North Dakota (caucuses)--Clinton/McCain
• Oklahoma--Clinton/Huckabee
• Tennessee--Obama/Huckabee
• Utah--Obama/Romney

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Ron Rapoport

Ronald B. Rapoport is John Marshall Professor of political science at the College of William & Mary in Virginia. He is co-author with Walt Stone at UC-Davis of “Three’s a Crowd: The Dynamic of Third Parties, Ross Perot and Republican Resurgence.” He calls this year’s primaries hard to predict and “crazy.”

• Alabama—Obama/Huckabee
• Alaska—Obama/McCain
• Arizona—Clinton/McCain
• Arkansas—Clinton/Huckabee
• California—Clinton/McCain
• Colorado—Obama/Romney
• Connecticut—Clinton/McCain
• Delaware—Clinton/McCain
• Georgia—Obama/Huckabee
• Idaho (D)—Obama
• Illinois—Obama/McCain

• Kansas (D)—Obama
• Massachusetts—Clinton/Romney
• Minnesota—Obama /McCain
• Missouri—Obama/McCain
• New Jersey—Clinton/McCain
• New Mexico (D)—Clinton
• New York—Clinton/McCain
• North Dakota—Obama/McCain
• Oklahoma—Clinton/Huckabee
• Tennessee—Obama/McCain
• Utah—Obama/Romney

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William Jelani Cobb

William Jelani Cobb is an associate professor of history at Spelman College and author of “To The Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip-Hop Aesthetic,” as well as the upcoming monograph “Antidote to Revolution: African American Anticommunism and the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1931-1957.”
    

• Alabama --Obama/Huckabee    
• Alaska --Obama/McCain
• Arizona-- Obama/McCain  
• Arkansas --Clinton/Huckabee
• California--Obama/McCain  
• Colorado (caucuses)---Clinton/McCain
•  Connecticut--Obama/McCain  
• Delaware –Obama/Romney
• Georgia --Obama/Huckabee
•  Idaho(D)--Obama
• Illinois--Obama/McCain

•  Kansas (D)--Obama
• Massachusetts-- Obama/Romney  
• Minnesota --Obama/Romney
• Missouri --Obama/McCain
• New Jersey-- Obama/McCain  
• New Mexico (D)--Clinton  
•  New York--Obama/Giuliani (Or McCain as a contingency)
• North Dakota (caucuses)--Obama/Huckabee
• Oklahoma --Obama/Huckabee
• Tennessee --Obama/Huckabee
• Utah --Obama/Romney     

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Andrew Huebner and Robert Fleegler

Andrew Huebner is an assistant professor of history at the University of Alabama and author of the upcoming book “The Warrior Image: Soldiers in American Culture from the Second World War to the Vietnam Era.” His accomplice in prognostication, Robert Fleegler, is an assistant professor of U.S. history at the University of Mississippi and prize-winning author of the paper “Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism, 1938-1947.”

• Alabama--Obama/Huckabee
• Alaska--Clinton/McCain
• Arizona--Clinton/McCain
• Arkansas--Clinton/Huckabee
• California--Clinton/Romney
• Colorado (caucuses)--Clinton/McCain
• Connecticut--Clinton/McCain
• Delaware--Obama/McCain
• Georgia--Obama/Huckabee
• Idaho (D)--Clinton
• Illinois--Obama/McCain

• Kansas (D)--Clinton
• Massachusetts--Clinton/Romney
• Minnesota--Obama/McCain
• Missouri--Clinton/Huckabee
• New Jersey--Clinton/McCain
• New Mexico(D)--Clinton
• New York--Clinton/McCain
• North Dakota (caucuses)--Clinton/Romney
• Oklahoma--Obama/Huckabee
• Tennessee--Obama/Huckabee
• Utah--Obama/Romney

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Shane Hamilton

Shane Hamilton is an assistant professor of history at the University of Georgia. His book “Trucking Country: Agribusiness and the Rural Assault on Economic Liberalism in Twentieth-Century America” will be published later this year.

• Alabama--Clinton/Huckabee
• Alaska--Clinton/McCain
• Arizona--Obama/Romney
• Arkansas--Clinton/Huckabee
• California--Obama/McCain
• Colorado (caucuses)--Obama/Romney
• Connecticut--Obama/Giuliani
• Delaware—Obama/McCain
• Georgia--Obama/Huckabee
• Idaho(D)--Obama
• Illinois—Obama/McCain

• Kansas(D)--Clinton
• Massachusetts—Obama/Romney
• Minnesota--Obama, McCain
• Missouri--Obama / Romney
• New Jersey-- Clinton/Giuliani
• New Mexico(D)—Clinton
• New York--Clinton/Giuliani
• North Dakota (caucuses)--Obama/Huckabee
• Oklahoma--Clinton/Romney
• Tennessee--Clinton/Huckabee
• Utah--Obama/Romney