2008 Primaries Thread

obama "winning" connecticut surprises me.

I dunno, man. Hartford's a pretty big city.

Also Romney's speech is creeping me out.

Warms my heart how well Obama's doing in MN

People aren't showing delegates because they don't know until district-by-district votes come in for the Dems, since it's proportional. They can call the states way before they can call the delegates. Right?

We asked people to vote for me. "THEY HAVEN'T!"

link to the Romney speech?

I wonder what the next debate's going to be like. Cordial? Knife-fighting?

(A little tent revivalist thing going there, Romney had).

Speech ongoing, Nicole.

GOP Delegates won tonight:

McCain 244
Romney 56
Huckabee 45

GOP Delegates won total:

McCain 337
Romney 133
Huckabee ?

(There's a lot of states Huckabee's up in that they haven't called yet, though--MO and GA especially.)

A least Romney has a little spark of life tonight.

thin-lipped white man

NBC sez GA goes to the HuckaBeast

So to summarize, on the GOP side, we have a candidate who can only win in states he's lived in (Romney), a candidate who can't win (Huckabee), and a candidate who can only win in states the GOP will lose in the GE (McCain).

that's the hope.

thanks, eppy

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Bermans_count_606534.html

Obama campaign claims a (total) delegate lead right now...

lol Peggy Noonan on NBC.

Huck gets a proportion of 72 delegates for GA, would get all 58 if he won MO.

here comes hillz

Peggy Noonan still dreaming of writing another Boys of Pointe du Hoc speech.

If Romney wins CA and splits the rest of the western states with McCain the night ends with McCain 300 / Romney 250 / Huckabee 150, but if Romney doesn't win CA he's tied with Huck and McCain's up by 250. (Totals.) Which mostly closes the race.

whoa -- Obama wiping Clinton in Idaho.

thanks to great micing, Hillary sounds like a robot fo realz

Funny: HRC is a better debater than a stump speaker; Obama is a better stump speaker than a debater. Or maybe HRC's speech is just a bit lackluster tonight.

is the daily show going live tonight?

Weird tornado reference. HRC WILL STOP TORNADOS.

GO MITT F---G ROMNEY IN CALIFORNIA.

whoa -- Obama wiping Clinton in Idaho.

Yikes! Maybe she should concede?

Maybe.

It would be nice if Mittens took Ca.

77% to 22%, according to NBC.

(xxpost)

NBC calls Minnesota for Obama.

current drudge breakdown:

CLINTON: AR, MA, MO, NY, NJ, OK, TN
OBAMA: AL, CT, DE, GA, ID, IL, KS, MN, ND, UT

HUCKABEE: AL, AR, GA, MO, TN, WV
MCCAIN: AZ, CT, DE, IL, NJ, NY, OK
ROMNEY: MA, MN, MT, ND, UT

hell yeah, stay in huckabee, out of spite for romney if nothing else.

NONONONONONONONONONONO.

WE WANT MITTENS TO WIN

Did Harold Ford campaign for Hillary in TN? Dude _was_ put into command of the DLC last year.

yeah, but mccain & huck hate the FUCK out of romney, so really we have benefits all round.

Besides, there's still California to call.

I kind of like Hillary, she reminds me of some of my relatives

ND & ME to Romneybot 8000

So the theory is that Mitt appeals to CA conservatives who don't like McCain's moderate aura but also don't like Huck's evangelicalism?

The OC is a strange place.

He'd fit in perfectly in Newport Beach, for sure.

I mean I can't conceive of a fully-functioning human being liking Mitt Romney, so maybe I'm biased...

xpost They'd like his pro-biz schtick?

I like him a lot! As a figure of fun, anyway... xp

I live around here, Eppy, I can! They appear in local magazines called OC Metro and congratulate each other at big beefy meals.

It seems to be that one pattern that is holding up tonight is that Obama beats Clinton in all of the caucus states. Is it just a coincidence that the caucuses happen to be in states where Obama's support is strong, or is there something about the caucus format that favors Obama?

my brother today: "I'm not voting for Clinton, she reminds me of my HS friend's mean mom"

xpost I guess he just seems like such a rube! Has anyone read that Transmetropolitan series where there's an election going on and one candidate is referred to as "the Smiler"? Looks exactly like Romney.