Tuesday Morning Open Thread
9 hours ago
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
States Where Obama Won > 60%
Here's a nice bit of perspective I got this morning:
States & elections won with 60% or more of the vote:
BARACK OBAMA: 15 States + DC + VI
* Virgin Islands (89.9%)
* Idaho (79%)
* Hawaii (76%)
* Alaska (75%)
* District of Columbia (75%)
* Kansas (74%)
* Washington (68%)
* Nebraska (68%)
* Minnesota (67%)
* Colorado (67%)
* Georgia (67%)
* Illinois (65%)
* Virginia (64%)
* Maryland (62%)
* North Dakota (61%)
* Wyoming (61%)
* Mississippi (61%)
HILLARY CLINTON: 2 States
* Arkansas (70%)
* West Virginia (67)
BARACK OBAMA: 15 States + DC + VI
* Virgin Islands (89.9%)
* Idaho (79%)
* Hawaii (76%)
* Alaska (75%)
* District of Columbia (75%)
* Kansas (74%)
* Washington (68%)
* Nebraska (68%)
* Minnesota (67%)
* Colorado (67%)
* Georgia (67%)
* Illinois (65%)
* Virginia (64%)
* Maryland (62%)
* North Dakota (61%)
* Wyoming (61%)
* Mississippi (61%)
HILLARY CLINTON: 2 States
* Arkansas (70%)
* West Virginia (67)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Um, Yay?
I am watching MSNBC's coverage of the West Virginia results (which, of course, Hillary won) and just listened to Andrea Mitchell describe the race:
This was a predominantly white, older, less-educated vote. It is the perfect vote for Hillary Clinton.
Um, yay for her?
How, in the vast expanse of twisted Washington thinking, do we think that the same idiot mass of racist, small-minded George Bush backers is a BONUS for the democratic nominee?
The time of the drooling, unthinking redneck voters is over. Let them thrash and whine about voting for the "colored guy".
Without any sympathy or quarter, let us show everyone, in this election, that you either evolve in this modern society or slink back to your ramshackle cellar to make funny business with your second cousin paramour.
Feh.
I (heart) Huckabee
As always, I have pause before praising former Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee but, well, i repeatedly and consistently find him to be a generally honest, forthright person. I am watching MSNBC for the WV results and just heard Huckabee talk about the race, Obama and Clinton and,well, he reminded of an actual, normal, fair-minded person.
Sure, I find a vast bulk of what he advocates to be abhorrent but he seems like such a candid, likeable person.
In the grand scheme of things, I think the Republicans made a big mistake in nominating McCain. I think Mike Huckabee would be enough of a "real" person, with the right mix of base-pandering and acceptable personality to surpass what McCain will do. I think the sheen of McCain will slowly but inexorably rub off to show him for the wishy washy, lying hack that he is.
Mike, stay how you are.
Obama Tells Donors to Avoid 527s
Ah, what a breath of fresh air this man is:
Senator Barack Obama’s campaign is steering the candidate’s wealthy supporters away from independent Democratic groups, calling into question what had been expected to be the groups’ central role in this year’s Democratic offensive against Senator John McCain.
Obama’s national finance chairwoman, Chicago hotel mogul Penny Pritzker, told supporters at a national finance committee meeting in Indianapolis May 2, and in other conversations, not to give money to the groups, people familiar with her comments said.
Accidental Poetry
I accidentally came up with this when talking about the race today:
"Out with the old, in with the new.
A generational shift, long overdue."
Great Electoral News for Obama
From Andrew Sullivan:
Obama finally overtakes Clinton on the "Strong Leader" measure in ABC News' polling. More good news for the O-team:
Relatively few mainstream Democrats (as opposed to independents) say they'd cross over (13 and 10 percent, respectively). And as many Republicans say they'd defect the other way – 10 percent for Clinton if she faced McCain; 15 percent for Obama vs. McCain...
In another measure, 26 percent say the more they hear about Obama the more they like him – more than say that about Clinton (15 percent) or McCain (14 percent). Obama's the only one among them to have gained as much as he's lost in the recent public glare.
And the "wrong track" number is now 82 percent. This has the potential of an electoral earthquake.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Obama Ahead by 7% in New Gallup
Obama, the presumptive nominee, is now leading Hillary Clinton by 7% according to the most recent Gallup tracking poll:
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