In England, BBC TV evening news called NH for Obama

[Apollo11]

They are reporting that the Obama campaign expects to win the Democratic primary in NH by a margin of around 10 percentage points, with overwhelming support from Independents.

[GodlessBiker]

1. Yeah, but they're several hours ahead of us, so the polls are closed there.

Yeah, that's it.

[Joe the Revelator]

2. Funny stuff

:)

[wndycty]

4. LOL

:kick:

[melody]

14. lol - yup, it'll be tomorrow sooner. They'll know before we do

Them lucky Brits. ;)

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. I bet they wish for a President Obama!

[gaiilonfong]

5. They already had their Hillary

A lying warmonger Thatcher

[LostinVA]

6. Give me a fucking break

[Occam Bandage]

7. Lame.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. I don't think Clinton is anything like Thatcher

[gaiilonfong]

17. I see a similarity

warmongering for political gain

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

21. Also, they both have vaginas. n/t

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

20. Thatcher: Woman. Hillary: Woman.

OMG IT'S TEH KONSPIRACY!!!

[KennedyGuy]

8. Not by 50%..aw gee..what a suprise

[Occam Bandage]

10. I think you just moved the goalposts so far, they're sitting across the Atlantic.

[Tom Rinaldo]

9. It might be true, but...

...why wouldn't the Obama campaign put out word that they are expecting that? If media pick up on that, and people don't pay close enough attention that the source for that "news" is un-named people inside Obama's campaign, it can discourage supporters of Clinton or Edwards from bothering to stand in line at the polls in NH. These are the post work period in NH now, normally a lot of people cast their votes during the few hours before polls close.

Remember when the U.S. networks were prevented from calling elections based on exit polls while polls were still open? Remember the reasons? They apply here as well. That practive can be gamed.

[Apollo11]

11. Frank Luntz just told BBC TV that Obama's lead is less than 10 points

He is on a live satellite feed to Newsnight on BBC2 TV.

He says Obama is the Democrat that the GOP fears most, because of his ability to attract independents and swing voters.

[bigdarryl]

19. how the fuck does he know what the point spread is people in NH are still voting

FAT FUCK

[Occam Bandage]

12. Nothing for granted until the polls close.

[FrenchieCat]

13. Amen!

Be overly confident doesn't really make me feel better.

[Cha]

18. Precisely.

NOthing taken for granted. Ever.

[Tom Rinaldo]

16. Is your header accurate? Serious question...

Is the BBC literally calling NH for Obama or relaying reports from Obama's camp expecting him to win? If it is the latter than your header is a real problem for me at least, it implies that they are making a call based on non partisan sources. Not everyone reads the small print here or anywhere else, so I usually react negatively to distored subject lines, it too often is an attempt to manipulate - I doubt that's your intent - just saying.

[Apollo11]

22. They didn't say Obama had already won NH

But they did say it seemed that Obama was heading towards a big victory, and that his camp was expecting to win by a margin of around 10 points, based on early indications.

Back in 2004, the BBC used exit polls to predict that Kerry was heading towards winning the Whitehouse. But that's another story.