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Hillary Picks Up A Superdelegate, Loses One

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Super Delegates!!!

This is almost the exact same post I wrote a couple days ago, and so far she’s simply running in place, unable to add any to her total.
First, she lost Rep. Donald Payne from New Jersey with the congressman citing the reason as trying to pull the party together…
“After careful consideration, I have reached the [...]

May 9th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Hillary Adds Pennsylvania Superdelegate

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Pennsylvania, Super Delegates!!!

So it’s 8 to 4 post-Pennsylvania in Obama’s favor since he announced an additional superdelegate today.
From PennLive:
Hillary Rodham Clinton will pick up the support of another influential superdelegate this morning when Bill George declares his support for the senator from New York.
George, the president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, had been one of six remaining undeclared [...]

April 30th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

After PA, Obama Needs to Work on Image

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Pennsylvania

Joe Klein takes stock of the Pennsylvania primary aftermath and decides Barack Obama was hurt by the six-week campaign
[Obama] entered the primary as a fresh breeze and left it stale, battered and embittered — still the mathematical favorite for the nomination but no longer the darling of his party. In the course of six weeks, [...]

April 24th, 2008 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

Revised Pennsylvania Spread: 9.2%

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Pennsylvania

The numbers are still shifting in the race, but with .49% left to report Hillary still hasn’t hit the “double digits” the media is widely misreporting today.
Here are the numbers…
Clinton - 1,238,232 - 54.6%
Obama - 1,030,703 - 45.4%
Clinton popular pickup - 207,529
What’s curious about these numbers is these were the totals this morning…
Clinton: [...]

April 23rd, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Hillary Gloom

By donar | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Billary, Cartoons, Democrats, Pennsylvania, Political Graffiti

Six more weeks of negative vibes :(

April 23rd, 2008 | Permalink| 16 Comments »

Final Spread From Pennsylvania: 8.6%

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Pennsylvania

She actually didn’t break the 10% threshold that was widely reported.
Official Vote Total
Clinton: 1,235,067 - 54.3%
Obama: 1,041,366 - 45.7%
Clinton popular pickup - 193,701
PA Pledged Delegates (via CBS)
Clintpn - 82
Obama - 69
Clinton delegate pickup - 13
Total Pledged Delegates
Obama - 1,482
Clinton - 1,328
Obama pledged delegate lead - 154
Total Delegates
Obama - 1,710
Clinton - 1,584
Obama total delegate lead - [...]

April 23rd, 2008 | Permalink| 7 Comments »

With 84% In, Hillary Hits 10% Threshold

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Pennsylvania

This is the homestretch and if she can hold this, she might just be able to get the double digits she needed out of PA.
Some realities…

97% of Philadelphia county has reported their results, so it’s unlikely Obama will gain much from his biggest support base in the state.
Lehigh county has only reported 60% so far, [...]

April 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Hillary Winning by 8% With 73% In

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Huckabee, McCain, Pennsylvania, Republicans, Ron Paul

It’s Clinton/Obama - 54/46…
Sure, it’s not double digits for Hill, but it’s damn close.
Here’s the raw count…
Hillary Clinton - 855,147 - 54% - 37 delegates
Barack Obama - 718,294 - 46% - 31 delegates
I’m checking with CNN and MSNBC for the latest results.
Oh, and just for fun…here are the Republican numbers…
John McCain - 344,568 - 72%
Ron [...]

April 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Hillary Wins Pennsylvania

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Pennsylvania

That much everybody expected. By how big a margin is the question now.
From ABC:
As the results pour in, pundits, Democrats, and the media will characterize whether Clinton won by a large enough margin of victory. Devine and other Democrats have long argued the New York senator needed to win the Keystone State over Obama by [...]

April 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Pennsylvania Popular Vote/Delegate Realities

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Pennsylvania

A lot of people have been asking “what’s a win for Hillary tonight?”
Well, the whispers have been she has to win by double digits, and that’s certainly doable. However, the New York Times sets a higher bar when you look at it from a popular vote delegate standpoint…
Mr. Obama has now drawn 13.3 million votes, [...]

April 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Biggest Turnout Ever In Pennsylvania Primary

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Pennsylvania

From NY Times:
“Let’s just say it’s very busy,” said Joseph Passarella, the director of voter services for Montgomery County, sounding a little harried. “Our phones have been ringing since 6:15 this morning and have been ringing nonstop. We’ve never had a primary election this busy.”
Voting lines were long and voter-service phone lines were jammed across [...]

April 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Pennsylvania Exit Polls Show Backlash For Hillary’s Attacks

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Pennsylvania, Polls

This last week she apparently ran nothing but attack ads against Obama and that could have hurt her.
From ABC:
Despite all the down-to-the-wire campaigning, preliminary exit poll results indicate that nearly eight in 10 Pennsylvania voters made up their minds at least a week ago, and six in 10 decided on their candidate more than a [...]

April 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Drudge PA Exits: Clinton 52, Obama 48

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Pennsylvania, Polls

That’s the word from the exit polls we’re seeing now.
Here’s some demo info:
Women
Clinton 55
Obama 44
Men
Clinton 47
Obama 53
Also, here’s a tidbit from Politico which might not be good news for Obama…
The cities and suburbs usually report their returns first, which gives the candidate favored in those areas a quick – and sometimes fleeting – lead. The [...]

April 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

How Can Obama Win Pennsylvania?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Pennsylvania

Oddly enough, by repeating the strategy Hillary supporter Ed Rendell used against Obama support Bob Casey, Jr. in the 2002 Democratic gubernatorial primary.
From Politico:
Rendell won that closely contested race with a coalition of African Americans and upscale, highly educated white voters—a coalition like the one assembled by Obama. Casey focused on blue collar workers, union [...]

April 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Poll: Hill Leads By 10 In Pennsylvania

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Pennsylvania, Polls

Zogby has shown Hill’s lead widening in these crucial final days and now the spread stands at Clinton/Obama - 51/41, up from 48/42 yesterday.
The last word:
Pollster John Zogby: “Sounds like a radio station’s call letters, but remember WECM – white, ethnic, Catholic, men. That is what put Clinton into her double digit lead here in [...]

April 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »