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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:21 PM Original message |
TX Caucus Totals - Clinton Total DROPPED! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not surprising. |
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LiveLiberally (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. I agree. and frankly don't understand the fuss.... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. It's just logic. |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. So Obama won 4 delegates in Texas, given the 56% lead. Who knows, maybe he won Texas by more. |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I think the question is, how can one have fewer total votes with more reporting? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. The caucus doesn't give you more... it's separate. |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. I don't understand what their totals represent then? Is it primary votes + confrence delegates or |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. In TX, Primary Counts For 2/3 Of Delegates & Caucus 1/3 |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
97. I GET that, sily.I was asking about the tally/representation method as it's being reported. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. Yes, they should be (and I think are) reported separately... |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. A Vote TOTAL Can't DROP |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Oh, I see what you're saying now... |
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LiveLiberally (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. I see your point & agree it looks strange but.... |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. I Heard They Have Until Friday To 'Mail' In The Results |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Welcome to Texas Politics 101. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #65 |
95. Do ya have to bring your own KY jelly? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
74. If the results are not mailed in |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #48 |
72. Actually it can |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. I Hope That TX Changes This System By 2012 |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Do you live here? |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. No - And I Said The Rules Are What They Are This Year No Matter Who Wins By The Current Rules |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #80 |
89. I dig it |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why are you taking CNNs word? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe there was an error that was fixed. |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. You're Referring To Gore's Negative Vote Count In Florida? |
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AllexxisF1 (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. Math ...ain't it a bitch. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Love The "Math" |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. As Stalin said... |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
88. Priceless! n/t |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why didn't Hillary's supporters show up for her at the caucus? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The pukes didn't want to commit THAT much to Hillary. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Yep. |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
71. The pukes have been showing up for Obama in caucuses since Iowa. |
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Thurston Howell III (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You got that right! |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. because they were righties messing with the primary. n/t |
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Alter Ego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:31 PM Original message |
Bill will just say, "They done stoled our election!" |
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aquarius dawning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. they were probably working. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I get the point... it's "cool" to use RW smears against supporters |
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aquarius dawning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Most of Obama's supporters are college students living off grants, loans, scholarships, mommy/daddy |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. and most HRC supporters cant remember where they left their dentures. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. Hah... |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
60. Bullshit |
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thevoiceofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
67. Facts? |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
69. the future |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
81. That was not my experience in Texas. Mixed race, ages, demographics in general. |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
91. Give me a fucking break |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Demographics |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
53. More than that - just life! |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
75. I know that |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
86. Buyer's remorse. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
87. The caucuses are a pain. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. You mean her supporters failed to attend their caucus? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Seems they've forgotten all about it. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. The world ended on Febraury's Super Tuesday - dontcha know?! |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Yeah. They had to work. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. And this disposes of the "only Obama supporters use RW smears" meme. |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Demographics. Clinton's supporters are blue-collar, Obama's are white-collar. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. No sale. |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. If it makes you feel better to call it a smear... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Sorry, no... |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. You're jumping on me |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Sorry, but I felt jumped on by that comment... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
56. How absurd. And inaccurate. |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. I think we're just going to have to disagree here |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Are you implying Obama supporters don't work? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
57. yeah, I'm just sitting here drinking my latte, living off of my trust fund |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. And then the limo takes you home... |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
94. This Obama supporter just got home from work |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
76. Too bad so sad for this meme |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Oh, they're there all right |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. it was 56 to 44 when I went to bed last night |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yeah, and? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. and Gore and Florida does not come to mind |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. see post #22 |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. so whos vote total is fishy then? who are they screwing??? |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
66. As The Votes Are Counted, You Cannot Have Less Votes As The Count Continues |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. This is uplifting in a sea |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. I was there, it was a mess and I saw rampant no-no's all over the place |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. I was there too in Texas Hill Country. We were reminded to come to |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. wow, look at that, dedicated democrats show up and vote for Obama |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. It is in flux |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Up Yes, Down No... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. Obama's winning streak--12, CLinton's winning streak--3 |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
38. so many of Hillary's voters had to rush home and post about it on Free Republic... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. It's been the obamafolk to go the the FR slime site for infor and bring it back here! |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. CNN's report leaves Obama winning Texas, despite contrary reports. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Thank you for posting. n/t |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
79. Thanks awaysidetraveler...this |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
70. It will likely shift a lot more before all the counting is done. |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. The Running Total Can Only Go Up, Not Down |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Yes, they can |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Ahhh...Sorry. I missed that. |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
82. Seems strange. |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
84. First - CNN messes stuff up all the time. Use official sources. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #84 |
92. Maybe they're counting voters at the caucuses? |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #92 |
96. Yes, that is probably where the "caucus voters" numbers likely come from |
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InAbLuEsTaTe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
90. That does seem oddd. Someone needs to check this out . . . |
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NMMatt (523 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Except CNN is not the official vote count |
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