March 4th primaries

[DoubleEdgeSword]

CNN is projecting Obama and McCain the winners in Vermont.

Ohio's polls close at 7:30 EST, Rhode Island and Texas at 9:00 pm.

[SparkleHugs]

are there any projections on Ohio yet?

[DoubleEdgeSword]

McCain is projected to win easily in Ohio. Nothing yet on the Democratic side.

The exit polls are interesting.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#OHDEM

[DoubleEdgeSword]

Very, very early numbers:

In Ohio, Clinton is leading Obama, 56% to 42%. In Texas, Obama is leading Clinton, 60% to 39%.

[DoubleEdgeSword]

Okay. CNN is projecting McCain the winner in Texas and winning the Republican nomination for President.

[tiger_rascal]

Come on Hillary. :(

[DoubleEdgeSword]

Chad, no matter who wins what tonight, or for that matter, if one of them wins the rest of the states, neither would garner enough delegates to give him or her the nomination. It's going to come down to superdelegates voting in the nominee. (IF both stay in the race all the way to the end.)

[tiger_rascal]

Superdelegates? That sounds important. How exactly does that work?

[DoubleEdgeSword]

Here's a good primer, Chad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate

[DoubleEdgeSword]

Early results in Rhode Island with Obama and Clinton pretty much in a dead heat, 50% and 49%, respectively.

[tiger_rascal]

Sounds complicated and controversial. :eek:

[DoubleEdgeSword]

Pretty much. lol If you look at who the superdelegates are, you know the voting has to be highly political. Having said that, I honestly believe they will nominate the person they feel is most likely to beat McCain. The controversy comes because many believe the voters should decide, not a group of past presidents, members of congress and Party officials.

[DoubleEdgeSword]

CNN has called Rhode Island for Clinton.

[LesterX]

Huckabee is cracking me up with his concession speech. He just claimed with a straight face that he came thisclose to the presidency. He really should go back to school and study basic math.

[Richard Tafoya]

It'll be a long night in Ohio.

From the Columbus Dispatch:
http://blog.dispatch.com/primary/2008/03/its_going_to_be_a_long_night.shtml
Cuyahoga results expected around 4:30 a.m.

UPDATE: Cuyahoga County officials are predicting they won't have all ballots counted there until about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, said board chairman Jeff Hastings. The delay is in part due to a judge's order to keep 21 precincts open until 9 p.m. and because of bad weather.

The wintry weather that has covered northeast Ohio roads with snow and ice mean elections officials will have trouble getting votes to be the Board of Elections, where they will be counted.

"So it's going to be a long night," said county Elections Director Jane Platten. "We want those poll workers to be safe."

Part of I-71 is closed, making it difficult for people collecting votes at polling places to get them Downtown.

[tiger_rascal]

CNN is projecting Clinton to win Ohio. :love:

[Richard Tafoya]

NBC is projecting that Clinton has squeaked out a win in a very tight Texas primary vote.

The best part, as we've seen along the whole primary cycle, is massive Democratic turnout. Once a nominee is selected, it appears that Democrats are poised to enjoy massive turnout at the polls in November to be rid of the Bush administration and change the direction of the country with Democratic leadership.

[DoubleEdgeSword]

Texas caucus results are still out. Wow. Huge turnout in Texas. And you're right, Richard, the time has come for the Democrats in this country.

[DoubleEdgeSword]

With 40% of the votes counted in the Texas caucus, Obama is leading Clinton 56% to 44%. If he wins this caucus, he'll pick up another 67 delegates from Texas, giving him a total of 128 from Texas to Clinton's 65.

That will bring the total delegates won for Obama, 1587 and for Clinton, 1424.

[db44]

Considering the former governor of that state, could there be some undermining going on to cause more aggravation to the Democratic Party?

I'm full of conspiracies today, huh? ;)