Ron Paul gets 16% in Pennsylvania Republican primary
Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by bile Categories and Tags: Mike Gravel, Mike Huckabee, Pennsylvania, Republican Party, animation, Barack Obama, CNN, continued media blackout, Democratic Party, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Pennsylvania, photos, politics, Ron Paul, votingWith 99% of the precincts reporting:
McCain: 73%
Paul: 16%
Huckabee: 11%
It’s unfortunate that Huckabee was still on the ballot as I bet at least half of those voters would have supported Paul. Pretty good turnout though given the continued media blackout. His highest turnout in a primary. They aren’t even showing the Republican results on CNN this morning in their automatic animation at the bottom of the screen. With a good 30ish% of the Republicans not voting for McCain and likely more than that not happy with him as the presumptive nominee… I wonder what November’s numbers are going to look like. Will they stay home expecting the Democrats to win anyway or will they rally to McCain in an attempt to stop the D’s from winning or if we are lucky will some of them jump over to a 3rd party?
Clinton beat Obama 55% to 45%. The arrogance of Clinton is really awesome. This morning on CNN I watched as Clinton bragged how badly she beat Obama. It was 10% damn percent lady! It’s hardly a landslide. You’ve got less delegates still and it’s going to be difficult to overcome Obama lead.
I just noticed that on Paul’s CNN page he’s listed as “2nd place in total delegates” yet on the main election 2008 page Huckabee is shown in second. Also noticed that if you look at all the default photos of the candidates on the Republican side the only one not of the candidate smiling is Ron Paul who looks out of it in his particular photo. On the Democrat side it’s Biden, Dodd and Gravel they give bad photos to.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 8:48 am
The Clinton story is becoming a joke. If only she celebrated by guzzling a can of Iron City or Reading Premium to further boost her blue collar cred. Obama becomes less and less appealing over time, but it’s too late, the math is stacked against her.
Is it just me, or does CNN’s delegate tracker look like donkey/elephant droppings? Not sure what the graphic artist was thinking there. Oh and CNN needs to use this picture of Ron Paul instead.
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:59 am
They should only use that image if they include music from some 70’s black TV show in the background.
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I listen to talk radio a lot.
I’m a huge fan of AM radio, going back and forth from liberal 1600 to
conservative 770.
On the commute to work this morning, 1600AM’s morning radio station
host, Coz Carson, was discussing the PA primary results and asked, "Why
the fuzzy math?"
At 99% reporting:
(http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/states/PA.html)
Clinton’s 55% was actually rounded up from 54.7%.
Obama’s 45% was actually rounded down from 45.3%.
The difference is actually a 9.4% margin of victory-not the 10% margin
the MSM would like you to believe.
Whether or not you subscribe to conspiracy theories, dislike basic math,
hate the Clintons, or chose to casually disregard that polling results
are almost always rounded up/down, Carson would like you to remember
that during the buildup of the PA primary, the MSM mentioned numerous
times that in order for Clinton to stay in the race, she would have to
beat Obama by a 10% margin.
Is it purely coincidental that the 10% victory the MSM was relying on to
keep the Democrat drama moving forward was actually "achieved"?
Or are there other forces at work here?
I guess it depends on who’s behind the microphone calling shenanigans
and whether or not you’re listening.
One thing is certain, the Democrat boxing match continues on…
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Oh but don’t you know, Hillary is turning the tide, never mind the mathematical models and probabilities. Obama can’t close the deal in a state demographically rigged for her to win in big numbers. If he can’t finish off this woman, how will he compete in a general election? Crank out the editorials and hustle Wolf Blizter in front of the camera. Time to invent the news!
April 24th, 2008 at 6:45 am
you mean to tell me that the news up to this point has been factual?
well, thats not so bad then. they had a pretty decent run in that case.
April 24th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Define factual. If by that, you mean at least two other self-referencing news items, then sure. If it’s on TV / print, it must be true.