HILLARY WINS KENTUCKY!

[NJSecularist]

CNN and MSNBC project that Hillary will win Kentucky by a "wide margin". Perhaps by 30, according to CNN. Better than expected!!

Go Hill!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Writer]

1. Wow.

Not bad. :)

[ej510]

9. Congratulations but Hillary will be offically done tonight lol!

[RTBerry]

41. Not according to Obama.

He at least has the good sense not to gloat. Would that his followers might follow his example.

[JoFerret]

52. Whatever. But why be so mealy mouthed

about a great democrat?
Her speech made it clear she is for unity. She will support the actual nominee.
Meanwhile she won a state.
She has done amazingly well.

[Doityourself]

2. Hmm. how much does she need to over take him..now?

[gkhouston]

59. Eurasia. n/t

[Arugula Latte]

3. Wow. Shocker. nt

[phrigndumass]

4. Congratulations Hillary

:party:

[gateley]

5. Congratulations to Hillary and her supporters!

Such a big win is thrilling, to be sure! :hi:

[jenmito]

6. WOW! She made the 3-pointer at the buzzer! Too bad she's 10 points behind!

:rofl:

[NashVegas]

63. Thanks So Much For Your Kind Thoughts And Well Wishes

Have a lovely evening.

:hi:

[Thrill]

7. Congrats. She still would lose to McCain by 20 in KY

Enjoy.

[JimGinPA]

22. If McSame Died Three Days Before The Election She Would Still Lose KY By More Than 20%

[NashVegas]

64. IBID

[cali]

8. lol. baghdad bob bob bobbing along- again.

If she wins by 30 that's what's expected. Celebrate now, Jersey Bob. Oregon comes in later.

And she's still done.

[spanone]

10. expected

[LisaM]

11. That's great!

I'm very interested in the Oregon vote. I think Obama will win, but I don't know by how much. The voting system is so different from Washington's - all mail, and it's a primary. Obama won the Washington caucuses handily, but when we had a primary the following week (which didn't count) there were more than twice as many voters and the margin was much, much narrower.

[Cali_Democrat]

19. She'll be spanked in Oregon

[LisaM]

23. Well we can always hope not!

I'm assuming you simply couldn't resist.

[DearAbby]

12. Congrats to Clinton and her supporters........n/t

[Orangepeel]

13. Good for her on a large win (but not better than expected)

30 is what was expected based on polling. Hopefully, she'll take the opportunity to go out on a high note. :D

[VolcanoJen]

14. Congrats to Hillary and her supporters, especially the voters of Kentucky.

She earned this victory. Absolutely worked her butt off for it.

Congratulations!!

[Auntie Bush]

26. Thanks

and a big hug for recognizing her tireless work for the democratic party.

[totodeinhere]

15. Better than expected? Some predictions had her winning by 40 points.

[Pisces]

16. Louisville results 49 H to 48 O. Shows that it is even in a city. Now for the rural results. Yikes.

[Blue-Jay]

17. You should post this in NS-LBN*

* "No Shit?" - Latest Breaking News

[mkultra]

18. sounds like a win win

she wins KY, Obama wins the nomination. Good for everyone.

[NightWatcher]

20. Doesnt Count!!! no way will a Dem win KY, so celebrate all you want

[AZ Criminal JD]

36. If you eliminate the states a Democrat will not win Obama goes back to Chicago.

[pdx_prog]

21. REALLY???

Oh, I thought you meant the derby.....my bad...:)

Seriously, congrats, but, oh what the hell....congrats Hillary...:)

[indimuse]

24. 30% Mr. Presumptive?

woohoo:
:applause:
woohoo:
:applause:

[NJSecularist]

25. Most of the voters aren't convinced he is the "presumptive nominee". n/t

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[NJSecularist]

35. Kentucky and West Virginia say otherwise. n/t

[Jersey Devil]

37. Wrong - Even in KY 54% think he will be the nominee

It's interesting that although Hillary is preferred in KY and will win with a large margin, probably over 65% of the vote, they are realists and expect that Obama will be the nominee as opposed to here where many Hillary supporters cling to an unrealistic hope that she can win although the numbers make it a virtual impossibility.

From CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider

(CNN) – We found a point of agreement among voters in both Kentucky and Oregon: a majority of Democrats in both states think Barack Obama will be the party’s nominee.

But many more voters in Oregon say he will win than those in Kentucky — where nearly two in five voters say Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee, and only a slim majority say Obama will be the party's choice.

In Kentucky, 54 percent of voters said Obama would win the nomination, while 42 percent said Clinton would. But in Oregon nearly 80 percent said Obama will be the nominee while only 17 percent thought Clinton would be.

It’s another sign Clinton’s supporters in Kentucky, and states like it, remain fiercely loyal to the New York Democrat and hopeful of her chances.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/20/schneider-voters-in-both-states-say-obama-will-be-the-nominee/

[CakeGrrl]

27. 30% was the EXPECTED margin. Nice try moving the goalposts, though!

:D

[gcomeau]

28. How is 30 "better than expected" ...

...when every single poll had her winning by that margin? The RCP *average* was Clinton by 29 for cripes sake. Anyway... enjoy the opportunity to celebrate for the next few hours. We will then return to our regularly scheduled Obama-clinching-the-nomination.

(I would have just left this alone completely and let you celebrate, but you just HAD to try and keep spinning the results instead of just accepting the positive that did exist, didn't you?)

[BuyingThyme]

29. Woohoo!

:woohoo:

[stray cat]

31. MaCualiffe claims she will win Kentucky in the GE - will he make a wager?

[Liberal Veteran]

34. Is she running for a seat in their state legislature?

Cause in the GE it will be Obama vs. McCain.

[Barrymores Ghost]

44. I'll happily take him up on that bet. n/t

[madrchsod]

57. how can she do that ?

she only received 30% of the vote....

[nonconformist]

32. I voted for Hillary today in Kentucky, as did my husband!

WOO HOO!!!

[Raffi Ella]

67. WOOOOOOOOOo!

:toast:

[Kablooie]

33. Well, Obama better pack it up because Hillary will take the nomination now.

and McCain will take the presidency.

Heh.

[Norwood]

38. Wow thats amazing, considering she was already projected to win there

All shes doing is treading water.

[rocktivity]

39. Too bad she needed to win by 72 points--in BOTH contests.

That's the only way she can stop Obama from clinching the delegate lead. He needs only 29% of KY to do that.

:headbang:
rocknation

[mtf80123]

40. Kentucky will roll Red anyway...

One of the poorest communities in the country and they will STILL vote against their own interest.

KY - land of "kill the queers, a woman belongs in the home, blacks to the back of the bus".

The only thing Kentucky is good for is a few delegates. Thats it.

[Butch350]

42. Congrats

Looks like Rush Limbaughs tactic is working

[Barrymores Ghost]

43. Better than expected by...what? .05%?

Everything was polling out at 29%+ in her favor going into this morning, so there really is no surprise.

Anyway, congrats!

[Texas Hill Country]

45. i am still prayin for 35%, but I will definitely take 30!!!

[haymakeragain]

46. Uh, this is the state that elected Mitch McConnell.

You Hillarians need to get your story straight, either these impossibly rred states have meaning or they don't, which is it.

[musicblind]

65. Looks like you got your wish.

30% to 65% with 97% reporting.

Congratulations!

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

47. Whoop-de-freakin-do.

:eyes:

[Marie26]

48. Yay Hillary

Obama's got to stop blowing by these Appalachia states. It's one thing to lose, but by ignoring the states, he's just alienating these voters. If he's the "unity" candidate, he needs to prove that by going into areas where he isn't so popular as well.

[emilyg]

49. Thank you.

[democrattotheend]

50. Did they say better than expected, or is that your spin?

I thought 30-40 points was expected...

[JoFerret]

51. Terrific speech

Interesting speech.

Credit where credit is due.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

53. Impressive. Magnificent. Wow. It deserves a standing round of..yawns.

[Egnever]

54. Grats hillary

you worked hard for it.

[Johnny__Motown]

55. Hillbillies for Hillbilly.. who would have thunk it? (JUST KIDDING... kinda)

[madrchsod]

56. looks bad for obama ....

he`ll get about 20% in the general election....

[McCamy Taylor]

58. MSNBC is full of shit. Kentucky is "red" because the last Dem win was 1996

but Oregon is Blue...because the last Dem win was by 6k votes Gore in 2000. Oregon went for Bush in 2004 and only recently has turned Democratic. Kentucky voted for Clinton before and might again.

Both states are mostly white and mostly average income and both are in play if the Dems place them in play.

"Has she won the battle of perception?" KO

I don't know about that. But she has won the battle of Kentucky, 2:1. And only 2 out of 10 voters said that race made a difference in their vote, meaning that most of her voters were color blind.

Read the tea leaves. GE is stumping for more nukes!

[davidpdx]

60. Oregon has gone blue the last 5 elections

[Raffi Ella]

61. Woo!

and she gave a great speech too!

CONGRATZ HILLARY!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[NashVegas]

62. Yay

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[DemExpat]

66. Congrats, dear Hillary!

Fantastic job.

:kick: :toast:

DemEx