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Old 04-23-2008, 11:27 AM
Sean
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Re: U.S. Presidential Election 2008
Agreed. The thing that's bugged me about the news coverage on all of this is that there's been very little factual reporting, but tons of editorializing. Every "news" show on CNN is nothing more than a panel of Clinton and Obama supporters simply spouting their own campaign's rhetoric, and the news-people don't call them on any of the spin, half-truths or outright lies they tell.

And some of the same people are saying Hillary's low on money so she'll be in big trouble because she won't be able to get her message out, but she has tons of free opportunities through the "news" to say whatever she wants.

And all that being said, she won Pennsylvania with 55% of the vote and picked up 14 pledged delegates last night. In order to overtake Obama, she needed to win every remaining state with 65% support, especially Pannsylvania. So coming in 10 percentage points shy of what she needed in the largest remaining state means that while she won the battle last night, she looks to have decisively lost the war for the nomination. And once North Carolina comes in as the win it likely will for Obama, the numbers against her will become even more impossible. Add the results of an extremely close race in Indiana where they'll likely split the delegates pretty evenly, and she'll need to win the following, final states with something ridiculous like 85% or more of the popular vote in each.

And Obama got another superdelegate today, the Governor of Oklahoma. So much for turning the tide...
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Last edited by Sean; 04-23-2008 at 11:30 AM.