Entries Tagged as 'West Virginia'
13 May 2008 · Comments Off
Congratulations are in order for the Clinton clan it seems.
MSNBC declared Hillary the winner just as the clock turned 7:30, marking the official poll-closing time in West Virginia, suggesting a 2:1 margin of victory, and a net gain of roughly 10 delegates.
Of course, MSNBC also helpfully pointed out that if Hillary repeated that margin of victory in the remaining states, she’d still have to win 80% of the remaining uncommitted superdelegates to capture the nomination (somewhat less if Florida and Michigan were seated….)
As annoying as I find Hillary, I have to give her credit for giving it her best to turn the presumption of Obama being the nominee around….much like you have to give Huckabee credit for fighting on until McCain clinched the delegate count.
Also, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention electoral-vote.com’s electoral vote projections:
- Obama 237, McCain 290, Ties 11
- Clinton 280, McCain 241, Ties 17
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2008 Elections · Hillary · West Virginia
5 February 2008 · Comments Off
Via The Hill, I found a statement from the Romney camp over their loss of today’s West Virginia caucuses:
“Unfortunately, this is what Senator McCain’s inside Washington ways look like: he cut a backroom deal with the tax-and-spend candidate he thought could best stop Governor Romney’s campaign of conservative change,” Beth Myers, Romney’s campaign manager, said in a statement.
In the first round of balloting, results were:
- Romney — 464 votes
- Huckabee — 375 votes
- McCain — 176 votes
- Ron Paul — 118 votes (eliminated)
Second ballot, because no candidate received a majority of the vote:
- Huckabee — 567 votes
- Romney — 521 votes
- McCain — 12 votes
It seems that a number of McCain supporters switched over to Huckabee, to block Romney from getting the win.
Thus, the sore loser statement above.
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2008 Elections · Republicans · Romney · West Virginia
