CNN projects Obama wins TX Caucus!!!

[usregimechange]

[babylonsister]

1. They mentioned...the Texas caucus? Be still my heart! Yay! nt

[usregimechange]

4. Yes, they even showed a mixed color on the TX map graphic

[LSparkle]

13. Great -- hopefully MSNBC will follow suit

Seeing Texas all colored-in for HRC has made me angry for the past
week!

[panader0]

9. KO just said that Hill prematurely declared victory in Texas.

Har Har!

[Cha]

42. Yes, now cnn has caught up

to Keith Olbermann.

[Adelante]

26. They were very clear about it, Sis

The state outline on the map was filled in with dark blue and light blue stripes instead of the solid blue for Clinton. YaY

[NightWatcher]

2. only one state voting, but Obama takes two victories

that's momentum

[usregimechange]

6. Ha! True so True

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

10. LMFAO, good one

[Carrieyazel]

34. No he didn't. He took 1 victory in the caucuses and Hillary won the primary.

CNN is showing a split state. Meaning one victory for Obama and one victory for Clinton.

[Cha]

43. Yes, he did...Obama got more

delegates.

[jenmito]

44. Um, the split is for the popular vote and the total delegate vote.

Duh.

[TBF]

3. It must be news now...

Took them long enough.

[NoodleyAppendage]

5. HA! HA! HA! Take that Geradine! Choke on it, you racist disappointment! n/t

J

[babylonsister]

7. Chuck Todd on KO just mentioned there are still races in OH that

haven't determined the delegates, so Obama might pick up one or two more there.

[Roland99]

16. And Obama has netted 4 more delegates out of CA in late vote counts.

[okasha]

8. You do realize--or maybe you don't--

that the Texas "caucus" has two more rounds to go? No one is allotted any delegates out of the process until June, and matters can become quite volatile between now and then.

Kick back and get a grip.

[writes3000]

11. "Projects". Did you catch that word in the OP's post? What do you think it means? n/t

[elehhhhna]

14. lmao

[okasha]

35. It's the OP who seems to think it means "wrapped up."

I keep pointing out that due to the nature of the Texas convention system, it's not at all a sure thing.

[HeraldSquare212]

15. That's right, Hillary's new argument as to why she's still viable: she's going to steal Obama's

caucus delegates. I guess that will make caucuses democratic again.

[antigop]

18. be sure to see this thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5021518&mesg_id=5021518

[no name no slogan]

19. she will

[HeraldSquare212]

20. The organization and enthusiasm she didn't have in the caucuses themselves will now magically appear

I doubt it. They just need to be able to point to another possible source of delegates to talk up their chances with SDs and fundraisers.

[TheDoorbellRang]

38. LMAO!

:rofl:

[stop the bleeding]

25. Get a Grip? okasha you need to Get a Clue.

God I am so over the spinning - IT'S OVER

[theredpen]

27. Actually, she's right

I don't know if the delegate count will change in the next few rounds or not. It could swing toward Obama, even.

I have a friend who's a precinct captain who is preparing for an all out delegate-flipping onslaught from the Clinton partisans. There were reports of flat-out fraud at the caucuses and they've all been about Clinton supporters. Here's a really entertaining one: http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/03/05/precinct-3549-sandra-crenshaw-goes-berserk/ (well, as entertaining as a story about a precinct being disenfranchised by a nutcase can be).

[stop the bleeding]

29. Yes the process is well documented, but for her to tell people to get a grip

is ridiculous. We all know that ALL the numbers are projections cause even though highly unlikely delegates can switch whenever they want. So everything is projected even Nevada. So she needs to get a clue about telling people to get a grip and to be snarky about it is even more insulting.

[theredpen]

36. self-delete, duplicate

[theredpen]

37. True, dat.

[okasha]

39. You poor little Obies are more sensitive than the princess with the pea

under the pile of mattresses. For your own sake, sweetie, do get a grip. You really can't go through life this way.

[stop the bleeding]

41. It must suck to go through life being condescending and hateful

Have fun:hi::beer:


Ooooh mommy she tried to break bad on my ass with princess and pea, oh what will I do?:rofl:

[snappyturtle]

48. According to the Lone Star Project, delegates are pledged to their

'assigned' candidates....didn't sound like a lot of wiggle room to me. I can't imagine a delegate in my local election NOT staying with his/her candidate....seems to defeat the purpose of the convention (caucus) in the first place. See what you think,,,,,it's under "Quick Facts".

http://www.lonestarproject.net/files/Texas_Delegate_Selection_Process.pdf

[stop the bleeding]

49. Listen, any pledged delegate can switch, however it is VERY UNLIKELY

since whoever is picked as a delegate to represent the winning candidate is usually a fervent supporter of said candidate. I am not questioning the rules in fact the opposite, they are obvious. All I was saying is that caucuses for states besides TX have to go through this multi step process and for her to act all snarky is wrong.

[okasha]

33. You just keep telling yourself that, dear.

Meanwhile, get a copy of the Texas Democratic Party rules and read them. You just might learn something.

[stop the bleeding]

40. Yes I am very familiar with TX and all the other caucus states. God if you spend

10 minutes in GDP you'll know anything and everything about the current battleground state(s). So you can take your condescending/snarky tone and stick it up your arse DEAR.:hi::beer:

[Upton]

12. He now leads by more delegates than before Mar. 4th

what happened to all that Hillary mo?

[adoraz]

17. yeah this was great news

[BumRushDaShow]

21. I saw that and fainted.

They casually blended that in with the MS results discussion.

[bonito]

22. Yes but it's that first lie (impression) that counts

Don't you know.

[quakerboy]

23. When are the rest of the TX caucus results due?

[quantass]

24. Mar. 25

[quakerboy]

30. Seriously?

wtf.

[rainbow4321]

32. March 29th is the deadline. And TX Dems have given up on a public running tally

Apparently, slowing the process is that some precincts "mistakenly sent their results to the state rather than the county".



http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iiLpWMaIEe0T0buAOcXm-Eb7DIQQD8VBG4M80

Curious whether Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton won Texas' Democratic caucuses March 4? The official results won't be available until March 29. Until then, the last reported results — from 41 percent of the precinct caucuses — show Obama ahead with 56 percent to Clinton's 44 percent.

Obama has won at least 31 delegates from the caucuses and Clinton has won at least 27, according to The Associated Press count. The remaining nine delegates will be awarded after the official results are announced at the end of the month.


The state Democratic Party gave up Monday on its effort to produce a running public tally of the count. The state party had set up a reporting system, outside the official count, that relied on 8,247 precinct chairmen to voluntarily call their results to 254 county chairmen who would relay them to state party headquarters.

But an estimated 1 million Democrats — far more than ever before — showed up for the caucuses, which were held right after voting ended in the first part of the Democratic contest: a standard primary administered by state government.

[supersonica]

28. And this is a surprise because?

Didn't we like, know that already?

[rainbow4321]

31. And in even more breaking CNN news, yesterday was March 10 and today...

is March 11th!!!!!! Standby for our panel of experts to analyze this CNN
exclusive....


How nice of them to actually mention we even had a caucus. Since they didn't bother to acknowledge it on Super Tuesday, they were too busy declaring HRC's TX "win".

At this rate, they will let us know Obama won the primary election....in Jan 2009...... as he is making his inaugeration speech.

[KaryninMiami]

45. Wow- finally- the mainstream media has reported what many of us have known for days.

Wonder if anyone has told the Clinton campaign yet... Time to stop saying she won Michigan, Florida AND Texas and time for Obama's team to start busting her every time she says it.

[jenmito]

46. I wish all channels would make both NV and TX striped! Didn't he win the delegate count in NV, too?

[jenmito]

47. I wonder if it has anything to do with me emailing CNN about exactly that!

:hi:

[usregimechange]

50. Maybe, I was able to get the NYT to update their web-site to reflect Obama's sweep of Washington

state counties.

[scarface2004]

51. i told you that last week!!

when maureen dowd wrote her snarky column about obama 'losing' texas i said she was full of shit because she didn't even know the first thing about our process down here. i spent hours tuesday night at the caucus...so i knew where it was going...the mainstream press is an asshole!

[usregimechange]

53. Yep but at least CNN reported this, now if they will stop reporting the opposite.

[usregimechange]

54. In fact if Obama won the caucus and more delagates, he WON the state of TX!

[L0oniX]

52. Nothing like counting delegates before they are hatched.

So March 4 was really 2 states for Obama and 2 for Hillarat. Oh and let's not forget that California just got Obama a few more delegates as well.