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Posted by tgl on 2008-01-09 16:52:47 +0000

2008 NH Primary

Crocodile tears turns undecideds for Clinton. Earlier polling captured all of Obama's supporters, however, it looks like all undecideds went for Clinton yesterday. Obama also carried rural towns. Clinton won big in Manchester. It'll be an interesting race till Feb. 5th, maybe longer. Romney's talk about silver medals was cringe inducing, although, as MY points out in another post, he leads the GOP pack with delegate totals. Maybe we'll get more 9/11 in the news now, er, more Rudy in the news now.
Posted by mr. mister on 2008-01-09 17:28:08 +0000
The breakdown reminded me of a Rites of Spring song "It's haaard sooo haaard."
Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-01-09 17:58:16 +0000
SOMETHING THAT I COULD USE! OR COULD CHOOSE! (Five minutes of weeping)
Posted by ConorClockwise on 2008-01-09 18:03:30 +0000
Crocodile tears? I disagree. What turned it for Clinton was the Democratic establishment won the undecideds.
Posted by Miriam on 2008-01-09 19:13:54 +0000
Agreed.
Posted by tendiamonds on 2008-01-09 20:25:00 +0000
Really? Were there more independents voting in the Democratic primary? There was a comment on MY that implied the opposite. Independents saw the forecast that Obama had a bigger lead over Hillary than McCain did over Romney, so they thought their vote was better used to vote for McCain. Hence, less votes for Obama, more votes for McCain.
Posted by tgl on 2008-01-10 00:43:28 +0000
Yes, I also think a bit of that happened. That's why Clinton - McCain is not a good matchup for the Dems. Most independents aren't going to vote Clinton. Obama - McCain, now that's interesting. Both candidates draw independents.
Posted by tgl on 2008-01-10 00:47:09 +0000
The Democratic establishment is already counted in the previous days pollings. Undecideds are undecided because they exist outside the establishment. Waitress moms saw Clinton tear-up on Monday, and decided to vote for her on Tuesday. Take it from the waitress-mom-in-chief. PS "Crocodile tears" was meant to be provocative. I don't think Clinton's moment was calculated. Lucky for her.
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