[UPDATE Tomorrow is today. Hillary wins TX. Obviously, Obama won't close the deal, and he should drop out immediately for the sake of the party.
Oh, and the nice thing here is that our famously free press, who were all rooting for her to lose, just like in NH, are once more exposed in all their massive suckitude. And the Boys on the Blogs* can't all sign the closing papers on their new homes in D.C. Those that aren't already there, I mean. What a shame.]
We won't know until tomorrow, and I've to to go to bed, but check out TalkLeft, may The God(ess)(e)(s) Of Your Choice, If Any, be thanked for their coverage:
Okay, it's down to Texas. 50% of the primary vote is in, and Hillary is ahead. She leads by 30,000 votes.
Hillary has swept through rural Texas. Obama has Dallas and Houston, but she has San Antonio by 12%. She'll also take El Paso and the South.
Looks like Texas Republicans aren't going to be able to pick the Democratic nominee. What a shame.
So, if Hillary wins the popular vote, and Obama wins the caucuses, that would prove exactly one thing:
The anti-democratic nature of the caucuses, which disenfranchise the poor, those who have to work, the ill, the elderly, the infirm, those with child-care issues, and those without cars.
Which I certainly hope the super-delegates take into account, which is their right and their role.
NOTE Among whom I do not, not, not number Lord Eschaton, who's been man enough to call out misogyny here, at least.
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So right, Lambert: of the 4 Dem voters in my family, only I
could attend the caucus tonight due to work and school and I was late because of class.
However, I ended up an alternate delegate to our county convention.
We can admit that we're killers ... but we're not going to kill today. That's all it takes! Knowing that we're not going to kill today! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
1 John 4:18
CNN Calls Texas for Clinton
The caucuses, OTOH, look to be well on their way to being a total clusterfuck. See http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/arch...
Clinton needs to push back against false nomination narrative
Her camp needs to combat the misinformation out there that Obama is the inevitable nominee due to pledged delegates. Most people don't understand that superdelegates will decided this contest and that delegates aren't the end all and be all since Clinton owns the big states ("big" in terms of size and critical importance), proving herself to be the stronger GE candidate. Also, the record needs to be straightened out on FL, MI; too many people believe the lie that Clinton "broke" the rules.
Being the pessimist I am, I can't help but feel unless there's push back against this false narrative, the super-d's will favor Obama enough to hand the nomination to him for fear of public backlash, if not anything else.
P.S. To end on a positive note, check out this great photo of these two little sisters supporting Clinton in Texas. After all the disgust over the misogyny during this campaign, this photo just got to me.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/03...
Oh, and this one, too (Hillary looks radiant):
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/03...
The Texas
scenario is brilliant. In a sense, it is a good thing Clinton did not win the caucuses. She can make the case that the caucuses are well unfair if not undemocratic. She won the popular vote. Ohio's margin was simply stunning. And Rhode Island, the bluest state in the nation, went 58-40 for her. Those are Democratic voters, not independents, not cross-over Republicans. I hope the superdelegates are paying attention to these results.
I also think if it comes to a brokered convention that favours Clinton. Still the longer this drags on the greater the damage to our chances in November. McCain gets to rest, hone his message, and bring his party together.
I have to wonder if Puerto Rico in June will decide the Democratic race.
The real danger
"Still the longer this drags on the greater the damage to our chances in November."
There is more than enough time to campaign successfully even in July.
The danger is the split of the party into winners and losers. An Obama win, being a hate monger and race baiter, makes it very difficult for me to swallow. It doesn't help that he is practically a Republican,
A Hillary win will force Obama's latte mobs to feel like mudering god. They are even more likely to vote either McCain, a true progressive doesn't support Obama, or the infamous Bush enabler Nader.
Separately, Hillary turns out to be an extremely tough lady. With the Obama mob spreading pure hate for her, a media that started the prayer for the dead for her from at about the middle of 2007 and spewing hate that should be investigated for hate crime, the KOS&Co foaming at the mouth with hate and curses against her and an inept campaign team headed by the traditional Democratic advisers who specialize in losing campaign and she is still keeping her head up and winning.
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