But it is also the last primary election day, thank freaking god.
When it is over, Obama will be about 20 votes shy of sealing the nomination (excluding any super delegates who may commit today), Hillary will be almost 200 votes short. She should, some time in the next 36 hours, announce her acceptance of the reality and move to officially support Obama.
At that point the real fun begins. If you think that the slimy attacks on Obama could not get any more outrageous, you are in for a real lesson on the disgusting nature of Republican politics.
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Showing posts with label Primary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Primary. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Kentucky and Oregon
We have two primary elections today. Hillary will win big in Kentucky, another of the Appalachian belt states that will not support a black candidate, and Obama will win in Oregon. There is no suspense today, the polls are not close. The only real drama is will the outcome of the final vote be enough to give Obama a majority of the pledged delegates for the national convention.
No matter what happens I suspect that the election will march on, and we will have 2 more weeks of primaries until Hillary gives up.
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No matter what happens I suspect that the election will march on, and we will have 2 more weeks of primaries until Hillary gives up.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
CNN Says It All
Clinton wins, Obama still leads.
Pennsylvania played out as most expected, a Clinton win, but not near enough to change the dynamic of the race.
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Pennsylvania played out as most expected, a Clinton win, but not near enough to change the dynamic of the race.
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Saturday, January 19, 2008
Primary Day, Republican Style
I will place any election day notes in this post.
820 AM - I had to run an early morning errand and in the process had to drive past a Bi-Lo and Food Lion, and 1 polling place. The two grocery stores were busy. With snow in the forecast, the run on milk and bread has begun, but the polling place had a total of 2 cars parked in the lot.
With the weather, I expect a soft turnout. Only the motivated will put schlepping out into the cold rain or snow to vote on their to do list today. The question is, who does it help.
My first instinct is to think that the Huckabee supporters may be the most dedicated but that gain for him may be erased by the fact that the worst weather is expected where the largest evangelical base is located.
120pm
Mitt has taken Nevada ,at least the networks are calling it that way. I wonder why McCain did so poorly there, the networks called this on entrance polling, no actual votes are posted. You would think a Senator from the state next door could have put up a bit of a fight.
And in South Carolina another voter turnout report. In 2000, the last contested primary had about 565,000 republican voters. I will interested to see this years turnout.
400pm
Is anyone voting. I checked the action at 4 polling places, all were very very very quiet.
430pm
Nevada Results Clinton over Obama by 5%, Mitt with over 50% takes the Republicans, Racist Ron Paul leads the pack of 7 Dwarfs with 13%
930pm
Fred Thompson peeled away enough votes from Huckabee to allow McCain to claim his second win. Thompson is now done. Another point to note, it appears voter turnout is way way off the 2000 primary, with turnout down by about 25%, ouch. Another clear sign of Republican party malaise and dissatisfaction.
820 AM - I had to run an early morning errand and in the process had to drive past a Bi-Lo and Food Lion, and 1 polling place. The two grocery stores were busy. With snow in the forecast, the run on milk and bread has begun, but the polling place had a total of 2 cars parked in the lot.
With the weather, I expect a soft turnout. Only the motivated will put schlepping out into the cold rain or snow to vote on their to do list today. The question is, who does it help.
My first instinct is to think that the Huckabee supporters may be the most dedicated but that gain for him may be erased by the fact that the worst weather is expected where the largest evangelical base is located.
120pm
Mitt has taken Nevada ,at least the networks are calling it that way. I wonder why McCain did so poorly there, the networks called this on entrance polling, no actual votes are posted. You would think a Senator from the state next door could have put up a bit of a fight.
And in South Carolina another voter turnout report. In 2000, the last contested primary had about 565,000 republican voters. I will interested to see this years turnout.
400pm
Is anyone voting. I checked the action at 4 polling places, all were very very very quiet.
430pm
Nevada Results Clinton over Obama by 5%, Mitt with over 50% takes the Republicans, Racist Ron Paul leads the pack of 7 Dwarfs with 13%
930pm
Fred Thompson peeled away enough votes from Huckabee to allow McCain to claim his second win. Thompson is now done. Another point to note, it appears voter turnout is way way off the 2000 primary, with turnout down by about 25%, ouch. Another clear sign of Republican party malaise and dissatisfaction.
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