2008 Primaries Thread 2: THE QUICKENING

uh no?

xp

o rly

DALLAS IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION CENTER IN TEXAS? The hell you say, CNN. I thought maybe that was Amarillo.

Milo, I feel you man, but you underestimate the magnitude of negative and moreso inaccurate stereotypes people have about Texas outside Texas. A lot of people don't think there are many black people in Texas. Also, CNN in talking down to viewers shocker.

Uhhhh. . . Drudge has HRC up in Tx., 50 to 48%. This primary fight isn't likely to be over tomorrow, I fear.

uh no?

xp

-- gr8080, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 3:58 AM

i'm told it was on cnn.com for like 10 minutes, didn't see it

surely this will only add fuel to the SEE THE BIAS meme

Yawn, Clinton "wins" Ohio and maybe Texas. Obama "wins" Vermont.

What are the margins and delegate breakdowns? ESPECIALLY in Texas, which apparently is implying a delegate lead for Obama even if he doesn't win the popular vote?

Actually, never mind. It doesn't matter. The Obama/Clinton race has turned into a stalemate Monopoly game where there are two people left and there's a major rent-cap on Boardwalk and Park Place, even though you know one of them is more likely to win. It's just a matter of how much longer.

What's more interesting is what happened today in the Republican races. Yes Yes McCain won. That's not the interesting part. Huckabee did PRETTY FUCKING GOOD in Texas. A lot of Dem poljunkies are ignoring still how split up the GOP voters are this year.

Which is a big pile o shit for McCain. If McCain chooses Huckabee as VP, goodbye independent voters. If McCain doesn't choose Huckabee, goodbye Christian voters.

Also, AGAIN, McCain = old, lol. I think the being old thing is going to make more of a difference than the 100 years In Iraq thing (sadly).

The polls today giving McCain the lead in the GE means jackshit. it's only March.

Again, I've stated this before so this will be the last, but while the race is for both the GOP and the Dems to lose, the GOP are way more fucked this time 'round. Then again, the President of 2009-2012 is fucked by proxy. Who knows though, maybe the little roulette ball will land on '00'?

Anyway, I'm glad this is over until late April at the very, *yawn*, least.

Huck did well in OH, too.

I haven’t been watching any of the media coverage, has Chairman Dean or Speaker Pelosi been on the air? Any talk of rerunning Michigan or Florida?

lol confetti

god i am so fucking sick of this and the fucking divided household bullshit

Hillz just said she's going on to the finish. Oy, I'm starting to get really fatigued.

This Hillary speech is a joke. I don't think I can handle four years of this bullshit.

This Hillary speech is a joke. I don't think I can handle four years of this bullshit.

Don't worry, you won't have to.

Texas primary back to 49-49

I've been wondering lately what's up with politicians and "small businesses." They seem to just love the shit out of talking about "small businesses."

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I've been wondering lately what's up with politicians and "small businesses." They seem to just love the shit out of talking about "small businesses."

-- Hurting 2, Tuesday, March 4, 2008 8:29 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

lolamericandream

OK, so Clinton wins by Ohio by, say, 60%. What's the difference between her delegate win and Obama's delegate win?

26 to 28 delegates?

So basically this undid the "mighty" Washington caucus win for Obama in delegate counts. *shrug*.

OMINOUS WARNINGS.

And as I've noted repeatedly, there are some negatives out there that most of you don't even know about - but everyone in Washington knows about them, in detail.

JPGs or it's not true

If Hillary wins the nomination I'm probably just going to vote for Nader or some stupid shit. I don't have a hard on for Obama or anything, but how Hillary's conducted herself this campaign is such a turn-off.

in texas, denton at 0%, Dallas at 54%, and harris (houston) only at 14% reporting giving obama some chance of getting even with hillary

What is Denton?

in texas, denton at 0%, Dallas at 54%, and harris (houston) only at 14% reporting giving obama some chance of getting even with hillary

El Paso is only at 12%. I predict Senator Clinton +4%.

university of north texas, dallas

xp to rev

yeah, looking like 2-4% margin for her

TO PENNSYLVANIA

if the early voting tallies, the demographics, the polling trends, and the republican support are anything to go by, i'd say her chances of winning texas are slim. yall can tar and faether me jhoshea-pats style if i'm wrong.

-- m bison, Monday, March 3, 2008

Can we upgrade the punishment to pitchcapping?

So is this shit seriously going to destroy the Democrats' chances in the ge, or am I overreacting?

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It's going to hurt badly.

Hillary's obsession for power is both destroying her chances, and Obama's chances by doing the Republican's job of smearing him. Pathetic.

can someone explain to me (with some kind of figures) why hillary seems to be the one (at least on this thread) being accused of hurting the democrats by staying in, and not obama? is obama far enough ahead of her (by any measure) to label him the presumptive nominee, or are people saying that hillary is hurting the dems cause they dont like her?

Hillary only wants to win the nomination because she is evil, you see, whereas the other candidates should be given credit for their high intentions

If races continue to split down the middle and no one picks up any significant net gains, by the current count Obama should come through with the most. This is reasonably plausible.

i guess i could go read everything i missed in the past couple weeks but fuck it

daria otm

i half-heartedly made the argument that hillary is hurting the democrats by staying in to a friend and he got real pissed, and i realized i didnt have a reason in particular to believe that hillary should drop out over obama other than that i like obama

I look forward to the pundits' rending of garments with nausea and hopelessness.

I think the math that Hillary can't win on pledged delegates is pretty reliable.

excuse me, "blog math"

where might i find some of this blog math

fuck a david axelrod, by the way. i think i'm going to go back to not reading the thread now. burn the witch!

it's 3am, what blog do you trust?

http://bangbus.blog.com/

I've said this before, but there's more evidence tonight: this Democratic primary has been all about who can take advantage of umbrage. Whichever candidate looks like they've been wronged last wins. First, HRC is perceived as unfairly positioning herself as the "inevitable nominee," so Obama wins Iowa. Next, the media (and Obama/Edwards) is perceived to be ganging up on HRC and acting like sexist pigs, so she wins N.H. Next, the Clintons are perceived to be playing on racial stereotypes, so Obama wins South Carolina. Next, Obama is perceived to be the "inevitable candidate," and HRC claims the media favors him over her, so HRC wins Ohio and probably Texas.

Obv., that's oversimplifying things dramatically, but it feels that way to me tonight. What a way to choose a nominee. Meanwhile, the Red Meat party is patiently waiting on the side of the road to pounce on whatever's left of the Democratic nominee after this primary is over.

gonna be a long summer

http://www.slate.com/id/2185278/

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So is this shit seriously going to destroy the Democrats' chances in the ge, or am I overreacting?

No, you've pretty much got it.

dang, well at least i was right about obama taking dallas, houston, and austin. i got sunburned from being outside all damn day (i think my feet are brokens from standing forevs?) 250 came out to caucus tonight for two precincts, had to address large crowds of actual adults and organize them, precinct 2099: obama 4, clinton 3 delegates YAY too tired for punctuation