2008 Re: WTF?
posted by on March 4 at 19:21 PM
Here’s why CNN, the NYT, MSNBC, NPR, etc., haven’t called Ohio for Clinton yet, Erica: Obama is beating Clinton by ten points in Columbus, one of Ohio’s big cities. No returns have come in yet from Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Dayton—you know, all of Ohio’s other big cities, the cities where Ohio’s progressive, urban, younger, and blacker voters happen to live.
I think Clinton’s going to win Ohio. But there are hundreds of thousands of votes left to count, and in places that favor Obama by wide margins.
Meanwhile in Texas…
Don’t have a clear sense of where the remaining votes are from, and the percentage of precincts reporting are deceptive because of this, but Hillary Clinton is making steady progress against Barack Obama. It’s down to a two point margin.
So while we’re obsessing about Ohio, Clinton is sneaking up on Texas. Looks like those “it’s 3 AM and a phone is ringing in the White House” ads worked. MSNBC says, with 20% of Texas precincts reporting, it’s Hillary 49% and Barack 49%. We’ve got a tie, ladies and gentleman.
is anyone going to post about the updated dp bill passing the senate and going to the gov?
Well said Dan. I just hope she wins by a much narrower margin.
spitfire good as always
McCain won more than the Republican nomination tonight. More specifically, the pro-war Americans won tonight. So much for all the anger about the Iraq war. Americans clearly support the two Senators who voted for war.
100 years in Iraq indeed.
Frankly, I'm surprised that Clinton is taking such a lead in Mahoning county, Ohio (Youngstown) where the demographics closely match other Ohio urban centers.
(woulda went to Spitfire but I'm watching the kids)
Hillary Clinton is toast. Mathematically she cannot win--unless she cheats her way into getting MI and FL to count. Even if she wins OH and TX the wins won't be big enough to matter.
I'm going to bed. . .
...then there is Summit county as well, (Akron/Canton)... I'd call Ohio for Clinton right about now.
Texas looks like a heckuva battle, though CNN is saying it looks like voter turnout demographics favor Clinton (thus the shift after they started counting today's ballots as opposed to early ballots).
With 50% of the Ohio votes counted, HRC is absolutely smearing BHO, 57-41%. If the cities are gonna go for Obama, they better do it in a big way.
Clinton leads in TX. Damn, this is gonna be her night.
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