It ain't over til its over department
I was struck by how the MSM was ignoring the caucus in Texas which will determine the fate of 67 delegates. Here is what I found out.
The Democratic race in Texas has a two parts. The outright election and the caucus. In the regular election par of the primary, Clinton, with 51% of the vote, got 65 delegates. Obama, with 48% of the vote, got 61 delegates. The caucus voting got many more participants than expected, and so the counting is still going on as of March 5th at 6:05 p.m CST. There are still 67 delegates to win. With 40% of the precincts reporting, Obama has 56% of the votes to Clinton's 44 %.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUSES March 04, 2008
Open primary and caucuses: 228 total delegates*
126 tied to March 4 primary, 67 tied to March 4 caucuses, 12 superdelegatesSource: cnn.com
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2 comments:
MSNBC was calling the Texas 2 step. They also said precinct capts don't have to snail mail the results until Friday.
Ah, what we used to call "the river wards" in Chicago. As Hinky Dink and Bathhouse John would tell their ward heelers, "Just hold out the river wards" and when reformers thought they had won the election, votes could be brought forth as if they were manufactured, from the river wards
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