Leading Off (Day After Edition)
1. McCain wins the Republican nomination, and Hillary Clinton defeats Barack Obama in Texas, as well as in other states that don’t matter because they’re not Texas. The delegate count didn’t change much for the Dems, however, as Obama still leads.
2. The Caucuses provided fewer bad jokes on FrontBurner than expected, but just as many fireworks locally as predicted. Stories will trickle in throughout the day of more caucus craziness. Bring it.
3. Final vote tallies in Dallas County show Barack getting 61 percent of the Democratic vote, Hillary 38 percent, and Joe Biden pulling in just a few more than 250 votes, which was the magic number that triggered his victory in the $20 bet he had with Bill Richardson.
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Just want to thank Austin, Houston and Dallas for playing but lets just say for one night and maybe more to come, Texas was a Brown state.
So Hillary could win the popular vote in every major state (except for Illinois….and we know that is Obama’s home), and NOT get the nomination?
Question for dems: Do you think it is good that this is continuing for at least two more months? I don’t.
So, what defines a major state? I didn’t realize that if you lived in a “big” state that your voice should be louder than those living in “small” states.
Obama has the lead in teh overall popular vote and in overall delegates. That’s why he would get the nomination, regardless of geographical juxtaposition.
You didn’t realize your voice is louder in a bigger state? Josh electoral college, electoral college Josh
Yes, I understand the electoral college, Bubba. My point was more along the lines that Obama has won more votes, and more delegates because he’s won more states by much bigger margins. As long as you have the popular vote AND the delegate lead, does it really matter where your votes/delegates originate from?
After last night, I think it is clear that if
Hillary Clinton is the nominee, she would win the utterly depressed state of Ohio. That means, in all likelihood, thst she would win the Presidency, unless McCain were to take a heavily Democratic state (e.g., California).
If Obama is the nominee, I think McCain takes Ohio fairly easily. That makes the math tough on Obama, since he has won a lot of caucuses
in states that will go Republican.
Josh - Are you asking me if I feel my voice should be louder because I live in Texas and not Vermont? Yes. It’s Vermont. This is Texas.
Either way, I don’t feel Clinton or Obama are benefiting from the constant battle to win their own nomination. Since McCain (isn’t he really a Democrat anyway?) doesn’t have the same battles, he can stockpile his money and take this time to find all the flaws in his opposition’s plans.
Based on the precincts reporting as of this minute, the caucus results are going as such:
NUMBER OF TX SENATE DISTRICTS WON IN CAUCUS (out of 31)
Obama 20
Clinton 11
Average # of precincts reporting is 40%
Additionally, all of the districts Clinton is winning have the least number of delegates.
Check it out:
http://www.txdemocrats.org/page/s/pcresults