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Old 02-12-2008, 05:02 PM
 
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Polls just closed but MSNBC and Fox have already projected Barack Obama as the winner in Virginia. He just keeps on rolling.
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Old 02-12-2008, 05:10 PM
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Good.

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Old 02-12-2008, 05:13 PM
 
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I don't like the idea of calling elections solely on exit polls, but I don't think the projection is wrong.
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Old 02-12-2008, 05:19 PM
 
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I spoke with a lot of Obama supporters while I was standing in line waiting to vote today...it will be interesting to see what the margin is.
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Old 02-12-2008, 05:30 PM
 
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Polls just closed but MSNBC and Fox have already projected Barack Obama as the winner in Virginia. He just keeps on rolling.
Ouch. That hurts!

Okay, so what's Hillary's excuse for losing this time?
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Old 02-12-2008, 05:35 PM
 
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I spoke with a lot of Obama supporters while I was standing in line waiting to vote today...it will be interesting to see what the margin is.
With proportionality at work the bigger the margin the more delegates for Obama. He will lead in overall delegates at the end of the night, even when factoring in Clinton's lead in superdelegates.
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Old 02-12-2008, 05:52 PM
 
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I guess thats it. Everybody wants John McCain to be the next President. More of the same yeah!
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Old 02-12-2008, 05:59 PM
 
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I guess thats it. Everybody wants John McCain to be the next President. More of the same yeah!
Except that almost every poll shows Obama leading McCain head to head.

RealClearPolitics - Election 2008 - National Polls
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Old 02-12-2008, 06:01 PM
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Except that almost every poll shows Obama leading McCain head to head.

RealClearPolitics - Election 2008 - National Polls
That's what you call a statistical "dead heat".
Half a Willie Horton could send that lurching in the other direction within the space of one single 24 hour news cycle.
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Old 02-12-2008, 06:03 PM
 
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Except that almost every poll shows Obama leading McCain head to head.

RealClearPolitics - Election 2008 - National Polls

Ah yes. The unknown, unvetted Candidate leads the known, vetted Candidate McCain - for now.


I think it's troubling Obama doesn't lead by MORE than he does, when he has no negatives at all built into his numbers.
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