80-20???

[Number23]

Local politicians in West Virginia are claiming Hillary may actually win WV 80-20 over Obama.

(snip)

"At a campaign stop in Logan, W.Va., Clinton was introduced by state Senate Majority Leader H. Truman Chafin, who talked about Clinton carrying the state 80 percent to 20 percent, or even 90-10.

"You think this crowd's noisy, just wait till we win like 80-20," Chafin said."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEMOCRATS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-12-19-24-36

Story notes that Obama has also begun to wear a flag pin on his lapel. Sad the things you have to do to campaign effectively in places like West Virginia.

[GarbagemanLB]

1. He will definitely win more than 20 percent.

[unlawflcombatnt]

23. At least 21%, maybe even a couple percent more

But then, he's the Great One, and the Democratic Party doesn't care what West Virginians think anyway.

It's all about the Great One's "charisma".

Or is it his connivery?

[FARAFIELD]

26. Funny thats what HillBots have said about the 31 States that Obama has won

You read that right 31, scorch POW

[jefferson_dem]

2. Probably won't be that wide a margin. I'm predicting 65-35.

Obama wore a flag pin today when talking forthrightly about Veterans issue. Good for him. :patriot:

[RBInMaine]

7. Yeah, probably around 65-35. With all respect, some WVers need to do more research.

[Tatiana]

9. I agree with this prediction. n/t

[stratomagi]

14. I see your 65-35 and raise you 61-39.

:P

[Number23]

19. Flag Pin

Well, I thought the comments he made in defense of not wearing the pins were right on the money. I actually think it's somewhat dispiriting that he feels he has to wear one in WV otherwise people there will continue to think he's unpatriotic.

[VolcanoJen]

28. He was speaking to a group of veterans, and I found it appropriate in the setting.

What's great about Obama is that he's not going to let anyone tell him when and where and how to show his patriotism. He'll choose to wear a flag pin if and when he feels it is suitable to the occassion, and somehow rises to it, and that really doesn't make him a hypocrite, no matter how much shrieking we'll endure from the Malkin Crowd on it. :-)

[Thrill]

3. Anything less than 80% for Clinton is a failure

[DemVet]

5. ...

:eyes:

[Thrill]

10. Bill Clinton said she would get it

so right back at yah:eyes:

[last1standing]

17. Anything at all is a failure for Clinton.

She has lost and no number of votes in WV is going to change that.

[FARAFIELD]

27. Actually anything under 83 would be a failure

thats what she needs plus the supers to win.

[LakeSamish706]

4. It really doesn't make one hell of allot of difference how much she wins by...

It will do nothing to change the outcome of the nomination. This thing is over and has been since NC at the latest.

[Raine1967]

6. WV....

A classic Dem stronghold.

[RBInMaine]

8. A "classic Dem stronghold" that went Bush in '00 and '04 ??????

[dsc]

12. In my lifetime we haven't won the whitehouse without WV

and only lost it once with it.

[PM7nj]

16. Al Gore lost WV

and I think you would agree he won.

[dsc]

20. and he would be in the white house now

had he won WV. That is a state we used to win routinely. It has had Democratic Senators since the earth cooled. It has had a Democratic governor for all but a couple of years in the past decades.

[PM7nj]

21. No. He would be in the White house if the supreme court hadn't stolen it from him.

[bigwillq]

11. She could win 99-1

and she's not getting the nomination. Obama has this all but wrapped up.

I fully support the idea of letting every vote but Clinton really has no shot of winning this nod. The SDs are going to come around for Obama.

[TheDonkey]

30. 134% for Hillary -34% for Obama! OH NOES!

[Secret_Society]

13. I would have said that was impossible but Obama will not be going to WV...

on Monday so any GOTV that could have been produced by that will obviously not materialize.

[GarbagemanLB]

15. Uh what? He was there today...

[Secret_Society]

18. Oh...I heard on the radio that he was skipping his visit to have an economic roundtable in Missouri

[FARAFIELD]

29. Huh? Get better info next time, damn!

[stratomagi]

22. I fully expect WV to look like this by the end of tommorrow night...

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

Only for clinton.

[FARAFIELD]

31. She could get 79% and not get the Delegate split obama got in IDAHO

79% would only get her 22-6 (not quite 4-1) he got a 5-1 for winning Idaho. OUCH!

[Kittycat]

24. Obama was speaking to Veterans

[baldguy]

25. Too bad she has to win 90% in WV

And every other state left

And steal a few SuperD's from Obama to win the nomination.