Turning Texas Blue

Posts from March 2008

Posted by
Ian @ 2:47 am
2008-03-06

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Hillary’s “Darkened” Ad

This is making the frontpage everywhere all day, so I’m compelled to drop in my two cents.
Youtube turns video to shit. You give it nice source material, it gives you garbage. In fact, it will happen to any video you stuff through a youtube-sized pipe.
Most flash-video sites use a very low bitrate (contrast quality there [...]


Posted by
Chris @ 10:39 pm
2008-03-05

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Other Texas Races

Rick Noriega won the primary last night, and will be looking to take John Cornyn’s Senate seat in November. Noriega is well known, has an impeccable military record and is starting to build some grassroots support. Cornyn currently has a net-negative approval rating, and should be quite vulnerable, due to his support [...]


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Chris @ 9:34 pm

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The Numbers

Wow - just saw this: Imagine a best case scenario, where Clinton wins every remaining congressional district by almost 25%.
Her gain? Only 110 delegates. Obama would still lead by 50 pledged delegates.
Now do you wonder why she’s fighting so hard for MI and FL to count?


Posted by
Michael @ 9:12 pm

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Simple Math

After Hillary’s surprise (for some not me) victories in Ohio and Texas there has been a lot of post-shock spinning going on. After Hillary was out advertised and out spent in Texas and Ohio by more than 2 to 1, Hillary still pulled out a double digit victory in OH and a huge upset in [...]


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Chris @ 8:34 pm

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Delegate Update

With 40% of caucus returns in, Obama is still up 12% in Texas. It looks like both CNN and Burnt Orange have given her a 4-delegate lead from the primaries. At best, I’d say she may be able to squeak out a one-or two delegate margin, if everything goes her way in the caucus [...]


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editors @ 8:24 pm

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The Caucus Experience

After voting in the morning at 7am, and a long day that followed, my girlfriend and I returned to the polling place a bit before 7pm. The last voters finished up around 7:30, and the disorder that followed seemed to be the rule for the inexperienced Texas caucusgoers — with some caucuses lasting well into [...]


Projection: Obama will win the most delegates in Texas

Hillary Clinton won tonight’s popular vote in Texas, but it appears as though Barack Obama will win the most delegates from Texas.
The best primary delegate analysis is this spreadsheet, being updated live by the Burnt Orange Report crew. As it stands, at 1:00, Clinton is up by only 1 delegate, despite being over [...]


Hillary Clinton Comes Back, Wins: Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island

Hillary Clinton has turned her flagging campaign around in Texas and Ohio. Results from the Texas primary and from Ohio show Clinton will win the two states. Clinton’s Texas win was very close only 3% lead over Obama. I know I predicted it would be a 5 point lead but that wasn’t too far [...]


Posted by
Michael @ 1:45 pm
2008-03-04

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I voted today!

I voted today at my local elementary school. There was a laundry list of judges on the ballot. So, it was a good thing I had e-mailed myself an endorsement list that I could at least use to figure out whats what on that end. My polling location was fairly quick and there was hardly [...]


Posted by
Chris @ 10:13 pm
2008-03-03

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Vote tomorrow!

Here are links to help you find your polling place and how to vote and caucus in that crazy Texas Two-step.
The links are to material made by the Obama campaign and supporters, but the info is the same no matter who you’re voting for.