Slog - Comments on Ohio: Too Close to Call http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call The polls are now closed in Ohio and the Democratic race there is too close to call, according to CNN. On the Republican side, McCain—no surprise—is the winner. Some exit poll data to chew on here and here. UPDATE: More exit polls here and here. One interesting finding: The ability to "bring needed change" beats "experience" as the most important quality in a candidate by about a 20-point margin in Ohio and by about 15 points in Texas, according to preliminary exit poll results. Another: 58-percent of voters told exit pollsters in Ohio that the economy was their most important... Copyright 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:32:10 -0800 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:54:46 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fitz Some of the polls are being kept opened due to icy weather. ...The exit polls favor Clinton.

]]> Fitz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956339 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956339 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:42:08 -0800 Comment by mackro mackro I assume Ohio divies up the delegates for the Dems?

If so, then a dead heat is pretty much what HRC supporters don't want (or at least it won't be enough.)

]]> mackro mackro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956346 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956346 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:46:12 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Looks like nobody likes NAFTA, even if it was Clinton that sold us down the river on that, and Sen Clinton that supported that until she got polling saying America hates it in 2006 ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956360 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956360 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:55:54 -0800 Comment by Andrew Prediction: No clear winner tonight which means everyday starting tommorow is a good day for....John McCain.

This has to be settled soon or we loose the White House to the GOP yet again.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956375 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956375 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:00:00 -0800 Comment by SeMe cnn shows senator clinton ahead 56 % to 42% to senator obama.

sure looks like she gonna win this one, but she is still gonna need a HUGE win in texas which is not gonna happen.

maybe she will drop out, but if she wins big in ohio she might just go to PA.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956377 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956377 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:01:31 -0800 Comment by Andy James SeMe:

Those are just the first sliver of returns, from rural counties only.

Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) is going to come in late.

]]> Andy James http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956380 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956380 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:04:57 -0800 Comment by gnossos In fact, Cleveland may not come in until tomorrow.

]]> gnossos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956384 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956384 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:09:14 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Dang it. Now I'm going to have to contribute another 100 bucks to Obama.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956385 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956385 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:09:47 -0800 Comment by SeMe cuyahoga is obama's, but dont know if that is enough to get him the state.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956392 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956392 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:14:58 -0800 Comment by mackro mackro I don't see how a tie today is going to be good news for Hillary.

Except maybe for Pennsylvania, and PA is a long-shot for a decisive Hillary win if today is a tie, I'm gathering the remaining states are going to go to Obama.

Oregon may end up wrapping this up, which will be quite a miracle -- especially given that Supertuesday has almost always locked things up.

]]> mackro mackro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956395 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956395 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:17:17 -0800 Comment by Andrew Terry McAuliff is on MSNBC, I met him at Thrid Place Books in Lake Forrest last summer for a reading of his new book, He is a fucking arrogant asshole.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956396 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956396 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:20:47 -0800 Comment by Fnarf She needs a blowout win in both TX and OH. A virtual tie is a win for Obama; whether it's 53-47 either way makes no difference at all.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956398 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956398 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:21:13 -0800 Comment by Fitz CNN said "negative" ads worked. So, we should expect to see more of them.

]]> Fitz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956399 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956399 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:21:23 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I predict Pennsylvania will go for Obama.

Pottstown represent!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956400 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956400 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:21:47 -0800 Comment by Fnarf McAuliffe's book is called "He is an arrogant asshole"? If only it were true!

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956403 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956403 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:23:08 -0800 Comment by Andrew What SCARES me is what happened at the 1980 convention: I forgot about that until Brokaw mentioned it tonight. (I was 9 at the time but vaugly remember my parents thought it was great that Kennedy and Carter fighting it out AT THE FUCKING CONVENTION would lead to Reagan to win)

Lesson to be learned, lesson that apparently we are not going to learn.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956419 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956419 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:40:31 -0800 Comment by um pottstown is about the shittiest city in the world. philly will go obama, pittsburgh clinton, and the rest mccain.

]]> um http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956424 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:43:18 -0800 Comment by Erica C. Barnett's Army Fnarf @12,

Don't you mean Clinton needs a colon blow out, preferably the size of Texas?

]]> Erica C. Barnett's Army http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956428 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:46:09 -0800 Comment by NaFun CNN reporting Cuyahoga County to keep 15 poll stations open or reopened.

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956437 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956437 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:55:49 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I think it's ominous that Ohio hasn't updated in ages. The weather must be brutal. I doubt we'll know anything worth reporting tonight.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956451 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956451 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:11:23 -0800 Comment by McG I think Obama wins Texas tonight but his poor record in all but Illinois in Democratic big states is worrisome. Obama has run a great campaign to get the nomination but can he win in November? The Dems will not win in Idaho, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, etc. etc.

]]> McG http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956453 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956453 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:14:31 -0800 Comment by kim bye, bye, huckabee

]]> kim http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956464 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956464 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:24:14 -0800 Comment by mackro mackro @16:(I was 9 at the time but vaugly remember my parents thought it was great that Kennedy and Carter fighting it out AT THE FUCKING CONVENTION would lead to Reagan to win)

Yeah but Obama is not the incumbent president here nor is Hillary. IMHO, Carter proved to be a non-so-hot president the preceding 4 years in that election.

You could ffwd to 2012, assuming a Dem wins, and call that the scenario for Reagan2K if you want to worry about that for that long, I suppose.

]]> mackro mackro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956564 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956564 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:49:02 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @17 - actually, don't mess with Pottstown.

Seriously, tonight there were four of us who have lived in Pottstown, and two of us are ex-military ... and we know how to play hockey ...

You want sticks with those teeth?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956917 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/ohio_too_close_to_call#c956917 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:54:46 -0800