Hillary under 50% in Florida. Obama is now over 30%

[Joe the Revelator]

Thats got to be bad news for her team.

[rndmprsn]

1. she can't hit 50% in ANY state =]

big EMPTY victory for the status quo...go FLA!

[slick8790]

2. Eh

Everyone's polling about what was expected, at least according to the RCP averages.

[Joe the Revelator]

3. And now Obama is over 30%

[Debi]

6. Did you see the male/female breakdown and the age-group breakdown?

And Obama is STILL doing this well?!

February 5th is going to be :crazy:

[Joe the Revelator]

8. No, whats going on with those?

[Debi]

14. 41/59 male/female - 74% of the voters over the age of 45...

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#FL

[MonkeyFunk]

4. LOL

if that makes you feel better, rock on with your bad self.

[Catherine Vincent]

13. LOL!

[UALRBSofL]

19. Are they counting

absentee votes or not?

[book_worm]

5. Given her pandering to Florida that is significant

Currently Obama has 29%--not a bad showing for a straw poll nobody campaigned in

[mdmc]

7. I really thought that HRC would have the nom by now.

Barack Obama just might be able to give her a run for the money.

[ShortnFiery]

9. That's good news. We can do it!

Go Obama! :patriot:

[mrmx9]

10. Obama won more votes in Florida amongst those people who decided in the last week!

Could be important for Super Tuesday where there are a lot of undecideds!

[FrenchieCat]

11. That will be the story.......

Which is what Hillary deserves!

[Maven]

12. ROFLMAO.

[calteacherguy]

15. I still think they should go ahead with idea of a Florida caucus in the Spring. nt

[Auntie Bush]

16. On the contrary! It's bad news for Obama and good news for Clinton.

Aren't you getting dizzy yet from your spinning?

[calteacherguy]

17. This "primary" is meaningless. What are you talking about? nt

[Auntie Bush]

24. Your post should be in answer to the OP...not me.

I never claimed it was important. I was commenting on the stupid mixed up spin or the way the OP chose to describe the results. Go read the OP again and you'll see what i mean.

[Joe the Revelator]

21. How is it bad news for Obama?

He's doing well in a state he never had a chance in, that he had already conceded to Clinton, and that didn't matter.I say, all things considered, its a good night for him.

[jenmarie]

18. Ladies and Gentlemen

we have what I can call a media trend.

If it goes forward, we can expect this:

Every Hillary endorsement, every win, every upward tick in her numbers will be greeted with either silence, or will be diminished.... hereafter referred to as the 'Beauty Contest' paradigm. If she wins big- she will be accused of stealing the election somehow. If she wins by small margins - the coverage will zoom into the narrowness of that margin and she will be 'hanging on' to a precarious lead, unable to rest on her laurels.

BO, on the other hand, will be all about Joementum, ooops- I mean momentum. He will be crowned with great glory for each and every victory- regardless how small. The win will be the focus- we'll see these victory speeches with throngs of energized Change sign wavers and chanters. And PAY ATTENTION to the crowd miking. This is how they killed Dean by pulling back the ambient crowd sound and hiking up his microphone. With BO it's the opposite. Each rally will have crowd mikes at max (11 for you Spinal Tap fans!) Reporters will have to scream above the din. It's what the CIA does when they stage rebellions too. To make a crowd appear overwhelming. Clinton crowds will be softly miked.... if at all! Her voice will boom out over their muted background noise.

Each BO endorsement will be seen as a miraculous achievement (which is probably more racist than anything Bill Clinton has ever said) but nevermind-- it will be celebrated as historic, groundbreaking and don't we all feel so much better about ourselves now? Additionally- it will be portrayed by our friends with the heads-that-talk as yet another nail in the Hillary campaign... like Drudge who had her packing it in just before New Hampshire -- that's what they will play on.

The scripts are written. The talkers will be waxing enthusiastically over the young Barack's successes. John Edwards will be "who?".

I feel fairly confident saying this now after watching these past weeks. The behemoth hath chosen... One good thing is -- anyone who's paid attention these past years has figured out that the media aren't to be trusted and that they 'manufacture' much more than they 'report'.

h/t ms in la

[Levgreee]

20. People said Hillary had momentum after the wins in New Hampshire and Nevada

[AJH032]

22. bad news. lol

I think you've surpassed max RPMs on your spin machine.

[jackson_dem]

23. Obama is closer to third than he is to first despite running ads in Florida

[Auntie Bush]

25. Baaa haaa haaa

Clinton now has more than 51%. How about that? Do you want to reconsider your comment? :shrug: