YAY! I heard Hillary will have LOST a net of 3 delegates from her "big win" in TX!

[jenmito]

Of course, that means she LOST TX. It's not a primary and a caucus, it's a prima-caucus, and the totals get COMBINED to find the winner. I'm sure people remember Bill Clinton telling voters, "It's all on you..." telling them TX is the only place it's legal to vote twice, and he needs them to go caucus after they vote. Looks like they didn't do that, so his wife didn't win!:

"All Things Considered, March 6, 2008 · New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has claimed victory in the Texas primary — but her rival, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, may walk away with a greater share of the state's delegates.

That's because the Texas contests are actually both a primary and a caucus.

Clinton won the primary with 51 percent of the popular vote to Obama's 47 percent, according to the Associated Press. Those results earned her 65 delegates to Obama's 61 delegates.

But allocating delegates in the Lone Star State takes a "Texas two-step." After the polls closed, more than 1 million Texans also attended caucuses, the results of which determine how about one-third of the state's delegates get awarded.

The state Democratic Party estimates that Obama will come out ahead: 37 pledged delegated to Clinton's 30 delegates. But the official tally of the Texas caucus won't be ready for months."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87961802

(Just a little perspective for all the Hillary supporters belittling Obama's win today in WY). :hi:

[K Gardner]

1. Even Tweety said the results of TX would be "determined by the spin". Evidently, the

networks have decided the Spin is In for Clinton.

[jenmito]

3. I heard that! Yet he's spinning it as a "restart" of the race. Of course, it's NOT.

But they want this to go as long as possible.

[Cha]

8. They can spin their

fucking mediawhore heads off..facts are freakin' facts.

Obama will get the word out on the ground as before.

[dailykoff]

2. Wow, they could engineer two Bush "wins"

but they couldn't figure out how to make Obama lose???? This guy is unstoppable!

GOBAMA!!!

[jenmito]

4. Yup. Also, here's an article saying how Hillary was trying HARD in WY!

"But Clinton threw some effort into Wyoming, perhaps hoping for an upset that would yield few delegates but considerable buzz and momentum. The New York senator campaigned Friday in Cheyenne and Casper. Former President Clinton and their daughter, Chelsea, also campaigned this week in the sprawling and lightly populated state."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080308/ap_on_el_pr/wyoming_caucuses

Guess all her "momentum" and efforts didn't work! :D

[dailykoff]

13. She loses when she loses and she loses when she wins.

Just like all the other pukes.

[jenmito]

17. And she'll lose the nomination.

The SDs aren't going to fall for her BS tactics and the media spin.

[ThatBozGuy]

5. There was no way the Rush Republicans could have done the caucus

They could easily vote during the day, in a a private conspiratorial way. But Im sure there was no way many of those same people could do it face to face with others with conviction. There just arent that many good liars( even republicans )

[jenmito]

6. OR they didn't want to use that much effort on her. Either way, it proved the reason she won

was thanks to those Rush Repubs.

[Cha]

11. I wonder how many rush repukes are in

the rest of the states if there're anymore open primaries?

[jenmito]

16. Well, PA is closed, but I'm sure they'll rear their ugly heads again. Laura Ingraham was

bragging about it on Faux a couple nights ago!

[Cha]

7. hilary's too damn vacuous to know there

was a two parter to the Texas primary. They thought they were going to cake walk away with the whole enchilada on Feb 5 Super Tues.

[jenmito]

10. I don't believe that for a second. I think she knows EXACTLY what's really

going on and that it's a TWO-part election with ONE final result. But since SHE won the primary PART of it, she and the media claimed she won the TX election.

[Cha]

20. That's true...hilary's lying..and the m$$$m

are lapping it up 'cause it's their freakin' meal ticket.

[jenmito]

23. Yup.

:hi:

[VolcanoJen]

24. Right, but remember, she was pre-spinning the caucus segment as corrupt...

... weeks before Texas. The head of the Texas Democratic Party had to expose potential lawsuits just to get the Clinton team to stop strong-arming him. Three weeks ago, the Clinton team was openly admitting they didn't "understand" the Two-Step.

They spun the caucus section of the Two-Step as corrupt long before it happened, leading the media narrative on a leash.

[blocker]

9. SO MUCH FOR THE COMEBACK KID!!!!

LOL

[jenmito]

12. Yup! And she thought she could maybe pull an upset in WY with her "new status" which leaves

her in pretty much the same position as BEFORE her "huge wins."

[AtomicKitten]

14. Sweeeeeeeeeeet!!!

[jenmito]

18. YES WE CAN! I mean, yes it is!

:hi:

[Why Syzygy]

15. Oh, rules don't matter!

Don't you know she is above rules? Obama WON TEXAS. The delegates are divided between the primary vote and the caucus vote. The TOTAL determines the winner. Those are the RULES she ignores.

[jenmito]

19. Exactly. I emailed the cable news shows asking them why their PRE-TX explanations

of how the "prima-caucus" works didn't hold when talking about the RESULTS of it.

[surfin]

21. He gained +12 delegates this week on her with the Ohio and RI

wins. He got another bunch of delegates from the unassigned and of course more from Wy. and another state gone.

[dailykoff]

22. And this was a GOOD week.

By Hillogic, that is.

[jenmito]

25. GOOD! I'm glad the SDs aren't falling for the Clinton/media spin. n/t