Posted by Dave on 03/04/08 at 06:27:16 pm
Categories: Barack Obama, Campaign 2008

Some random results musings... good or bad. Not sure how much I will be updating, but we will see.

6:27 PM: CNN has called Vermont for Obam! No surprise there at all, but it is good to hear. I guess that is 12 straight states, right?

6:37 PM: The exit polls look very good:

Vermont: Obama 67, Clinton 33
Ohio: Obama 51, Clinton 49
Texas: Obama 51, Clinton 49
Rhode Island: Clinton 49, Obama 49

Of course... we need to take those with a grain of salt, as they aren't worth too much. The most surprising of those four is the Rhode Island poll.

7:58 PM: Obama has filed a lawsuit in OH related to lack of ballots in heavily African American precincts. There has been a lot of back and forth today between the Clinton and Obama camps about voting irregularities, voter suppression, voter intimidation, etc. I am not sure what it all means, other than tonight is an important and emotional night on both sides. We shall see...

8:13 PM: McCain is officially the Republican nominee, or at least has the necessary delegates.

9:39 PM All I know is that things are a mess. Everywhere. Clinton is currently up big in Ohio, but most of the urban areas have not reported. Obama has a slight lead in Texas. Both camps are crying foul about the other campaign. It is pretty ugly.

10:00 PM: The networks are calling Ohio and Rhode Island for Clinton. And Clinton has moved ahead in Texas, but we have a long way to go there, as only 32% of the precincts have reported.

10:32 PM: Clinton just gave a VERY strong speech. Very well done, one of the best that I have heard from her.

I think it may still be a long night waiting on news from Texas...

10:49: And now Obama is giving a great speech.

I have to say - it is exciting to have two candidates as good as Clinton and Obama. They are not perfect. And they are both far from being true progressives. But these are two of the best candidates that we have seen in years.

12:03 AM: Yes, I am still up. The networks have called Texas for Clinton. That sucks.

Congratulations to Hillary Clinton - she had a great day.

Clinton absolutely needed to win both Ohio and Texas to have any change of the nomination. But even with these wins, she will still be significantly trailing among pledged delegates, and probably in the overall delegate count.

I still believe that Obama will be the next president of the United States. We will just have to wait a little longer for him to win the Democratic nomination.

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