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Donna Edwards | 2,510 | 55% |
Al Wynn * | 1,884 | 41% |
as the kids say ... w00t!
New York Times reporter Phillip Shenon joins us to talk about his new book, The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation. Shenon says 9/11 Commission executive director Philip Zelikow had close ties to both Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Bush political adviser Karl Rove. He suggests that Zelikow sought to minimize the Bush administration’s responsibility for failing to prevent the September 11th attacks. [includes rush transcript–partial]
A sign of increased Democratic enthusiasm?
2004 California Primary | |||||
Bush | 2,216,047 | ||||
Kerry | 2,002,539 | ||||
Edwards | 614,441 | ||||
Kucinich | 144,954 | ||||
Dean | 130,892 | ||||
Sharpton | 59,326 | ||||
Lieberman | 52,780 | ||||
Clark | 51,084 | ||||
Braun | 24,501 | ||||
Gephardt | 19,139 | ||||
Totals | 3,099,656 | 2,216,047
58.3% | 41.7%
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Candidates receiving less than 10,000 votes ignored in the results above. Bush was the only candidate on the 2004 California Republican Primary ballot; he received 100.0% of the vote.
California 2004 General Election
Kerry | 6,745,485
| Bush | 5,509,826
| 54.4% | 44.4%
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Minor party candidates ignored in the results above.
2008 California Primary | |||||
Clinton | 2,133,975 | ||||
Obama | 1,737,807 | ||||
McCain | 986,384 | ||||
Romney | 801,873 | ||||
Huckabee | 272,719 | ||||
Edwards | 170,050 | ||||
Giuliani | 115,787 | ||||
Paul | 99,591 | ||||
Thompson | 45,805 | ||||
Kucinich | 20,216 | ||||
Richardson | 16,964 | ||||
Biden | 15,474 | ||||
Hunter | 12,215 | ||||
Totals | 4,094,486 | 2,334,374
63.7% | 36.3%
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With a hotly contested Republican Primary, the Republicans manage to get just over a hundred thousand additional voters to the polls, compared with the previous primary. The Democrats add a million voters.
The propositions on neither the 2004 nor 2008 primary ballots generated intense interest.
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 | |
Huckabee | 185,573 | |
Romney | 172,390 | |
Paul | 26,427 | |
Edwards | 16,734 | |
Totals | 817,195 | 578,509 |
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.
first family?