Maybe it's just me but the most welcome development tonight, in my view, is the fact that CNN finally called the Texas caucus for Obama despite all of the foot dragging by the Texas Democratic party.
Caucus win gives Obama more Texas delegates than Clinton
March 11, 2008
Posted: 08:00 PM ET
(CNN) — Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has won the Texas Democratic caucuses and will get more delegates out of the state than his rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, who won the state's primary, according to CNN estimates.
This was really nagging at me all week long. The precinct numbers have not moved in days. My only questions is "What took you so long, CNN?"
CORRECTION: They project he gets 38 vs 29 delegates in the caucus and 65 vs 61 in the primary for a total of 99 for Obama vs 94 for Clinton. If you include superdelegates he wins 109 to 106.
CNN's estimate is based on a statistical review, which combined the county-level results provided by the state party with data from the U.S. Census, exit polls and telephone surveys.
That analysis showed that the counties that reported data to the state party last week appear to be a representative cross-section of the Texas population. The analysis also indicates that areas that were won by Obama reported results at essentially the same rate as areas that were won by Clinton.
Every procedure used to statistically model the outcome of the caucuses indicated that Obama had more support than Clinton.