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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Kneel Before Richardson



"The New Mexico Governor is stronger than Superman!"

In the same post where I found this, by the way, Ezra Klein makes a very good point about Massachusetts:

In other news, MSNBC is calling Massachusetts for Clinton, which means she overcame the combined force of John Kerry, Teddy Kennedy, Deval Patrick, their attendant political machines, the media coverage generated by their endorsements of Obama, and Barack Obama's charisma. That seems pretty impressive to me.


I thought Massachusetts would flip, but it looks like Connecticut might, instead. Both campaigns are going to be able to call this a winning night, with all-important California lurking in the distance. And the delegates, why won't the news nets tell us about the delegates? Because it requires math?

...AHA! This is what I was looking for.

Arkansas
Clinton 23
Obama 12

Georgia
Obama 60
Clinton 27

Illinois
Obama 100+
Clinton 50+

Massachusetts
Candidate who wins popular vote could lose the delegate split (93 delegates total)

Tennessee
Clinton 38
Obama 30

Oklahoma
Clinton 23
Obama 15


That appears to favor Obama.

UPDATE: Obama looking good in Colorado, North Dakota, Minnesota and Idaho in early returns.

...CNN calls North Dakota for Obama. But Missouri looks good for Clinton, and her leads in Massachusetts and New Jersey are very healthy (New Jersey, with all those suburbs, is kind of a can't-miss Clinton state, I'm surprised I was duped into thinking it was a bellweather). Clinton's having a good night.

...Fox News apparently just called Connecticut for Obama. But that state is so close that the delegate count will be a tie. Significant in the spin game, however.

...Utah goes to Romney and Obama. But I thought only black people vote for Obama? I guess the Utah Jazz came out in FORCE!

Romney is having a TERRIBLE night, only winning his home states and losing significantly in the South as Huckabee overperforms to a significant degree. We knew McCain would win big tonight, but I thought Mittens would at least put up a fight. He's banking everything on California and I don't think he'll be able to make it.

...State updates:

Hillary Clinton:
New York
Tennessee
Oklahoma
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Arkansas

Barack Obama:
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois
Alabama
Kansas
North Dakota
Connecticut
Minnesota
Delaware

Markos sez Survey USA is doing well, which means Clinton is poised for a 10-point victory in California. Of course, he's basing that off of current numbers, and in a lot of states, the urban districts report late. Not sure if that's the case in NJ and MA, but if that's the final spread, why did it take so long to call the states?

If the MA and NJ numbers hold, Clinton has something to crow about. But with 9 victories already, so does Obama.

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