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Here is a list of counties in Maine. (By going through the lists you can assemble the start, end, and reporting times for all the precincts in Maine.)
to alleviate Drew's suffering.
Although, I don't need to lose it in order to walk into things like walls, as any of my friends can tell you. My amazing clumsiness is usually more than sufficient.
I'm still struck by the margin in Washington. I figured he'd take Seattle and Tacoma by healthy margins, but this was completely unexpected to me. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Clinton seems to be depending on the 65+ demographic who are a little more disengaged. They will throw the lever but not get heavily involved in the scrum.
At least that's how I read it.
Whihc might just be the interesting thing to happen to the Democratic party in a long lot of years. keep to the Fen Causeway
And, if that's her plan, it means she's got to win Texas and Ohio convincingly. She's raising expectations behind the scenes, and that may well spill over into the chatter on the talk shows. I don't know why the source, if he/she really supports Clinton, would do that. If she loses both, she'll be damaged beyond repair.
She's betting on Latinos in Tejas. But take a look at the polls: Obama's been closing that gap, barely losing Latinos in AZ and NM, and winning them in CT, and he's picking up key endorsements in the more Latino-dominated areas of Texas. She needs those areas to offset areas like Austin, where the college-town/liberal/young-professional lot should give Obama a huge advantage (or that's at least what I'd guess Austin looks like).
I'm not sure how Dallas-Ft Worth and Houston line up.
Texas is an open primary, too, and with the McCain nomination all but a mathematical certainty, Indies and moderate/liberal Reps could play a big role. The odd thing, to me, is that Clinton is winning with moderate Dems, while Obama is winning liberal Dems and moderate Indies/Reps. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
State Rep. Pete Gallego, chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, has announced he is endorsing Barack Obama for president. The Alpine Democrat had earlier supported his near neighbor, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. The non-partisan Mexican American Legislative Caucus comprises most Hispanic members of the Texas House of Representatives. Gallego said he was in the process of contacting other Democrats in MALC to see who they are lining up for in the presidential election.
The Alpine Democrat had earlier supported his near neighbor, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
The non-partisan Mexican American Legislative Caucus comprises most Hispanic members of the Texas House of Representatives. Gallego said he was in the process of contacting other Democrats in MALC to see who they are lining up for in the presidential election.
I doubt he'll get the Richardson endorsement, but it's telling that Richardson didn't endorse Clinton, given the history. Obama-Richardson, perhaps? Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
He has nothing to gain by endorsing either candidate. By not endorsing he keeps the potential for being the VP nominee of the winning campaign.
His presence on the ticket opens some space for the Democrat by putting Arizona, Florida, and Texas into doubt, forcing the GOP to throw money and clout into those states.
I don't think we're going to win Florida, simply because of the fact that it's more conservative than people tend to think. To win Florida, you need to come out a few hundred thousand votes ahead in Greater Miami, which is tough. And you also need to win swing cities like Orlando and Tampon Bay by decent margins.
Clinton's strength would be with older women showing up big, potentially, while Obama potentially brings large black turnout in key GOP areas like Jacksonville and perhaps shaves some anti-war military votes from McCain. The last poll I saw showed soldiers were even more anti-war than the general public, so there's potential to capitalize on it, breaking the typical 80/20 GOP advantage.
But, even with all that, Florida would be a dogfight. McCain will get huge turnout in the panhandle, between Tallahassee and Mobile. (Tallahassee, itself, will go 2/3s for the Dem no matter what, but it's everything to the West that will be solidly McCainiac territory.) Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
I guess maybe the church was afraid to go after Richardson for fear of losing Latinos? Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
If that's their strategy, they are getting increasingly delusional.
In my experience - admittedly it has been a while, the majority of PLEO (Political Leaders and Elected Officials) delegates are more concerned to protect/advance their own careers. Anything and everything else is secondary. Obama, by winning the elections on/in their turf is going to be a large factor in his favor. Clinton can say she will do this or that for them; Obama can deliver votes.
Obama 50% Clinton 48%
No idea where those are from. The Maine thread at dKos apparently has on-the-ground reports showing a good day for Obama elsewhere. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Doyle's getting canned primarily for the incompetence of Clinton's inner circle.
Fire Penn, Hillary. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Obama 57% Clinton 42%
Told you so :-)
I just got a text from MSNBC. Maine is being called for Obama. Clean sweep for the weekend. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Bush has offered to endorse McCain.
"McCain is a true conservative."
Might be useful in the primaries. Doubt it will be of good in the election.
(shrug) He's welcome to endorse McCain. I hope St John has to pander non-stop to the religionists between now and the conventions, because it's simply going to out him, in the public eye, as the extremist we all know he is. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
[Bush] also went after Obama on Faux News this morning ...
That's very strange.
Normally the sitting President doesn't play attack dog during the primaries. It too often backfires and gives the attacked more support within their party.
You'd have to be a dumb, ignora.....
Oh. Yeah. This is Bush we're talking about.
Never mind.
He was defending Bill Clinton's behavior in South Carolina and saying Obama would ruin our relationship with his bff Musharraf. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Just another day in the life of Captain Surreal. [shrug]
Captain Surreal. Love it. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
One of the Maine blogs has a rundown by city and town. It seems Obama won the vast majority, and by wider margins generally. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
IIRC, some of the caucuses won't be over until 8:00 PM Right Coast Time. Only the FSM knows when the results will be tabulated, reported.
Looks like an advantage to Obama in the big areas with scattered Clinton and Obama support in rural towns. Obama seems to have won the coast and the NE portion of the US-Canadian border. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
NBC is calling it for Obama.
Clinton just got creamed. I don't think she would have expected this in her worst nightmares.
I think Clinton is going to hang in there now at least until Texas. But Texas will be closer than she expects.
Oh - and Obama won a grammy today.
It's going to take more than Clinton's got to turn this around now. My guess is some party grandees will be lining up to have a word with her soon.
Obama has swept all of the big Texas newspapers, too.
It's not entirely impossible to imagine Obama winning there, especially if he's making inroads among the working-class whites and Latinos. And he may be. If he closes the gap with those two groups, it's over.
There's also perhaps a certain rally-to-the-leader-to-stop-McCain factor that may play in the next several contests. The fact that he may be leading her even if you count superdelegates has got to have Camp Clinton freaking out.
And, yeah, Grammys don't hurt, especially when the press will be talking of how he beat out Bill Clinton for it. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
It wasn't the biography one, though, I believe. It was the recent one. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Sherman was always great at readings, and he sparked many Native kids to develop their writing. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
He seems to be hitting his stride just when she stumbles, but I'm still hesitant to call it that way, since I'm still spooked from New Hampshire. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
But not much better.
Looking at the polls for Tuesday:
DC:
Clinton: ? Obama: ?
Note: I can't believe O isn't going to take this one big.
Maryland:
Clinton: 33% Obama: 52%
Virginia:
Clinton: 37% Obama: 52%
So things are looking grim for Senator Inevitable from New York.
She'll get delegates in DC, but Obama will easily beat her. Go with me on this when I say, it's only the chattering class that's voting for her there -- the West of the Park crowd. Beyond them, it's all black folks, students and young professionals in the District.
She's trying to push up her score in the DC exurbs in Virginia, like Manassas and Woodbridge. Obama will dominate Alexandria and Arlington, I'd guess, as the party machinery has bailed on her for fear of being voted out. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Go with me on this ...
OK, but only because it's you. ;-)
...the party machinery has bailed on [Clinton] for fear of being voted out.
Kee-rist!
How in Christ's name did they spend $150m and only make it to January 8th? Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Running a campaign the Old Fashioned Way has a major burn-rate.
Penn, all by hisself, has gotten - what? - five million or thereabouts?
So who will they blame it on this time? The blacks? The "latte liberals"? The kids? The press? The money? The caucus system? I want to see how Jerome Armstrong and his little minions at MyDD explain this one away.
Nothin' but a bunch of rich, young Negroes in Maine after all. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
I love that Taylor Marsh, that psychopath, is spinning the Doyle firing as a good thing. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Obama 57% Clinton 42% Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
