Delegate Mirth ( the end has come! )
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Clinton is showing stronger than I had hoped- she may come out on top by morning, although (thank goodness) the delegates are apportioned.
McCain sweeps the Northeast where GOPers tend moderate-nearly 200 winner-take-all delegates. The Southern states unsurprisingly are keeping Huckabee in play- but none of 'em have given a lead to Romney.
But there's still California.
McCain sweeps the Northeast where GOPers tend moderate-nearly 200 winner-take-all delegates. The Southern states unsurprisingly are keeping Huckabee in play- but none of 'em have given a lead to Romney.
But there's still California.
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Clinton grabs Oklahoma as well, with 55 percent of the vote there.
I won't just survive
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
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I don't know if the question has been posed in another thread but what happens to the Republican delegates' votes if they have been assigned to Huckabee and he pulls out? Do they have a free choice to vote for another candidate, are their votes nullified or is there a mechanism to reassign their votes?
I mean it looks likely that Huckabee will pull out and I wonder what the consequence will be in terms of delegates.
I mean it looks likely that Huckabee will pull out and I wonder what the consequence will be in terms of delegates.
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I won't like Huckabee as McCain's running mate. I would like the part about it annoying Rush, though.
Typically when the nominee is known ahead of the conventions all of the delegates are released to vote for the winner, to create a show of unity.
Last night when I looked at the vote returns from the California congressional districts, McCain was leading Romney in all of them that had returns in. As of this morning almost all of those leads for McCain have held up. It looks like Romney will win only 3 or 4 of California's 53 congressional districts. Since the winner of each district takes 3 delegates, this means that Romney will only end up with 9 or 12 delegates from the entire state of California, to about 160 for McCain. ( The winner of the state takes 11 at-large delegates. ) So in effect California has been turned into a winner-takes-all state, and Romney's path to the nomination is even steeper than it appeared last night.
Typically when the nominee is known ahead of the conventions all of the delegates are released to vote for the winner, to create a show of unity.
Last night when I looked at the vote returns from the California congressional districts, McCain was leading Romney in all of them that had returns in. As of this morning almost all of those leads for McCain have held up. It looks like Romney will win only 3 or 4 of California's 53 congressional districts. Since the winner of each district takes 3 delegates, this means that Romney will only end up with 9 or 12 delegates from the entire state of California, to about 160 for McCain. ( The winner of the state takes 11 at-large delegates. ) So in effect California has been turned into a winner-takes-all state, and Romney's path to the nomination is even steeper than it appeared last night.
You know how economics is often called the dismal science? I think polling should be called the worthless science. Here are the latest numbers on the Dem race in Virginia:
InsiderAdvantage --- Clinton 52, Obama 37
SurveyUSA --- Obama 59, Clinton 39
That's right, one poll has Clinton up 15 and the other has Obama up 20.
edit: never mind --- the InsiderAdvantage poll was actually reported wrong earlier. It's reversed from what it should be. Still, the polls were really wrong about a lot of races last Tuesday.
InsiderAdvantage --- Clinton 52, Obama 37
SurveyUSA --- Obama 59, Clinton 39
That's right, one poll has Clinton up 15 and the other has Obama up 20.
edit: never mind --- the InsiderAdvantage poll was actually reported wrong earlier. It's reversed from what it should be. Still, the polls were really wrong about a lot of races last Tuesday.
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Obama has a very good chance of sweeping the next nine primaries/caucuses: the Lousiana primary and caucuses in Washington and Nebraska on Saturday, the Maine caucuses on Sunday, the D.C., Virginia and Maryland primaries on Tuesday, and the Hawaii caucusesand Wisconsin primaries on February 19. The question then becomes whether the momentum that he would gather would be enough to off-set Clinton's advantage in the big states of Ohio and Texas on March 4.
I think we should have a pretty good idea of where things are heading after that.
Maybe.
I think we should have a pretty good idea of where things are heading after that.
Maybe.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
Momentum has been rather lacking in this campaign, hasn't it? I think a tie for Obama in Texas and Ohio would clinch the non-superdelegate non-FL non-MI delegate lead for him. I have a hard time seeing him win Texas, though. It's going to be another California for him, I think. Big expectations and big loss.
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That's the big question.River wrote:What would the far-righties do if that happened? Stay home?Cerin wrote:McCain and Huckabee are having a lovefest; if Huckabee threw to anyone, it would be McCain, and he'd probably be the running mate. Imagine the hairpulling that would incite in the Limbaugh camp!
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Darn.
He's so charming every time he's on the Colbert Report. . . .
He's so charming every time he's on the Colbert Report. . . .
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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I do not support Huckabee for Vice-President. After the South Carolina Democratic Party rejected Stephen Colbert's bid for President, I supported Huckabee for President based on his oft-repeated pledge that he would make Colbert his Vice-President no matter what. However, Huckabee as McCain's Vice-President leaves no room for Colbert on the ticket, which means I have to hold out for Obama-Colbert or Clinton-Colbert.
I won't just survive
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
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Ah, but my understanding is that in a McCain-Huckabee administration, Colbert would be in line for a juicy Cabinet post.
But then, I understand so little. . . .
But then, I understand so little. . . .
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King