What Was The Biggest Surprise Of The Night?

[THUNDER HANDS]

Poll question: What Was The Biggest Surprise Of The Night?

What shocked you most tonight?

[Muttocracy]

1. Edwards - except it's the caucus round-down problem all over again n/t

[jlake]

3. Yup.

[Muttocracy]

11. has anyone seen exit/entrance polls?

I'm being lazy by not tracking them down but others may have seen them already. I figure this is kinda like Biden having 5% in the entrance polls and coming out with 1% from the caucus. And then the media happily reporting BIDEN GOT LESS THAN 1% SUPPORT IN IOWA. Sigh.

[FrenchieCat]

22. They said 8-9% for Edwards....

The poll had them at a statistical tie.

[MercerForPrez]

2. Mercer Jr. not meeting the viability threshold

in many counties.

[Unsane]

18. lol

[AGirl]

4. Obama can't admit defeat - biggest suprise

[robbedvoter]

7. Been doing that for the past 3 races...why surprised?

[AGirl]

5. Obama can't admit defeat - biggest suprise

[robbedvoter]

6. Edwards' results are a consequence of the f*ed up caucus system

He did get votes, I'm sure, but were canceled by quorums and other fuzzy math they use there.

[JI7]

8. i think many Edwards people decided to support Hillary

when they saw how much they were outnumbered. he would have come in third anyways but that the number is so low was probably because of that.

i bet Bill also targeted those he saw were Edwards people since they might not have had the numbers in the first place.

[HughMoran]

9. I thought Hillary winning 7 of 9 Casinos was the big story

I really didn't expect this at all. Edwards getting only 4% was a shocking event too though :wtf:

[calmblueocean]

10. Romney's finish was huge

Not just among Mormons, but among everyone. Even if no Mormons voted in Nevada, Romney still would won easily. That's big.

[smalll]

12. Another green line voter here.

The phony is phinished. :shrug:

[TriMetFan]

13. I'm super pissed that....

Edwards came in 3rd and with so low of a percentage. I had a feeling Hillary would win, Edwards would get 2nd and Obama 3rd.

[emilyg]

14. I just don't understand why he's not doing better.

[calmblueocean]

15. It's because of the media

The media decided months ago that the story of the Democratic nomination in 2008 was "the first woman president vs. the first black president", and there's no room in that story for John Edwards. If you can't get media coverage in this country, you can't win.

[Muttocracy]

16. yeah, plus the financing related to media coverage

for a while he was "the guy who ran last time" but the media likes a nice clean he said, she said apparently.

[TriMetFan]

17. I don't know either.

I just hope that if Hillary wins the nom. that she picks John as her running mate. I think Obama has screwed himself. And anyway John wouldn't let the repukes get way with shit.

[emilyg]

19. Would be an interesting combination.

[TriMetFan]

25. Yes it would.

:evilgrin: It would be nice having some-one as VP that would not put up with the shit from the repukes or Dem's.

[Egnever]

24. LOL sorry but that makes me laugh

He got his ass handed to him by cheney in the debates last time around. What is it with you Edwards supporters and your selective memories.

[jzodda]

20. This is an easy poll

I was reading polls suggesting that Edwards was basically tied for the lead (within margin of error) up to the day before this thing and then he gets 4%? I was stunned.

[Lucinda]

21. The Huckster doing as well as he did.

[2rth2pwr]

23. The poory part is what gets me. nt

[sandnsea]

26. Obama winning rural NV, 60% in Elko

That really needs to be the big story going into SC.