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GOP crossovers for HRC in TX (4 TX precincts) w/poll

Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 02:12:38 AM PDT

Rush Limbaugh has been urging his listeners to vote for Hillary so as to prolong the Democratic contest.  McCain clinched the GOP nomination a long time ago.  So if you are a Republican in Texas, why not vote in the Democratic primary?

I saw a lot of that today while acting as a poll-watcher in two precincts in probably the most affluent area of Houston, River Oaks, where you cannot buy a house for less than probably 1.5 million dollars.  I also saw it in my own precinct, adjacent to River Oaks and also affluent for the most part, combined with another precinct for voting and also caucuses/conventions.  Both Democratic-only locations.

I don't know yet the results of the vote in the two precincts I monitored, where things could not have been smoother.  One of the poll workers was an Obama precinct captain and we had no "issues" come up other than some complaints about a huge Obama sign that was fastened to school property.

In my voting precinct and the one combined with it for voting and caucus locations, HRC won narrowly.  I don't know about the more affluent River Oaks precincts.  My precinct caucus and the adjacent one went for Barack by about 56-44.  What does that tell you?

Poll

Who are GOP crossovers voting for and why?

12%7 votes
45%26 votes
3%2 votes
3%2 votes
1%1 votes
8%5 votes
3%2 votes
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1%1 votes
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17%10 votes
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| 57 votes | Vote | Results

Clinton moves the goalposts again: OH/TX not the end

Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 11:39:42 AM PDT

So Texas and Ohio are not her firewall now.

Maybe the Clinton campaign just needs to say this to buck up its funders and supporters. But this New York Times report looks an awful lot like Hillary moving the goalposts again:

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed to carry her campaign beyond the Ohio and Texas primaries on March 4, despite the lengthening odds of her capturing the Democratic presidential nomination.

It was just a couple of days ago that former president (and former party hero) Bill Clinton told Texans that it was over if she didn't win in Ohio and Texas.


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