Slog - Comments on Delegate Watch http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch CQ Politics has been doing a great job parsing the proportional allocation rules in Democratic primaries, and their Indiana write-up is a must read. The takeaway: In all but one of Indiana's congressional districts (the unit by which most delegates are assigned), there are an even number of delegates available: There are four Democratic delegates assigned to the Republican-leaning 3rd, 4th and 5th districts and six delegates in each of five districts that are more friendly to Democrats—the 1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th and 9th. The 6th District has five delegates. It’s notable that eight of the nine districts have an... Copyright 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:18:13 -0800 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:43:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elenchos All of which means that Clinton needs an even larger landslide of super delegates to make any of this worth while.

And still, nobody wants to talk about Hillary's gas tax holiday. Is ANYBODY at The Stranger interested in transportation and the environment? Anybody?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008859 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008859 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:29:27 -0800 Comment by Sarah Unless IN is completely different from my home state of IL, wouldn't the students have to vote where their permanent address is, not where they go to school?

So, sure, most of the kids will take off after finals and we hope that they will/ did vote in their district... but the article should be talking about the folks in/around Ball State that actually live and are registered in the 6th.

]]> Sarah http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008860 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008860 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:30:02 -0800 Comment by tsm Yeah, I've been waiting for an ECB or Feit rant here about Hillary's love of the environmentally irresponsible and pointless gas tax holiday plan, and yet ... somehow it doesn't seem to be coming. Imagine that.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008876 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008876 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:39:21 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The funny thing is, if the Dems apportioned their delegates the way the Republicans do -- winner-take-all -- Clinton would have clinched the nomination long before McCain did. Ah, to be a Democrat.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008886 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008886 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:44:24 -0800 Comment by elenchos If the Democrats ran winner take all primaries, well, number one, they wouldn't be Democrats, but more importantly, Team Hillary would have picked any strategy but the right one. Mark Penn would have made sure of that. And something tells me Obama would have planned it out so he would win. Winners know how to win, and losers know how to lose.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008897 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:52:35 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle If the dems apportioned delegates like the GOP, would we have to hate America the way Republicans do, tho?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008923 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008923 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:11:12 -0800 Comment by annie @2: No, students may vote in the precinct where they attend school, but they do have to change their permanent address to their address at school.

89% of Ball State students are from the area or other places in Indiana--here's what the Indiana Secretary of State has to say about that.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1008985 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:41:12 -0800 Comment by Vince It all sounds like counting chickens to me.
Oooops Ha I crack me up.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1009179 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1009179 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:02:36 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Aw, shit, if the latest polls out of North Carolina (showing it neck-and-neck) are to be believed, Hillary's gonna drop-kick Indiana. Thank you, Rev. Wright!

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1009381 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/delegate_watch#c1009381 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:43:32 -0800