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As you might guess from previous posts, I'd like to see results tabulated like this ...
Missouri 2008 Presidential Primary (candidates less that 10k votes ignored)
| Obama | 405,470 | |
| Clinton | 394,991 | |
| McCain | | 194,119
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| Huckabee | | 185,573
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| Romney | | 172,390
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| Paul | | 26,427
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| Edwards | 16,734 | |
| Totals | 817,195 | 578,509
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The 2008 Democratic National Convention, where the Democratic presidential ticket is formally agreed upon, has 796[3] superdelegates, although the number is not final until March 1, 2008. Superdelegates to the Democratic Convention include all Democratic members of the United States Congress, Democratic governors, various additional elected officials, as well as members of the Democratic National Committee.[4] A list of superdelegates can be found here.
A candidate needs a majority of the combined delegate and superdelegate votes to secure the nomination. Democratic delegates from state caucuses and primaries number 3,253, resulting in a total number of votes of 4,049. The total number of delegate votes needed to win the nomination is 2,025.[3] Superdelegates account for approximately one fifth (19.6%) of all votes at the convention. Delegates chosen in the Democratic caucuses and primaries account for approximately four fifths (80.4%) of the Democratic convention delegates.[3][5] Note: All numbers in this section assume that Michigan and Florida's delegates are not counted, as per current Democratic National Committee rules. If the rules change before or during the convention, the numbers above will change as appropriate.
Getting Past the '60s? It's Not Going to Happen
Good flashback on the reactionaries who are so often forgotten. Here's one I'll never get over:
"If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with." California Governor Ronald Reagan, April 7, 1970, in reference to using state violence to suppress protests at UC Berkeley.
lessig speaks up for obama.
This is not a story about the presidential horse race. It’s not about the policy positions of a freshman senator and candidate for national office. It’s about the enduring character of a boy and a young man, and how that character has emerged in adulthood. The Barack Obama who wrote so poignantly of adolescent alienation and the search for racial identity is the same Barack Obama who learned, the hard way, how to deal with the likes of Emil Jones Jr., a man whose cell-phone ring tone is the theme from The Godfather. Obama’s good looks and soft-spoken willingness to ponder aloud some of the inanities of modern politics have masked the hard inner core and unyielding ambition that have long burned beneath the surface shimmer. He is not, and never has been, soft. He’s not laid-back. He’s not an accidental man. His friends and family may be surprised by the rapidity of his rise, but they’re not surprised by the fact of it.
i thought it unlikely that anyone would pony up the money for a political spot during the superbowl. i was wrong about the patriots too.
first family?
And this is without the Dems campaigning in Fla.
| Clinton | 856,944
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| McCain | 693,425
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| Romney | 598,152
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| Obama | 568,930
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| Giuliani | 281,755
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| Huckabee | 259,703
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| Edwards | 248,575
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from here
On the Democratic side, Clinton beat rival Barack Obama in a tight Nevada contest. She won the popular vote but Obama won more delegates. (???) I guess I need a civics lesson.
the other night coward fineman could not stop gushing about tim russerts skill and fearsomeness as an interviewer and that hillary was brave to submit to an hour in his presence. judge for yourself right now but dont look directly into his eyes or you may not live to comment again.
