The Field projects Barack Obama as winner of Texas Primaries.

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The Field Projects Obama Winner of Texas Conventions



The numbers keep rolling in over at Burnt Orange Report.

The Field projects Obama to win today’s Democratic conventions in Texas by a comfortable margin which will give him an advance of between 9 and 11 Democratic National Convention delegates when all is said and done.

Of the 4,407 state convention delegates yet to be determined, 893 will come from Dallas (where Obama is so far winning 65 percent of the votes) and from Houston (where Obama is so far winning 75 percent of the votes). Other key Obama strongholds are yet to come in, and together outnumber the Clinton strongholds (San Antonio, El Paso and others) yet to be counted.

Essentially, Obama is outperforming throughout the state except for in the (largely counted) Rio Grande Valley region and in the northernmost parts of the Texan Panhandle, where Clinton has overperformed. But the math should guarantee a victory for Obama when the tallies are all in.

We’ll keep updating hard numbers from Burnt Orange Report.

At 9:50 p.m., with 56.6 percent of all state convention delegates selected:

Obama: 2,580 (59.6 percent)
Clinton: 1,749 (40.4 percent)

http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/?p=968

[DesertFlower]

1. thank you for letting us know.

that's a great picture.

[ShockediSay]

2. Is it me, or were the Clintons touting a win in Texas?

someone please 'splain me

[KittyWampus]

4. Texas primary has two main parts. Primary vote and then caucuses. Clinton was ahead by slight margin

in first part of process, but after second part it turns out Obama won.

Like scoring in football has two parts- touch down and then field goal.

Clinton is trying to say that only the touch downs count towards final score.

[MagickMuffin]

19. They are NOT caucuses, they ARE conventions

I will keep trying to correct this error.

They are some what like a caucus but they are actually conventions.

Primary Conventions, Senate District or County Conventions, and State Convention.

[StevieM]

8. Hillary did win and even the biased, pro-Obama media won't go along with this lie (eom)

[Johnny__Motown]

9. She won the popular vote, not the primary. Texas Two Step..err... Four step,

[anonymous171]

10. Pro-Obama? Have you even been alive these past few weeks?

[zulchzulu]

3. Looks like somebody got her ass kicked in Texas

What's the finger wagging lip-biting Cheater In Chief gonna say now about his Little Tanya Wannabee?

[IndianaGreen]

5. Hillary will say that Texas don't count and that it is bizarre.

Look at how she dissed Iowa after months of kissing Iowa's ass before the caucus.

[MonkeyFunk]

6. Your headline is wrong

Clinton won the primaries. Obama may win the caucuses.

[oasis]

7. True dat.(eom)

[Johnny__Motown]

11. I believe the primary is composed of 2 parts, the popular vote and the caucuses. Winning the popular

vote portion is not the same as winning the primary (unless I am confusing my terms)

[Political Heretic]

24. Primary. Caucuses. All go to Convention which is what we are talking about now

By the way, both primaries and caucuses are by popular vote. Caucuses are not closed. They are open.

Yes, there are non-specific constraints to caucuses, like having to be able to show up at a certain time and devote a couple hours to the process, and getting in when there isn't enough room.

I think primaries are better because they are accessible to the most people, but I loathe some of the exaggeration being done about caucuses, which have been around for ages without complaint, simply because one candidate is losing them. If she was winning them, she would be talking about how great caucuses are for democracy and how primaries are unfair and terrible.

[stillcool]

12. The voting primary and the caucus part of..

the primary happened the same day. Today is the Convention.

[DrFunkenstein]

13. Let's Just Shorten It To "Obama is The Winner"

It's got a nice ring to it.

[MonkeyFunk]

14. Yes, I know they happened on the same day

There was a primary and a caucus. Clinton won the primary.

More voters in Texas want Clinton.

[Tarheel_Dem]

16. cause Rush told them to.....

funny...they went out to cast a vote for her to screw with the primary, but they weren't interested enough to show up for the caucus portion. Funny that.......

[MonkeyFunk]

20. More Republicans in Texas

voted for Obama than Clinton.

[Tarheel_Dem]

22. If you say so.......

you, me, and Rush know the truth about Texas.

[MonkeyFunk]

26. Not just my say-so

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#TXDEM


Go to page 4. Republicans voted for Obama over Clinton 53% to 46%.

[Zynx]

15. Not a totally accurate headline. He won the caucus. She won the primary.

Neither result can really be denied.

[SunsetDreams]

17. In a primary race...it is delegates that count

Check the Texas newspapers....he won Texas

Delegates represent the will of the people.

I do see what you mean about the title of the post though.

[Johnny__Motown]

18. I think it can.. they start out as 2 parts, but are combined into one delegate count in the later

phases.


It is only one contest, it is just played out in two stages.

[Political Heretic]

25. Winning a nomination race is determined by getting the most delegates.

It's like saying that the Red Sox won over the Yankees by having the most players on base, but scoring 3 runs while their opponent, the Yankees had less men on base but scored 7 runs. Number of men on base isn't what matters. Red Sox lost 3-7.

[crankychatter]

21. If Texas says Obama wins then Obama wins

all the rest is BS

[Hope And Change]

23. K&R!

:kick:

[gristy]

27. Obama did not win the Texas primary

You changed the headline of the article for your subject line. The article you link is talking about the Texas convention, not the Texas primary. Clinton won the Texas primary by 4 percentage points. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#TX

[seabeyond]

29. i thought by the time all said and done hillary LOST the primary....

she won the popular vote and lost the caucus resulting obama more votes during the primary, hence giving him the win of texas.

????

[Scurrilous]

28. K & R

:thumbsup: