Election Results Discussion (March 4th Primaries) - Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont

[Jayling]

OHIO

Here's the link to our Secretary of State's Election Results page. Keep refreshing it for updates!

http://www.sos.state.oh.us/index.aspx

Streaming results on this page:
http://vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enr/f?p=152:1:0

No numbers yet, but soon!

[CGP]

http://hillaryclintonforum.net/images/victory2.jpg


Link for live results from Texas at (CNN):

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#TX


Link for live Ohio results (CNN):

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#OH


Link for live results for Rhode Island (CNN):

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#RI


Link for live results for Vermont (CNN):

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#VT

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[Jayling]

Murray, please forgive me for my cynicism, but I don't trust anything from the Main Stream Media anymore. Have you noticed that their numbers don't match from one network to the next? Their iffy math caused alarm bells in me over a month ago.

For Delegate counts, that actually show the math, I use GreenPapers. Tony's numbers and mine come closer than anything the MSM shows. Some Delegates aren't able to figured in yet due to the complicated rules that each different state has.
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/tally.phtml

:)

[CGP]

Your cynicism is well justified!

Now we can monitor if they report the numbers differently from the site you have linked to!

Also - what time do the polls close in Ohio, Jayling?

[Jayling]

We've all been burned too often, huh!

The polls close in Ohio at 7:30pm EST.

I'm afraid it may not be until early morning before the Cleveland area has their votes counted though:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/03/04/all-nighter-in-cleveland/?mod=googlenews_wsj

[CGP]

Some early exit poll info for Texas (& Ohio):

http://thepage.time.com/first-wave-of-fox-democratic-exit-polls-for-ohio-texas/

[CGP]

CNN Texas Exit Poll:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/pri...dex.html#TXDEM (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/index.html#TXDEM)

Women (57% of voters): 53% for Clinton, 46% for Obama

Men (43% of voters): 52% for Obama, 46% for Clinton

VERY CLOSE...


CNN Exit Poll for Ohio:

[http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#OHDEM

59% of voters were female: 54% of women voted for Clinton, 45% for Obama

41% of voters were female: 52% of males voted for Obama, 47% for Clinton

If these figures hold true, Clinton should win Ohio!


CNN Exit Poll for RI:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/pri.../epolls/#RIDEM (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#RIDEM)

Women (57% of voters): 58% for Clinton, 41% for Obama

Men (43% of voters): 56% for Obama, 43% for Clinton

AGAIN, VERY GOOD FOR CLINTON

[Jayling]

Polls closed 15 minutes ago but no numbers are streaming in yet.

Live stream is here:
http://vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enr/f?p=152:5:0

Send good vibes!!

[CGP]

Clinton leading in Ohio:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#OH

[CGP]

I am confident of an Ohio win...!

[Jayling]

heh! Not sure where they're getting their numbers from. The Secretary of State sent out a correspondence to all counties that no numbers can be released until after 9pm. They went to a Judge again to extend the voting in Sandusky until 9, and there's some issue going on in Cuyahoga (Cleveland) again. As usual!

yoi...

[CGP]

heh! Not sure where they're getting their numbers from. The Secretary of State sent out a correspondence to all counties that no numbers can be released until after 9pm. They went to a Judge again to extend the voting in Sandusky until 9, and there's some issue going on in Cuyahoga (Cleveland) again. As usual!

yoi...

Well, you know CNN, they do what they like!

[greekme1105]

Go Hillary! :D Is anyone else as nervous as I am!? :eek:

[CGP]

Texas Exit Poll from Fox News:

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/04/primary-exit-polls-big-turnout-from-hispanics-women-for-hillary/

[Jayling]

And here's more numbers, ones I go by as they're from the Secretary of State in Texas:

http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/mar04_136.htm

[debbrad]

I heard they ran out of paper ballots in some places so they are extending in some places........???

[EH]

And here's more numbers, ones I go by as they're from the Secretary of State in Texas:

http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/mar04_136.htm

Much more reliable than anything Clinton Naysayer News is feeding us! Thanks

[SoCal4Hillary]

Right now, I wish I HADN'T [finally] gotten around to registering to vote here in CA. If I hadn't, I could've voted in the TX primary and--OF COURSE--my vote would've gone to Hillary. (I was glad, though--after years of living in Texas--to finally be part of a "blue state" result after the California primary, in which we overwhelmingly voted for Clinton. :D)

[Jayling]

I heard they ran out of paper ballots in some places so they are extending in some places........???
Deb, the Obama camp made a formal request to extend the voting in Cuyahoga and Franklin counties (both strongholds of O's camp), saying there were reports of not enough ballots.

Cuyahoga (Cleveland) large black community
Franklin (Ohio State) college kids

[EH]

There are districts where Hillary is on top.

[Disfranchised]

Luck be a lady tonight!

[Jayling]

Don't worry, there's 7.8+ Million registered voters in Texas, and the same amount in Ohio. It's gonna be a looong night :)

[CGP]

The Texas results at this point are distorted because they are reporting on Obama's strong areas (urban areas) first...

[Jayling]

oh, and according to their real-time results on the Secretary of State's site, it says 'early votes'. And Texas had over 700,000 early voters for Dems. I'm guessing, guessing mind you, those are what are being fed through first.

[Disfranchised]

She is kicking his A** in Ohio. :D

[CGP]

oh, and according to their real-time results on the Secretary of State's site, it says 'early votes'. And Texas had over 700,000 early voters for Dems. I'm guessing, guessing mind you, those are what are being fed through first.

Good point. And exit polls from the early voting suggested he was ahead with those so we shouldn't be surprised at this point. But I read somewhere that 60% of voters had already voted before today?

[Jayling]

Good point. And exit polls from the early voting suggested he was ahead with those so we shouldn't be surprised at this point. But I read somewhere that 60% of voters had already voted before today?
No, they had 959,666 total early voters. 242,197 Reps, and 717,469 Dems. That's out of 7,815,905 million registered Texas voters.

[skc1976]

One encouraging comment I heard from Fox News was that people that decided in the past few days seemed to be breaking very heavy for Hillary Clinton. That could be a good sign for us for today's voting!

[skc1976]

Leave it to his camp to do what they can to have extra time to vote and try and get more voters out there. GRRRRR

[Jayling]

Secretary of State results from Rhode Island

http://www.elections.ri.gov/

(since you know that I don't trust the news stations!) lol

[madilyn]

Secretary of State results from Rhode Island

http://www.elections.ri.gov/

(since you know that I don't trust the news stations!) lol
Jayling, thanks for the direct link!

[Disfranchised]

I just wonder how many school buses they brought in from other states! Or is it like Wisconsin that they are not checking ID and you did not have to vote in your precinct? I read at OB blogs posts the night of Wisconsin primary few students who were happy to say they voted 4-5 times for him. The posts were taken down very fast. Interesting how Mr. Dean does not want to count my one vote in Florida for Hillary but has no problem counting several votes by same individual by OB supporters.

[Jayling]

Great info here as we wait for Ohio to get their act together:
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/03/04/clintexit.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

[madilyn]

CNN Exit Poll for RI:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#RIDEM

Women (57% of voters): 58% for Clinton, 41% for Obama

Men (43% of voters): 56% for Obama, 43% for Clinton

AGAIN, VERY GOOD FOR CLINTON
Like those numbers! I believe Hillary will win RI.

[skc1976]

Fox News just called Rhode Island for Hillary Clinton! WOOHOO!!!! The slide is over!!!!

[johnny51981]

So did MSNBC!!!

[skc1976]

MSNBC has called it as well...WOOHOO!!!! Now on to Ohio and Texas tonight....and Pennsylvania in April!

[Disfranchised]

Was Vermont OB 13th win?? LOL

[CGP]

Finally, His Party Is Over!!!!!!

[skc1976]

No, it was his 12th in a row...and now 1 in a row for Clinton... :)

[Disfranchised]

did you count the over see one? I think with that it was 13 but I could be wrong.

[johnny51981]

With the Dems abroad, Vermont would be his 13th.

[skc1976]

And finally, CNN projects Clinton...always last. LOL

[CGP]

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/index.html#TXDEM

CNN Texas Exit Poll

Women (57% of voters): 53% for Clinton, 46% for Obama

Men (43% of voters): 52% for Obama, 46% for Clinton

THIS IS LOOKING GOOD


COMBINING THIS...Considering proportions:

Clinton: 50.0%
Obama: 48.5%

The primary is going to be very tight...

And maybe (as I have heard) the early voting (before today) favored him which could pull him across the line first...

[joeysky18]

she closing in on TX

[madilyn]

And finally, CNN projects Clinton...always last. LOL
Yes! I knew Little Rhody would deliver!! Looking real good in Ohio. Numbers are tight in Texas--but I still think Hillary will win Texas (hope I'm not too much of a dreamer here)!

[Jayling]

Way to go, Rhode Islanders!! wOOt!!

[EH]

WOO HOO! Another Kennedy kiss of death in RI! I love it!

[CGP]

Merged All 4 Threads For Simplicity!

[Jayling]

Suspicious looking numbers out of Texas. Scroll down to Senatorial District 26.

Biden - 181
Clinton - 1
Edwards - 1,183
Obama - 17,202
Richardson - 52
Dodd - 0

http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/mar04_136_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=671

[joeysky18]

these talking heads are so pro-obama. so annoying!!!!

[joeysky18]

Suspicious looking numbers out of Texas. Scroll down to Senatorial District 26.


it looks really odd indeed.

[EH]

That is REALLY suspicious-looking!

[RAFREE]

I HOPE Texas counts those votes VERY carefully!!!

[Jayling]

If need be, I wrote down the time I first noticed it -- 9:41pm EST.

Clinton camp needs to challenge that district, no matter what.

[joeysky18]

Jayling. send your note to clinton camp asap so they can protest it before they call the district.

there is link to report polling problem at the front page.

[EH]

The front page of the NY Times does however paint a pretty picture for Hillary in Texas - it's almost all mapped out in her favor!

[Jayling]

Not paying attention to the television results...

According to Texas, Secretary of State results, she just went ahead in total votes from today! And narrowed to just a few thousand in the early votes.

heh!

[joeysky18]

McCain is trumping his policy for GE. very similar to Hillary's policy.

"reduce independent to foreign oil" "clean energy"

[RAFREE]

Not paying attention to the television results...

According to Texas, Secretary of State results, she just went ahead in total votes from today! And narrowed to just a few thousand in the early votes.

heh!

Hookem Hillary!!!!!!!!!

[joeysky18]

Politico is reporting on the Clinton conference call:

Barack Obama's top lawyer, Bob Bauer, made an unexpected appearance on the Clinton campaign's conference call this evening, calling in on a line intended for reporters to challenge Clinton aides' claims of irregularities in several Texas precincts.

Always play nice, Obama camp

[Jayling]

Jayling. send your note to clinton camp asap so they can protest it before they call the district.

there is link to report polling problem at the front page.
Good idea, Joey. I just sent the report.

Keep an eye on that page, folks!!

[joeysky18]

how come she lead in OH but has less delegate??

CNN is showing that C-2 O-3 delegate.

[CGP]

how come she lead in OH but has less delegate??

CNN is showing that C-2 O-3 delegate.

That's just known superdelegate votes. Not pledged delegates.

[CGP]

Bad behavior at the Texas caucuses:

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/caucus_problems_in_texas.php

[Jayling]

how come she lead in OH but has less delegate??

CNN is showing that C-2 O-3 delegate.
Don't trust their numbers, I'll do the 'real' math once all the ballots are counted. :)
And yeah on the Supers, Clinton has 2 and Obie has 3. There's 15 Supers who haven't endorsed yet.

[joeysky18]

Don't trust their numbers, I'll do the 'real' math once all the ballots are counted. :)
And yeah on the Supers, Clinton has 2 and Obie has 3. There's 15 Supers who haven't endorsed yet.


I see. Thanks for the explanation. I have very limited knowledge of the system.

[CGP]

Not paying attention to the television results...

According to Texas, Secretary of State results, she just went ahead in total votes from today! And narrowed to just a few thousand in the early votes.

heh!

I admire your discipline and patience!!!!

[Jayling]

I admire your discipline and patience!!!!
The MSM networks ticked me off over a month ago with their fuzzy math -- so I do my own now. lol

[joeysky18]

she is really closing in on TX.

[Carla]

I've bitten off all my nails. I'm still at work, (DANG WEST COAST TIME) and I keep refreshing CNN's election page. Everytime I look, Clinton is catching up to Obama. She is at 49% to his 50%

GOHILLARYGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!1

[CGP]

I need someone's hand to hold!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CGP]

The MSM networks ticked me off over a month ago with their fuzzy math -- so I do my own now. lol

Good idea. MSM SUX.

[RAFREE]

I've bitten off all my nails. I'm still at work, (DANG WEST COAST TIME) and I keep refreshing CNN's election page. Everytime I look, Clinton is catching up to Obama. She is at 49% to his 50%

GOHILLARYGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!1


:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D *HUGS* Here Comes HILLARY DAMNIT!!! Get OUT OF HER WAY!:D

[joeysky18]

MSNBC confirms that Obama called McCain and said he was "looking forward to running against [him] in the fall."

Unbelievable. He really got some nerve

[EH]

I've bitten off all my nails. I'm still at work, (DANG WEST COAST TIME) and I keep refreshing CNN's election page. Everytime I look, Clinton is catching up to Obama. She is at 49% to his 50%

GOHILLARYGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!1

Tell me about it....I have to get up for work in 3 hours!

[EH]

MSNBC confirms that Obama called McCain and said he was "looking forward to running against [him] in the fall."

Unbelievable. He really got some nerve


Like my beloved granny used to say...let him cook in his own broth!

[CGP]

Like my beloved granny used to say...let him cook in his own broth!

KARMA FOR HIS BAD BEHAVIOR!

[joeysky18]

Like my beloved granny used to say...let him cook in his own broth!


Love the broth thing. He's gonna be a stew soon.

[joeysky18]

She is leading TX. HAHAHAHAHA

[CGP]

Texas Is Stressing Me Out Big Time!!!!!!!!!!

[skc1976]

MSNBC confirms that Obama called McCain and said he was "looking forward to running against [him] in the fall."

Unbelievable. He really got some nerve

Here's hoping it's bad luck for him to put the crown on before it's over!

[joeysky18]

EL Paso is not in yet.


the campaign target EL Paso to take out Austin.

so it can be huge tip for the total

[skc1976]

Ok, I'm finally on the computer...was having a results party... LOL

Good to see her pull ahead in Texas and Fox News just said that in Ohio, it's getting to the point where she's building up enough of a lead where the county for Cleveland may not matter.

[joeysky18]

SHE GOT OHIO>>> hahahahahah




HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[skc1976]

Fox News projects Ohio for Hillary Clinton!!!!

[greekme1105]

EEEEHAW TEXAS!!! :D Clinton Country!!!

[skc1976]

Hillary is about to speak for anyone that wants to watch.

And it disgusts me how MSNBC is still referring to her dropping out if she splits.

[Tesstown]

Hillary is about to speak for anyone that wants to watch.

And it disgusts me how MSNBC is still referring to her dropping out if she splits.

Everyone has been touting that crap for a couple of weeks now. They want her out so badly...but look what is happening because of US!!!

I am nerve wracked as can be!!! Come on Texas, pull through for Hillary!

[EH]

hillary on CNN now!

[CGP]

"We're Going All Away"

"As Ohio Goes, The Nation Goes"

[BloodDAnna]

Take a screenshot. You should have a prt scr key on your keyboard...scroll to the part you wanna look at and tap the key, then open your paint program (or photoshop) and hit ctrl v, the pic will open in the program and you can save it as a bmp for later.

[CGP]

I like how she listed Michigan and Florida in her victories - shows, thankfully, that her campaign is going to fight for those delegates and rightly so.

[CGP]

She behaves like a REAL president.

[RAFREE]

I just got off the phone with my friend in Ohio!!! OMG!! She was fantastic!!!!~:D

[CGP]

I think Obama's ship started sinking tonight!!!!!

[Renee in Florida]

Hillary what a night!!!!!!

[EH]

Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is!!!!

[Tesstown]

She behaves like a REAL president.

She really does. I have always admired her, but never more so than right now. She is beaming, she is confident, she is a LEADER. More and more people will now see who she truly is, and what she is capable of. Hillary is the only one that is strong enough, diligent enough, smart enough, and yes, cohesive enough to begin turning this country around. As she said,

"YES WE WILL!"

[Renee in Florida]

He talks as though he has this locked up! HA!!
lets see Obama, NH, Florida, Michigan, California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island, New mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Oklahoma, and yessssssssss we will have TEXAS obama.

get down off your high horse go back to Chicago and your dirty politics and leave the country to the people who are truly proud of this country.

[skc1976]

The "beaming" comment is so true. I've never seen her more beaming than tonight. The red looks awesome on here and she's glowing. It's like she's been renewed and it's so amazing to see!

Of course, OBLAHMA has to go after her!

[CGP]

Hillary currently holding a 49,000 lead in Texas. I pray she can hold on!

[RAFREE]

He talks as though he has this locked up! HA!!
lets see Obama, NH, Florida, Michigan, California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island, New mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Oklahoma, and yessssssssss we will have TEXAS obama.

get down off your high horse go back to Chicago and your dirty politics and leave the country to the people who are truly proud of this country.

First dem to take Oklahoma in AGES!! Go back home Obamatron!! Don't forget Tennesee!! She took them too!!!

Renee she DID IT!!:D

[Renee in Florida]

All the way to Convention and Jan 20, 2009 MADAME HILLARY CLINTON!!!!

[EH]

He talks as though he has this locked up! HA!!
lets see Obama, NH, Florida, Michigan, California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island, New mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Oklahoma, and yessssssssss we will have TEXAS obama.

get down off your high horse go back to Chicago and your dirty politics and leave the country to the people who are truly proud of this country.


He actually said he won NH right now as he's talking! Talk about being in denial!

[Renee in Florida]

My goodness he is a bore!!!!

[RAFREE]

All the way to Convention and Jan 20, 2009 MADAME HILLARY CLINTON!!!!

Thanks so much for ALL the hard work now it's ON TO DENVER!! GET OUT OF HER WAY!! HER COMES HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[CGP]

Currently 51,000 ahead...

[Renee in Florida]

Well guys, We told the trolls that on Tuesday Obama and his trolls would have a comeuppance!!


Florida and Michigan will ultimately decide this for Hillary!!!

[Patsy]

Oh what a night indeed! Hillary didn't just "win" Ohio, she won it decisively and she will win Texas. Thank you to those who weathered it out for us!

The tides have turned!

Go Hillary!!!

[greekme1105]

What an AMAZING night for Hillary! Thanks Ohio and Rhode Island! Go Texas!!

[Patsy]

He really is boring.

[CGP]

BITCH IS THE NEW BLACK!!!!!

BITCHES GET STUFF DONE!!!!!

[Renee in Florida]

More Rezko and Nafta-gate you are going down!!!!

[CGP]

53,000 LEAD.....so stressful!

[Patsy]

Amen Murray and Renee!

This is just the beginning....

[CGP]

More Rezko and Nafta-gate you are going down!!!!

SINKING SHIP!!!! :eek: :eek:

[Renee in Florida]

Donations!!

Money all the way to convention and White House!!!!

[CGP]

57,291

[CGP]

No doubt another sleepless night!!!!!!!!!!

[Patsy]

I think the rats are jumping ship after their Kool-Aid induced Coma for the past month:)

[RAFREE]

53,000 LEAD.....so stressful!

It's going to be great Murray! Lord, I am in TEARS *ova hea* as my Jersey girlfriend says! LOL!!

[CGP]

I think the rats are jumping ship after their Kool-Aid induced Coma for the past month:)

Well, than can join us if they cut the crap!

[debbrad]

BITCH IS THE NEW BLACK!!!!!

BITCHES GET STUFF DONE!!!!!

YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN!

[EH]

I think the rats are jumping ship after their Kool-Aid induced Coma for the past month:)

Either that or they're all headed for Jonestown!

[RAFREE]

YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN!


OH! *SMOOOOOOOOCH!!!*

[itsourturn]

My goodness he is a bore!!!!

Yes, that's all very nice, Barack. All those lofty, high-sounding phrases ... your inflection is even starting to sound like Jesse Jackson's. But what are you going to DO?!

What? and how?

[RAFREE]

Murray!! Check your pm's before I have a coronary!!!:p

[CGP]

I am not going to sleep until all the Texas primary is counted!

[greekme1105]

My best friend called me a "Hillary Ho" today:rolleyes:...I am so proud of her.
Thanks Murray...I stayed with this forum during the dark hour(s)...Still can't go to bed yet...

[Valencia]

Like my beloved granny used to say...let him cook in his own broth!

My Grandma say the same, but in spanish " Que se cocine en su propio caldo"

Hillary... You go girl.. Let's kick some butts tonight.

[itsourturn]

Me too! I'm staying on this couch with the TV on all night.

Too excited to sleep anyhoo!

[EH]

I wonder how I'm going to go to work tomorrow! My alarm clock goes off in a little less than 2 hours! The excitement is too much!

[Tesstown]

And take a gander at this!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YuB_W8o_UsU

Obama the supreme bamboozler!

[skc1976]

It's definitely a stressful night. I'd give anything for Hillary to win tonight in Texas too. Three out of four when polls had her down in OH and TX would be a HUGE comeback for her and really start a surge.

Now if we can get something sorted for Michigan and Florida.

[Patsy]

I hope his supporters don't mind paying for his legal fees for all his copyright infringement! Pay up to Denzel and Alice Walker, buddy. Not to mention those little Kindergarteners! I'd sue him if I were they!

[DrCarolyn]

We have worked really hard these past several weeks. Never count a Hillraiser out! I am filled with pride and joy.
DrCarolyn

[BloodDAnna]

So am gonna guess after she goes home and rests she'll be back in Washington doing her job as a Senator.

[skc1976]

So am gonna guess after she goes home and rests she'll be back in Washington doing her job as a Senator.

Well, I hope she goes on to Wyoming and Mississippi and tries to close some of the distance in those two areas.

[CGP]

71,000 lead

[skc1976]

With 74% reporting, over 70,000 vote lead...it's going to be close!

[skc1976]

Fox News and MSNBC project Hillary wins in Texas!

[itsourturn]

Cheez, did you ever see anyone work so hard as John King trying to show how Obama will still win Texas? This is about the twentieth time he's gone through those figures.

Gotta love those CNN guys. John, take a rest---you're supposed to be neutral and objective, remember??

[skc1976]

Cheez, did you ever see anyone work so hard as John King trying to show how Obama will still win Texas? This is about the twentieth time he's gone through those figures.

Gotta love those CNN guys. John, take a rest---you're supposed to be neutral and objective, remember??

Well, let him do all the math he wants, CNN projects Hillary Clinton!!!! That's three out of four today. It's a HUGE DAY for Hillary Clinton and all of us, her supporters!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D

[Tesstown]

She has the checkmark next to her name! Projected Winner in Texas!!

[itsourturn]

Yyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy yyyyyyy!!!

[Kathy in NH]

a little slow on the uptake here...! I hope they had good observers at those caucuses and nothing unquestionable occurred.
Wyoming Sat, and Mississippi next Tuesday; no time to relax, but you guys know that! and then a whole month to recoup and regroup for Penn. That will be a huge win for her.

[RAFREE]

We have worked really hard these past several weeks. Never count a Hillraiser out! I am filled with pride and joy.
DrCarolyn

*HUGS AND JOY!* Dr. Carolyn, it's rannie, so glad to have you here to join in our happiness tonight!!:D

[CGP]

Not from tonight but it fits the occasion!

http://static.flickr.com/2139/2280587294_44d7eed8ab.jpg

[skc1976]

Love the picture...give me a moment and I'll have one under a heading for her. :-)

[skc1976]

Not from tonight but it fits the occasion!

http://static.flickr.com/2139/2280587294_44d7eed8ab.jpg

If you like this image, check out this thread:

http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=560

[skc1976]

Heck, I'll just post it here too! LOL

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff267/skc1976/hrcmar4b.jpg

[CGP]

This has been the most viewed and most commented on thread in our one month lifetime!! :)

[Jayling]

The power went out on me, half our county went black! aargh!! I missed all the fun. Not fair, I say, not fair at all!

So let me say 5 hours later -- YeeHAW!!

Way to go, Rhode Islanders -- Texans -- and Ohioans!

I knew Ohio would be Hill Country - knewit knewit knewit

Did you see that at 92% votes counted in Ohio, that Hillary is ahead in Every Single Congressional District? Every single one!

Texas Senatorial District 26 still looks suspicious with the Early Votes, 200 of 266 Precincts in:

Early Votes:
Biden 181
Clinton 1
Dodd 0
Edwards 1,183
Obama 17,202
Richardson 52

Total Votes:
Biden 121
Clinton 52,812
Dodd 108
Edwards 367
Obama 32,014
Richardson 367

[CGP]

The power went out on me, half our county went black! aargh!! I missed all the fun. Not fair, I say, not fair at all!

So let me say 5 hours later -- YeeHAW!!

Ah how painful! But what great news to return to!!!!! 3 major victories!

[Patsy]

Thanks for helping to bring Ohio home to us in such HUGE fashion. You've been working really hard and I thank you:)

[CGP]

Texax Caucus is getting closer:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#TX

36% counted:

Obama: 52%
Clinton: 48%

This is closest its been so far...hope it continues...

[Brooke]

I'm awake after only 5 hours sleep and I have to go to work but I am feeling so great (well not physically, I feel like crap) but emotionally, I feel awesome.

[Valencia]

I'm awake after only 5 hours sleep and I have to go to work but I am feeling so great (well not physically, I feel like crap) but emotionally, I feel awesome.

I am still up as well. And i feel great..

[Jayling]

You have every right to be beaming from ear to ear!

Good morning, HillFans!

[greekme1105]

I intend to work even harder...Now is the time to contribute more, make calls to voters, and organize fundraisers in support of my Champion. Still, much to do... I am SO proud of her. What an amazing race! Have a great day Hillary!!!! :D :D :D

[EH]

I only slept 1 1/2 hrs but I'm floating on adrenaline! Oh what a night it was!

[Renee in Florida]

Oh no, I sound like the Obama-ites!!!

What a night, and what a morning!!

I've added to the Hillary money pot, so come on everyone join in money today,anything you can do!!

We are going to win this thing!!!!

And the comeuppance came big time last night to OBAMA and his darn trolls!!!!

[CGP]

Oh no, I sound like the Obama-ites!!!

What a night, and what a morning!!

I've added to the Hillary money pot, so come on everyone join in money today,anything you can do!!

We are going to win this thing!!!!

And the comeuppance came big time last night to OBAMA and his darn trolls!!!!

Great!!!!

We are excited but that's different from being blindly obsessed !!! (O-ites)

So your enthusiasm is a good thing!

[skc1976]

The power went out on me, half our county went black! aargh!! I missed all the fun. Not fair, I say, not fair at all!

So let me say 5 hours later -- YeeHAW!!

Way to go, Rhode Islanders -- Texans -- and Ohioans!

I knew Ohio would be Hill Country - knewit knewit knewit

Did you see that at 92% votes counted in Ohio, that Hillary is ahead in Every Single Congressional District? Every single one!

Jayling, it's a great day to be an Ohioan, eh? Enjoy the day and thank you for all you did to help out and for all the reports. Sorry to hear that your power went out, but what a way to return!

I think one of the things that's most encouraging about Ohio is the fact that the county that Cleveland is in didn't overwhelmingly go for Obama. They kept saying that he needed to rack up big numbers there and he never did. At one point last night, she was actually in the lead in that county.

He also seemed to fail in Toledo where he had early leads but she rallied and apparently won the county. For me, that's another strong sign for her given the fact they said he needed to rack up numbers there too.

Ohio really is an important state when it comes time for the general election. The rural areas are going to have to rally behind the DNC candidate and they overwhelmingly spoke that Clinton was that candidate. They had the chance to side with Obama and momentum, but they knew he's not the right choice. The DNC really needs to look at Ohio and see if they want to win it in November or not. If they want to win it, they need to consider Clinton!

Oh, and on a funny note, nice to see that Clinton County went to Senator Clinton. YAY! :D

[CGP]

Bump.

[CGP]

Reminiscing...I had a great time Tuesday night watching the results come in. Texas was very stressful early on and it was SOOO exciting to see HRC take over from BO in the overall votes...

[Brooke]

I had an amazing time on Tuesday night with all the Hillary peeps downtown. And I wasn't stressing TX because the Hillary aide kept telling us "Don't worry, the south hasn't come in yet" And we loved watching Hillary close like a freight train and everyone was hugging the woman..lol.

[skc1976]

I have to admit, I was very nervous on Tuesday. Even with the polls breaking her way, I knew that anything could happen. Ohio had me nervous because of the storms there. And then Texas had me worried with all the early voting and we know that favored Obama.

As the night started, I knew Vermont was a goner. When Ohio started and the Obama campaign started in with Cleveland and extending the voting, I was worried. When Rhode Island didn't get called right off the bat, I worried. But once Rhode Island was called and she started pulling away, I knew the streak had ended. Ohio started looking more and more promising as the votes came in and she built up a huge lead. Then Texas started rolling in and he built it up quick. But slowly, she chipped away. Ohio was called as she won all but five counties. And she started pulling away in Texas. When it was called at 1am EST, I was THRILLED!!!! It was a roller coaster, but getting off the ride was worth the whole ride as I knew we had far more peaks than valleys!

[Alessandro Machi]

Apparently, The Wyoming Caucus that Hillary lost by 2,000 votes resulted in more of a delegate differential for Obama then Hillary's huge 3 out of 4 victories (Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island, loss in Vermont).

Caucuses stink when such a low number of voters (88% less voters per selected delegate in caucus states) keep going to the same candidate yet that candidate loses 8 out of 10 of the biggest states in the country.

[samkm]

The fact is simple. And this article captures it the best:
Salon.com: If the system made sense, Clinton would be far ahead
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/07/hillary/index.html
By Sean Wilentz

Under a winner-take-all primary system, Hillary Clinton would have a wide lead over Barack Obama -- and enough delegates to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination by June.
Excerpts:
The continuing contest for the Democratic presidential nomination has become a frenzy of debates and proclamations about democracy. Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has been particularly vociferous in claiming that its candidate stands for a transformative, participatory new politics. It has vaunted Obama's narrow lead in the overall popular vote in the primaries to date, as well as in the count of elected delegates, as the definitive will of the party's rank and file. If, while heeding the party's rules, the Democratic superdelegates overturn those majorities, Obama's supporters claim, they will have displayed a cynical contempt for democracy that would tear the party apart.

These arguments might be compelling if Obama's leads were not so reliant on certain eccentricities in the current Democratic nominating process, as well as on some blatantly anti-democratic maneuvers by the Obama campaign. Obama's advantage hinges on a system that, whatever the actual intentions behind it, seems custom-made to hobble Democratic chances in the fall. It depends on ignoring one of the central principles of American electoral politics, one that will be operative on a state-by-state basis this November, which is that the winner takes all. If the Democrats ran their nominating process the way we run our general elections, Sen. Hillary Clinton would have a commanding lead in the delegate count, one that will only grow more commanding after the next round of primaries, and all questions about which of the two Democratic contenders is more electable would be moot.

Crucially, Team Obama doesn't want to count the votes of Michigan and Florida. (And let's note that in a winner-take-all system, Clinton would still be leading in delegates, 1,430 to 1,257, even without Michigan and Florida.) Under the existing system, Obama's current lead in the popular vote would nearly vanish if the results from Michigan and Florida were included in the total, and his lead in pledged delegates would melt almost to nothing. The difference in the popular vote would fall to 94,005 out of nearly 27 million cast thus far -- a difference of a mere four-tenths of 1 percentage point -- and the difference in delegates would plummet to about 30, out of the 2,024 needed to win. Add those states' votes to the totals, and take a sober look at Clinton's popular-vote victories in virtually all other large states, and the electoral dynamic changes. She begins to look like the almost certain nominee

The exclusion thus far of these two vital states has come about because of an arbitrary and catastrophic decision made last year by Howard Dean and the Democratic National Committee. Two democratic options are available to clean up the mess: Either relent by including the existing Michigan and Florida results or hold new primaries there.

Yet in this, as has happened more than once this primary season, the Obama camp's reaction has not been to clean up the mess the party has created, but to benefit from it. Given the original primary outcomes in Michigan and Florida, Obama has rejected the idea of certifying the results. Although Obama's supporters conducted a stealth "uncommitted" campaign in Michigan after he voluntarily removed his name from the state ballot, and even though, contrary to DNC directives, his campaign advertised in Florida, Clinton still won both states decisively.

Yet the Obama campaign has stoutly resisted any such revote in either state. In Michigan, Obama's supporters thwarted efforts to pass the legislation necessary to conduct a new primary. In Florida, campaign lawyers threw monkey wrenches to stop the process cold, claiming that a revote would somehow violate the Voting Rights Act, and charging that a proposed mail-in revote would not be "fraud proof." (Obama himself, it's important to note, proposed a bill in 2007 to allow for mail-in voting in federal elections.)

Instead, Obama's campaign has tendered the startling proposal that he arbitrarily be allotted half of the votes already cast in Michigan and Florida.

By any definition of democracy, those votes do not belong to Obama; nor do they belong to Hillary Clinton, nor to Howard Dean. They belong to the voters. Obama can no more lay claim to them legitimately than his supporters can declare he has won the nomination before the remaining primaries take place.

Obama's totals thus far have come in great part from state caucuses nearly as much as from actual primaries. Clinton's victories, by contrast, have come overwhelmingly in states with primaries, not caucuses. Obama is certainly entitled to the delegates he won in the caucuses. But he can hardly, on that account, claim that he is clearly the popular favorite.

In 2004, Democrats lost most of the states where Obama's delegates come from now. The Democrats are likely to lose most of those states again in 2008, no matter how much his supporters speak of winning crossover votes. The arithmetic here is simple: Because of the flawed system, the delegates from the states that Obama has won, many of which vote strongly Republican, represent far fewer Democratic voters than those from the states Clinton won.

Obama has tried to reinforce his democratic bona fides by asserting his superior electability, and by claiming that Clinton's supporters are more likely to back him in November than vice versa. The polls, however, show otherwise.

In the final analysis, though, the fights inside the Democratic Party aren't really about either an ideal American democracy or the American democracy that actually exists. According to the Obama campaign, democracy is defined as whatever helps Barack Obama win the Democratic nomination. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with a candidate arguing this way. But everybody should see it for what it is -- not something new or transformative, but one of the oldest ploys in the playbook of American politics.

Be sure to read the full article; I could not bring the links from within the article.

We know that the statistics are solidly in Hillary's favor:
http://www.diversityj.com/ElectionResults2008Primary.html

LET US TAKE HER ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITEHOUSE!!!

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[monirod]

Just a word to all of you out there -- please don't believe the recent talk in the MSM about BHO gaining delegates in Texas. The total delegate count will not be decided completely until June 6th, our state convention. As I was reading this thread, I noticed concern about Senate District 26 -- as a proud delegate for Hillary at that in that district, I can tell you, firsthand that we won our senate convention by a 3 to 1 margin! We have a very strong supporter for Hillary as our State Senator, Leticia Van De Putte, and she has done a lot for the campaign here (San Antonio). In addition, there have been NUMEROUS reports and complaints of irregularities in the BHO camp, such as non-voters signing in at the senate district convention and BHO staffers posing as elected delegates. So, before it is all over, we may win Texas even bigger than originally thought!! But, don't hold your breath waiting for MSNBC to tell you!!

[Bad Kitty]

Did I miss something? I could have sworn Hillary won TX but then I saw something that showed that he had more delegates but then I read the statement above my reply that says it's not over until 6/6. What's the truth?

[Jane Heffelfinger]

In response - Texas had a primary and a caucus.

Hillary won the primary/popular vote. Obama won the highly contested caucus. The delegates are chosen according to the numbers, big math calculation-made me dizzy!

Then we had the county/senate district convention to determine which candidate gets to take how many delegates on to the state convention.

The state convention (June 5-7) will determine which candidate gets to take how many delegates to the national convention.

So, no, it is not over yet in Texas and won't be until at least June 7, 2008 and maybe even later.

It really isn't over until I sing and I ain't singin' quite yet!:)

I also am a Hillary delegate to the state convention!

HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!