1% of Texas precincts reporting, 800,000 total votes? Impossible...

Tue Mar 4, 2008 8:38 PM EST

What is this on CNN? Obama: 459,430 (56%) Clinton: 348,141 (43%) How can more than 800,000 votes represent 1% of even the population of a state with 22.5 million people? Even if 800,000 is 2%, that would mean there are 40 million total votes.

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Why Hillary Will Lose

Seeded on Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:41 AM EST (RealClearPolitics)

Dick Morris, a former political adviser to Sen. Trent Lott and President Bill Clinton, projects that the nail is in the coffin for the Clinton campaign.

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Texas and Ohio Won't Decide the Democratic Race

Seeded on Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:24 AM EST (TNR's The Worst Political Sex Writing The New Republic)

Jonathan Chait points out in this article that Texas and Ohio combine for 334 delegates, while the recent string of Obama victories comprise of 353 delegates.

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For Edwards, it's all about John

Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:54 AM EST

If John Edwards' withdrawal from the primary process tells us anything, it's this: for all his pandering to the hard-working American public, he is ultimately concerned with numero uno.

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Obama pulls punches vs. Clintons

Seeded on Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:35 AM EST (Politico)

All the talk about how rough the Democratic presidential race is becoming is absurd. Considering that Hillary Rodham Clinton is running to restore the personalities and policies of the 1990s to the White House, it is astonishing how gentle the debate has been.

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Slick Willie Rides Again

Seeded on Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:56 PM EST (The Nation)

The Clintons play dirty when they feel threatened. But we knew that, didn't we? William Greider provides a well written opinion peice about the calculated, ego-maniacal, pathological liar Clinton couple.

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45% of Michigan voters don't want Clinton, just how electable is she?

Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:40 AM EST

In a state where the Democratic party will not sanction the results, one thing was made evident by the January 15 primary.

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Democratic Debate Frustration

Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:43 AM EST

As a voter trying to determine the best candidate for whom to vote in the South Carolina Democratic primary, I was appalled by MSNBC's choice of questions in the Democratic Debate last night.

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Delegates, not popular vote, secures nomination

Wed Jan 9, 2008 7:04 AM EST

As the media spins Hillary Clinton's success in New Hampshire last night, it is important to remember that it's delegates, not the popular vote, that allows a Democratic president hopeful to secure the nomination. In that all important contest, the results were dead even:

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