on MSNBC, Olbermann was just saying with a laugh that in DC only 4K people voted in the republican primary. I guess jerseyhoya's vote really did count!

The Red Tornado wrote:on MSNBC, Olbermann was just saying with a laugh that in DC only 4K people voted in the republican primary. I guess jerseyhoya's vote really did count!

He really did trump my 10K in my Congressional district.

Why is McCain saying Warshington?

Latinos: 55% for Obama, 45% for Clinton

Si Se Puede!

Laexile wrote:

The Red Tornado wrote:on MSNBC, Olbermann was just saying with a laugh that in DC only 4K people voted in the republican primary. I guess jerseyhoya's vote really did count!

He really did trump my 10K in my Congressional district.

I matter!

It looks like around 5k will have voted. So around 300 or so for each delegate. Awesome system.

Boom! Fired up! Ready to go!

Oh you old man. Crazy, crazy old man.

The Red Tornado wrote:Why is McCain saying Warshington?

Scotch-Irish

On CNN, they're talking about how the Democratic race is "tied." Please, please pretty please keep up that narrative for a while.

The Red Tornado wrote:on MSNBC, Olbermann was just saying with a laugh that in DC only 4K people voted in the republican primary. I guess jerseyhoya's vote really did count!

I think it was actually a staffer in the background that was laughing, but still. That's sad.


Why did McCain have the living dead up there behind him? Is this race between Obama and McCain going to be young v old?

jersey - how can you watch wolf blitzer? he's the only person maybe worse than greta van susteren at this stuff. ok, he's probably not THAT bad

pacino wrote:

The Red Tornado wrote:on MSNBC, Olbermann was just saying with a laugh that in DC only 4K people voted in the republican primary. I guess jerseyhoya's vote really did count!

I think it was actually a staffer in the background that was laughing, but still. That's sad.


Why did McCain have the living dead up there behind him? Is this race between Obama and McCain going to be young v old?

John Warner is old, but he's important and deserved to be up there. Tom Davis and his wife aren't old. They were over the other shoulder.

Non Presidential news...

It looks like two of Maryland's eight congressmen are en route to primary defeat tonight.

Al Wynn was a top target of the netroots and is getting bashed right now by Donna Edwards, 59-36% with 39% in.

Wayne Gilcrest was one of the two or three leading House Republicans against the War in Iraq. He looks like he's about to be out of a job. He was running against two state senators, so he's only at 31% with 23% of the vote in.

Someone PM me when Bloomberg announces his candidacy, I'll check back in to this thread.

Monkeyboy wrote:

dajafi wrote:Clinton way ahead in Ohio

Early yet, but Obama's got a ton of ground to make up there. He really needs to figure out how to start reaching Hispanic voters. Hillary even leads among 18-34 year olds.

...

I wonder if blacks will find it harder and harder to win major political office with the number of hispanics in the country growing.

Eh, I think the "minorities at loggerheads" thing is overstated. African-American politicians have done fine with Hispanics in places like NYC (Dinkins) and LA (various).

And as the MSNBC hacks noted, the immediate switch from Obama to McCain was not a kind one for McCain. Not that any speaker probably would come off well following Obama.

He must really be the front-runner, because I'm starting to get nervous again--akin to the Phils with a two-run lead against a good team in the 6th or 7th.

I love Eleanor Holmes Norton on Colbert. I might even vote for her in November. She's really hilarious.

dajafi wrote:He must really be the front-runner, because I'm starting to get nervous again--akin to the Phils with a two-run lead against a good team in the 6th or 7th.

It's a four run lead.

Edit: And you're playing the Braves. They used to be awesome. Now they have a few bats that scare you, but if you can get them out, you should be OK. Just don't put in Gordon for a third straight day and Roberson in for defensive help.

(That was a six run lead, right? Well, you're not up that much yet.)

meatball wrote:Latinos: 55% for Obama, 45% for Clinton

Si Se Puede!

From Matt Yglesias's blog, the MD exit polls:

62 percent of the electorate in Maryland was female, and women went for Obama 59-38. Obama won Latinos 53-47. He won non-college Democrats 63-33 and college Democrats 62-36. In an inversion of the usual trajectory, Clinton did better among wealthier Democrats than among people of more modest means. People who make over $200,000 a year went for Clinton, with every less prosperous slice going for Obama. He won Protestants and he won Catholics. He won urban voters and suburban voters and rural voters.

And the VA exit polls, in addition to meatball's note:

Fifty-six percent of voters were women, and fifty-eight percent of them went for Obama. College graduates went for Obama. Non-graduates went for Obama. New voters went for Obama. People who'd voted previously voted for Obama. Basically, everyone voted for Obama.

Okay, maybe it is a four-run lead. Or at least two runs, second and third, no outs and Utley coming up.

(Gotta figure Utley's an Obama supporter, right? Late 20s, college graduate, rich guy, evidently a liberal...)

People who went to college but were smart enough not to waste time getting their post graduate degrees are usually Republicans.

Just cause his wife likes dogs doesn't mean Chase votes Democrat.

jerseyhoya wrote:People who went to college but were smart enough not to waste time getting their post graduate degrees are usually Republicans.

Just cause his wife likes dogs doesn't mean Chase votes Democrat.

I didn;t go to law school. I'm not a Republican

phuturephillies wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:People who went to college but were smart enough not to waste time getting their post graduate degrees are usually Republicans.

Just cause his wife likes dogs doesn't mean Chase votes Democrat.

I didn;t go to law school. I'm not a Republican

That's nice.

Exit polls typically have shown that Democrats win people without high school diplomas and with post graduate degrees, while Republicans are generally more successful with people who have some college or college degrees. Shorthand - Dems win the over and undereducated. The GOP wins the mediocre middle.

Dajafi had a post that I just spent like 2 minutes trying to think of a response to that just disappeared. I feel cheated.