2008 Primaries Thread

holy shit i'm just realizing how late it is in chicago

do you think its intentional he let everyone else go first?

slow start to this speech but when bro gets the motor running he's fantastic

wait, there were tornados in arkansas??

Has anyone dared to watch David Brooks on Newshour's coverage tonight?

y'know, I didn't even know arkansas was a state until today so... yeah, we both learned something today.

xp

Wait, why doesn't it look good for Obama in California? NBC says it's too close to call.

Yahoo news running live vid of obama, which I just found out about. I don't have the cable.

http://www.yahoo.com/s/777435

tornadoes in Ark. and Tenn. Bad weather favors Hillz, I guess

more like too early to call i think

xxp

http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/pres/dem/map010001000000.htm

ooof rly not good for Bommer in CA

4.6% ( 1068 of 23108 ) precincts

Notably a lot of rural CA counties and L.A. county haven't been tabulated yet... although, except for Santa Barbara County, Clinton is pwning pretty much.

California is a proportional state, isn't it? That is, if Obama gets 40% of the vote there, doesn't he get 40% of the delegates there?

john edwards @ 11%

John Edwards 11%?

Early voting.

Daniel.. yeah.. but he loses by 10 points in Cali, he has to pwn in many more states to make up for that.

that google maps w/ twitter is freaking me out

-- max, Wednesday, February 6, 2008 4:40 AM

you guys google maps & twitter have joined forces to give us remarkable insight like this:

http://xs124.xs.to/xs124/08063/super_twitday110.jpeg

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 11:58 PM

"We are the ones we've been waiting for."

That is beautiful.

<3

ron paul 25% in MT!!

Super Tuesday has been brought to you by Super Grover!

http://www.oafe.net/yo/art/mupsssg4.jpg

"We are the ones we've been waiting for."

That is beautiful.

tho technically Jim Wallis has been saying it for about 3 years now...

Hunh. Michelle Obama(in shoes) is about as tall as her husband. Not bad.

"wait for LA" they say on the CA counts, but i dunno, 55 to 32 at 14% counted is a lot to make up

elizabethkucinich.jpg

xp

I'm guessing L.A. County isn't going to oppose the state trend.

I'm guessing SF County maybe Santa Clara and Monterey might go Obama, otherwise...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080206/ap_on_el_pr/romney

Romney pledges to stay in GOP race

By GLEN JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
41 minutes ago

BOSTON - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pledged to fight all the way to the Republican nominating convention this summer if necessary, despite being overpowered by John McCain in Super Tuesday contests.

He celebrated victories Tuesday in his home state of Massachusetts, as well as wins in Utah and North Dakota. But he was pummeled elsewhere on a day he had hoped to prove his presidential campaign wasn't doomed.

Nonetheless, Romney vowed to keep up his fight, casting it as a battle to save the future of the nation...

Alaska leaving heavily BHO with 20% in

holy shit holy shit

missouri

3275 of 3371 Precincts Reporting - 97%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Obama, Barack Dem 387,064 49%
Clinton, Hillary Dem 383,853 48%

MSNBC: HRC wins California.

I'm guessing SF County maybe Santa Clara and Monterey might go Obama, otherwise...

Early numbers suggest that Senator Clinton is winning 2-to-1 in San Francisco County, San Mateo and Santa Clara. However, Obama is running a few points ahead in Marin (which is actually the only county he has a lead in).

CNN projects Hillary in Arizona

MSNBC sez Mccain in CA

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).