[Updated w/Link] Hillary Negates Obama's gain in Mississippi...Picks up 5 new Pledged Delegates.

by ScottinNJ, Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:23:44 PM EST

This is going to be brief but I have seen similar diaries by Obama supporter when he picks up a couple of delegates here and there through revised book-keeping. So let's applaud Hillay Clinton now when erased Obama's gain in Mississippi within a day with such ease! An AP Newsflash about an hour ago tells us the following: Sen. Barack Obama picked up five more delegates than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Mississippi's Democratic primary Tuesday. But Clinton erased the gain Wednesday after final election results became available from a couple of Super Tuesday contests. ... Obama won the primary with more than 60 percent of the vote, according to unofficial returns. But Clinton was able to hold down Obama's delegate gains by winning one of the state's four congressional districts. Obama carried the other three. Clinton eliminated the gain when she picked up delegates based on final results from the New York primary and the Colorado caucuses, both of which were held Feb. 5. Clinton gained four delegates in Colorado and one delegate in New York.

Update [2008-3-12 23:14:32 by ScottinNJ]: Link to the AP story is here. As pointed out in the comments she apparently also picked up 3 new super delegates

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In any event . . . (2.00 / 2)

Obama is still winning. And as his campaign says:

    When we won Iowa, the Clinton campaign said it's not the number of states you win, it's "a contest for delegates."

   When we won a significant lead in delegates, they said it's really about which states you win.

   When we won South Carolina, they discounted the votes of African-Americans.

   When we won predominantly white, rural states like Idaho, Utah, and Nebraska, they said those didn't count because they won't be competitive in the general election.

   When we won in Washington State, Wisconsin, and Missouri -- general election battlegrounds where polls show Barack is a stronger candidate against John McCain -- the Clinton campaign attacked those voters as "latte-sipping" elitists.

   And now that we've won more than twice as many states, the Clinton spin is that only certain states really count.

   But the facts are clear.

   For all their attempts to discount, distract, and distort, we have won more delegates, more states, and more votes.

   Meanwhile, more than half of the votes that Senator Clinton has won so far have come from just five states. And in four of these five states, polls show that Barack would be a stronger general election candidate against McCain than Clinton.


No vetting is complete until we've seen the tax returns.
by Bill White on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:28:23 PM EST

Re: In any event . . . (2.00 / 1)

And he also wins the 2008 Primary's George Orwell Medal of honor for "true speak" when after sweeping SC primary with like 105% of AA vote he has his supporters chant "Race does not matter!"
by ScottinNJ on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:34:11 PM EST
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Help ! I cant remember what a coalition is! (none / 0)


by inexile on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:36:01 PM EST
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Re: Help ! I cant remember what a coalition is! (none / 0)

So we must applaud the "coalition" that republicans put together for their new southern majority .. (winks and nods & all)
by ScottinNJ on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:55:12 PM EST
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Re: Help ! I cant remember what a coalition is! (none / 0)

Yeah new rule.

AAs cannot vote for Obama.  Old, white women cannot vote for Clinton.

Let's just the virile white males decide the election.

That would be a good idea, right?

please....


by zonk on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 07:23:40 PM EST
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Obama's undercover brothers (none / 0)

in Utah, Idaho, Washington state, Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin and Illinois also were a big help. Oh, and Iowa, and the others.

Who knew so many black people were living peacefully amongst their farmer neighbors AND NO ONE EVEN KNEW they were black.


No vetting is complete until we've seen the tax returns.
by Bill White on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 11:55:10 PM EST
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Silly nonsence. (2.00 / 1)

Although I am sure it wont be appreciated here is a dispassionate display fo the actual present numbers. As always I have stolen the data from Chris Bowers.
Democratic Nomination Campaign Delegate Projection
Delegate Type Obama Clinton Other Remaining 50%+1
Pledged 1,408.5 1,252.5 26 566 1,627
Super 206 242 0 271 NA
Projected Add-ons 40 24 0 12 NA
Total 1 1,654.5 1,518.5 26 849 2,024.5
Florida 71 116 13 10 NA
Total 2 1,725.5 1,634.5 39 859 2,129.5
Michigan 1 82 55 18 NA
Total 3 1,726.5 1,716.5 94 877 2,208

by inexile on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:34:39 PM EST

Re: Silly nonsence. (none / 0)

Not including this is so undemocratic.


Restore America's Strength.
by RJEvans on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 07:18:18 PM EST
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I was about to delete one of my earlier diaries... (2.00 / 1)

...To post this news, but you beat me to it.

Thanks!


by andrewalker08 on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:35:41 PM EST

Re: I was about to delete one of my earlier ... (none / 0)

Sorry! I did not mean to preempt you!!
by ScottinNJ on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:57:29 PM EST
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It's ok...this is the kind of pre-emption... (none / 0)

...I can get behind.


by andrewalker08 on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:59:00 PM EST
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Re: Hillary Negates Obama's gain in Mississippi... (none / 0)

Excellent news! Oh let me get out my calculator and see how how far ahead Obama is among pledged delegates. Oh My God! An astounding +96 according to my MATH. Guess we had better jump on his bandwagon now while the going is good.  LOL


Steven Shaman Publisher Skywatch-Media News
by steve468 on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:38:49 PM EST

Re: Hillary Negates Obama's gain in Mississippi... (2.00 / 1)

Either your calculator is wrong, or you don't know how to use it; Obama is up 142 PD's, per DemConWatch; 163, per RealClearPolitics, which is probably closer to accurate.


by Cycloptichorn on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:45:48 PM EST
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Re: Nobody Knows for Sure (none / 0)

I have heard so many figures floating around that it makes your head spin. Anyway....who cares..the pledged delegate count is not going to decide this election


Steven Shaman Publisher Skywatch-Media News
by steve468 on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 07:26:57 PM EST
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This is great... (2.00 / 0)

Nothing is more democratic and transparent than a process that takes over a month to figure out who actually won what. Except maybe the Texas caucuses, where we'll probably never find out the results.

We have to move to primaries in every state for 2012, with the national winner getting the nomination. We can still send delegates to wave signs on the convention floor and applaud after every other sentence in a speech, but this whole thing is just nuts.


by OrangeFur on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:42:16 PM EST

Re: Hillary Negates Obama's gain in Mississippi... (none / 0)

First they scorn liberals, then black people, and now, people who can do math.

You don't need an exit poll to tell you Clinton's core support is people who never finished high school.


by EMTP democrat on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:45:41 PM EST

Re: Hillary Negates Obama's gain in Mississippi... (2.00 / 1)

Thanks!  As an HRC supporter with an MBA and a JD, I'm glad you think I can't do math or didn't finish high school!


by cmugirl90 on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:46:40 PM EST
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Re: Hillary Negates Obama's gain in Mississippi... (2.00 / 1)

This Obama guy has such "humble" supporters ... much like the candidate himself. I guess I should return my Ph.D. as well since I was just told that I never finished high school!
by ScottinNJ on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:50:49 PM EST
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Re: Hillary Negates Obama's gain in Mississippi... (none / 0)

Didn't you know, they are all college educated with PHD's and very affluent...at least that is what the exit polling is showing for Obama. The high school graduates and less fortunate are idiots in their eyes. The Obama supporters seem to have no shame, can you imagine having them in the white house, they would deport all those who don't have college degrees....which by the way is the majority of the democratic electorate.


Steven Shaman Publisher Skywatch-Media News
by steve468 on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 07:30:12 PM EST
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Re: Hillary Negates Obama's gain in Mississippi... (none / 0)

Hehe, you should get your money back.


I love all people ... even fundamentally flawed ones -- me.
by pitahole on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 08:03:37 PM EST
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PhD student here for Hillary (none / 0)

and I drink lattes and am from Seattle!


by sterkt on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 07:22:40 PM EST

Re: PhD student here for Hillary (none / 0)

And I'm a high-tech worker in San Francisco for Hillary!


99% perspiration
by DaveOinSF on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 07:39:18 PM EST
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Re: PhD student here for Hillary (none / 0)

Maybe you two can commiserate together when BHO is the nominee ;)


I love all people ... even fundamentally flawed ones -- me.
by pitahole on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 08:02:52 PM EST
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Re: Hillary Negates Obama's gain in Mississippi... (none / 0)

thank you! can you post the link?


Welcome to a Landslide without white Working class, Latinos, Women, Seniors and holding-on sweeties
by engels on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 07:42:18 PM EST

thanks... (none / 0)

i'm not a hillfan, but i like hearing about delegate pickups.  i believe she also lost a superdelegate today, since spitzer resigned (paterson was already a hillary super), but gained three others...

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hUPSX LSf9BMjfyPSCc2sdK8RtV8QD8VC4SHO0


"Anyone who voted for me or caucused for me has so much more in common with Senator Obama than Senator McCain." -- Hillary Clinton
by bored now on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 07:55:55 PM EST

Gotta link? (none / 0)

Just askin'.


Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.
by Walt Starr on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 08:33:54 PM EST


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