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How big was Senator Clinton’s Keystone State win, and why is the media obsessed with double digits?
The Day Before
She has to win the popular vote by more than 10.5% or the media will say she didn’t beat expectations (and her Ohio margin).
Barack Obama. President.
by Steven R on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:33:40 AM PDT
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a World Series game score is 16 to 6 going into the ninth inning. The commentators are desperate to say anything that will keep the audience tuned in -- so they natter about the four-run eighth inning that brought the score to within 10 runs. The game is effectively over, but in the case of Clinton rules, the argument is that only the last two innings count.
Oh, he don't score at bowlarama Still you gotta thank his mama Lets hear it for the boy Hear it for my man Let's hear it for my baby
by RudiB on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:52:26 AM PDT
"the all important popular vote." First no one can really count it because of the mix of elections and caucuses. Second, the party rules give NO WEIGHT to the popular vote. If my party wants to keep me happy, it will NOT screw Washington (and the other "unimportant" states) that have given Obama a margin of victory that cannot be overcome--that is, unless the rules are changed in the ninth inning.
by RudiB on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:56:28 AM PDT
Al Gore? None, for the simple fact that no matter how democratic it seems, we have a republican (small r) election process, and the same goes for the nomination process. Obama's DH is pounding Hillary, and she's trying to play National League rules.
Never trust anyone who simultaneously finds no flaws in half the population, and nothing but evil in the other half.
by XNeeOhCon on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:22:07 PM PDT
analogy before I saw yours. You are right, Clinton needs more runs than outs, and she's only breaking even at best considering how few contests are left.
by XNeeOhCon on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:18:36 PM PDT
...It's inconceivable how idiotic these traditional media hacks are.
Could you imagine Kos coming to this site tomorrow & proclaiming: "As of Now, I Endorse Hillary Clinton."
Then after the shitstorm subsides in a couple of weeks, he says: "I am Now For Obama Again."
Then a couple of weeks after that, he says: "Seriously, I am for Hillary. And this Time it's Final."
Well, Halperin & his ilk pull this shit constantly.
Of course, the big perk to being such a phony airhead is that it allows them (Halperin & co.) to fail upward.
"So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause."--Padmé Amidala
by wyvern on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:55:09 AM PDT
William Kristol is to foreign affairs.
These two make hacks look good.
I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower
by scrape on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:12:37 PM PDT
wide narrow
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