2008 Primaries Thread

DAMN. MSNBC: McCain wins California.

her first win in a state in which she has not lived or not adjacent to a state in which she has lived

MSNBC: McCain wins Missouri.

what will be interesting this Saturday is if Ron Paul takes WA.

holy shit holy shit

This will swing for Senator Obama. Boone, which is the only county that has yet to fully come in heavily favors Obama.

xp: You really think he might?

I don't doubt he'll do well, but I can't see him taking more than 25%.

did the Politico blow it on MO?

It's over on the GOP side. Romney is way past his freshness-date, and Huckabee has no realistic chance outside his small circle.

They're already reading the last rites about Romney's campaign on MSNBC.

what will be interesting this Saturday is if Ron Paul takes WA

isn't McCain pretty strong up there?

cnn has obama winning w/ 98 % in MO too...

xp

The California results are depressing me.

Yup. Romney dead. Not sure about a McCain/Huckabee ticket but I wouldn't rule it out.

I can’t believe no one is yet spinning a potential 20 point, or a 70 delegate loss in California. This would be a nightmare situation for Senator Obama, unless he believes he can win big in Pennsylvania (he won’t).

my vote in the Texas primary MIGHT ACTUALLY MATTER for the first time

Considering the early results in MO, it might be a little early to say that Cali's numbers will stay consistent.

re: Romney, yup, he's sounding like Edwards did when he said he'd stick around till the convention. riiiiight.

damn cali...

Senator Boxer just confirmed she will be voting for Senator Clinton (she is a super delegate).

I note Hewitt's been reduced to saying that McCain can only be stopped if Romney and Huckabee join forces. Uh-huh.

To give you guys an idea why the GOP hates McCain...

Imagine if the Democrats' Winning Knight In Armor in '08 was Lieberman...

Yeah, I'd upchuck too.

the story on the Republican side is that McCain lost as many States as he won. yes, he's the nominee, but he doesn't have the halo hoped for, and he's got a not-inconsiderable backside to cover in the South. Huckabee's just made quite a case for himself, but in the end I think he scares the Northeast too much. Pawlenty's Catholic-cum-Baptist beats Sanford's Episcopalian, but he's not a Southerner, and couldn't lock in his caucus for McCain.

If I did my math right, the exit polls show Obama getting ~44.5% of the California vote.

were i still doing so, there's no shortage of op-ed toons i could collect expressing the BSRW hatred of McCain.

Romney out soon. (MSNBC)

of course, this ain't one of them, buuuuuuuut:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/ellimayhem/ronpaul.jpg

i thought MO had been called for hillz?

This GE is going to be terrible, if it goes the way I fear it will.

nine

months

feel free

explore

you have an eternity

x-post -- Daniel, am I going to have to repeat my NINE MONTHS thing at you or what?

Yes, you are. Ned, we're in the same age range(-ish). Surely you have some sinking feelings based on how virtually every Presidential election in recent history has gone (Bill Clinton -- a singular political figure -- excepted).

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/ca0205dd.jpg

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/ca0205bd.jpg

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/ca0205ad.jpg

but here's some, just for fun

Please explain how Bill Clinton is a singular political figure and Barack Obama is not.

Obama might be. He isn't yet. I have great hopes for him.

AND HE WINS MISSOURI!

w00t

Daniel, assuming the worst is always healthy in situations like this -- I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than unpleasantly. I stick to my core belief, though, that the election is going to be decided by factors outside of the matchup of the candidates, and outside of their or anyone else's control. Right now I'm reasonably sanguine on that point -- right now.

red states in which the Dem vote exceeded the GOP vote - Colorado, Missouri, North Dakota, Tennessee

Yeah, cnn has obama leading by 5K in MO with ~2% left

I wish there was some way of knowing how much of the current CA count was made up of early votes.

AND OBAMA WINS ALASKA!

Politico has finally retracted their call on MO

Yeah, Clinton's doing so well in CA for the same reason she did so well in FL. A significant portion of the ballots they're counting are 2-3 week old early votes.

yeah, i was just about to post that. CNN has Obama winning, no GOP results for alaska yet.

xp: didn't like 5M absentee primary votes in california get sent in right after the NH primary?

wot a fuct beginning to a fuct odd system we have

guys karl rove is awesome on fox news

made a good point (dunno if it's been brought up here) about barack winning states that dems have a 0% chance of winning in the gen election

why? what;s the ministry of information have for us tonight?

xp

OH YEAH! TWO Cali counties for O

......

Ned, is your Dad still a McCain fan?