The big loser tonight:

[Skinner]

The media.

[dbackjon]

1. And that is a result all of DU can rejoice in

[gateley]

2. Nothing makes me happier. nt

[1corona4u]

3. Absolutely!!!!

I love how they were grasping to talk about what went wrong, LOL....jerks.

[TwilightZone]

4. And the Republicans. This is going to bring much more interest to the Democratic race.

More interest will hopefully translate to better turnout on our side.

[cmaff05]

5. Agreed!

The media came out of this with their pants down.

[spooky3]

6. So true. Tom Brokaw is quoting all the mistaken headlines--I have to

give him credit.

[yewberry]

7. I was gonna say Fred Thompson.

I still think I'm sort of right.

[SusanaMontana41]

13. Heh

I sort of think you are, too.

hehe

[MadMaddie]

35. You mean tired 1% Thompson the great Rethuglican hope...?

[Greylyn58]

Totally agree on that one

They were terrible.

[Sulawesi]

8. And John Edwards...

[Greylyn58]

20. That is tacky and uncalled for.

[BigDDem]

66. Pretty Golden!

[Sulawesi]

69. Why is this tacky. I thought he came through NH hurt...no offense intended...

[AspenRose]

9. No doubt.

eom

[Sparkly]

10. Absolutely.

Without a doubt!!

(Also: the Republicans.)

[Hobarticus]

11. Something we can all agree on, and applaud!!!

Tweety can just go shut up now...

[William769]

12. Amen to that!

[THUNDER HANDS]

14. and the polling organizations

[MadBadger]

15. Does that include every pollster?

[ruggerson]

16. Ain't that the truth!

[Cameron27]

It's about time

:woohoo:

[Maven]

17. WORD

:bounce:

[hayu_lol]

You older folk will get a kick out of this:

I remember a banner headline once a long time ago:

DEWEY WINS

America is still alive, battered a bit maybe, but alive.

[Jackpine Radical]

40. 1948.

DEWEY WINS IN LANDSLIDE

Chicago Sun, iirc.

[sistersofmercy]

18. Yes those irresponsible knuckleheads are! 'nuff said.

[frogmarch]

19. Agreed, Skinner. And I'm lovin' it. nt

[killbotfactory]

21. And the republicans

But the media have no idea what's going on. There is no media conspiracy for one candidate or another, they're just clueless.

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. Hillary utterly discredited the punditry

It's absolutely delicious.

[maddezmom]

23. and the big winner, Rachel Maddow

for calling out Chris. :D

[NMDemDist2]

28. yup she rocked tonight!! n/t

[maddezmom]

33. even my husband

who doesn't get too interested in politics until the end of the primaries was watching tonight and said she kicked his ass. :D

[1corona4u]

62. Yes, she did!!!

[ChiciB1]

70. And Too Bad She Supports John Edwards! He's Such A Loser!

And no, she NEVER said "I endorse John Edwards" but she sure has made it known without saying it outright! Just stop and listen to her closely, you'll hear it!

[Zachstar]

24. And the chance for a clean dem election.

Clinton decided enough was enough and deployed her political star destroyers.

The cry star destroyer has used up it's ammo. She will move others forward now.

[Cha]

25. They're always

Losers.

[Anouka]

26. Since the media's point was 'Colorblindness' -- what is a repudiation of that mean?

Seriously.

The polls weren't just polls about candidates. The media had framed this as a referendum on 'colorblindness' and the end of racism in America. Right or wrong (and mostly wrong) that *is* what the story of the polls was framed as.

Does that get lost, or is it swept under the rug as if it never happened so people don't have to draw certain conclusions in public?

[Tuesday_Morning]

50. good question

[unc70]

51. Maybe a Rainbow (coalition )?

n/t

[proud patriot]

27. wheeeeeeeeeeeee !

:woohoo:

[Renew Deal]

29. Absolutely

lol

[MadMaddie]

30. Here..Here...!!

The MSM was unable to dictate the outcome!! Now we just have get rid of those damn machines.

[demo dutch]

31. When are they're going to learn!

[jody]

32. A bigger loser is those who believed the media. n/t

[jmm]

34. The big winner tonight:

Democrats

I'm not exactly in the mood to do the math right now but according to CNN here are some of the latest numbers-

McCain 37% 56,105
Obama 36% 68,232

Regardless of who wins the Democratic primary more people are voting for Democrats :D .

[KennedyGuy]

36. agreed 100%

[Catherine Vincent]

37. They're always losers.

Except CSPAN. :)

[ronnykmarshall]

38. Duh?

[Ediacara]

39. I noticed they started out with "If Hillary can lose by less than 5% she'll still be in it"

And Hillary never lost her lead all night, LOL....

[Captain Angry]

41. Would that be the media that rakes in the advertising dollars?

We all know that it doesn't matter what they say as long as it makes people watch.

I'd say that they did just fine. Reputation is no longer important. And all the folks here who have been breathlessly watching one of the commercial channels to get their information has done their part nicely.

The channels will receive their ratings. The ratings will determine future ad pricing for the next debate or primary results show. And the channels will do even better. And we'll still not get the whole story. Most of the candidates from both parties will continue to be ignored by the media.

So, no, I think we're all the loser tonight.

[madrchsod]

49. yes we are

[mitchum]

55. Excellent post, Captain (n/t)

[truebrit71]

42. Dead wrong. They got what they wanted. A horse race...

...with the added upside that HRC (their chosen candidate) "came back"...

[madrchsod]

47. i`m happy someone else noticed.....

one way or another they love hillary

[suston96]

43. The media? The loser? Yeah! Definitely!

[depakid]

44. Agreed completely -and it couldn't have happened to a nicer set of entities

with any luck, tonight's results will cause at least a few people to start thinking critically for themselves and not accepting blindly what they're being spoon fed by the self-important punditocracy.

[madrchsod]

45. the biggest loser were the republicans

the media got what they wanted..a clinton -obama race

[DianaForRussFeingold]

46. Really?

I beg to differ!
:-(

[Fox Mulder]

48. Yep.

[politicasista]

52. The media was the biggest loser in 2000 and 2004

but people would rather blame the candidates.

[eppur_se_muova]

53. First image that popped into my head ...

(I wasn't there, I was an "encyclopedia kid". :))

[jillan]

54. Biden come back! The media is full of shit.

[jzodda]

56. YES! Bunch of Screw Ups

[XemaSab]

57. They're big losers every night.

:eyes:

[Beausoir]

58. In particular...Chris Matthews. What an hilarious freak show that was! LOVED watching him get

eviscerated by Tom Brokaw, Rachel Maddow.

Too bad Keith Olberman was so deferential. Keith needs to take over that desk,

[Jim Lane]

59. I disagree. The big loser was John Sununu.

Almost 70,000 more people voted Democratic than voted Republican, despite open races in both parties.

In 2002, Sununu defeated Jeanne Shaheen by only about 4%. This year, her margin over him will be about three times that.

[Eurobabe]

60. And the pollsters.

But definitely the media. Egg meet face.

[DFW]

61. The media lost

And deservedly so. The emperor's clothes were finally recognized for what they were.

[DeepModem Mom]

63. Yes, and I hope they think twice before they savage another candidate...

in the vicious way they savaged Senator Clinton. They treated my own candidate as an object of adoration, but with their savagery toward his opponent, Mrs. Clinton, they may well have launched a backlash that ended up losing him New Hampshire.

[Raffi Ella]

64. I learned my lesson and learned it well.

Because of 9/11 I was easily swept up into Bush's war,went along with it,believed in it.It was a life lesson;I was manipulated,naive and misinformed/not engaged.I promised myself I would never again be "swept up" like that.

For that reason alone I ignored the Media Event that is Barack Obama.Lesson learned,lesson practiced.

[flpoljunkie]

65. The media was only reacting to the polls, which couldn't forsee undecided women breaking to HRC

[BigDDem]

67. Amen.

I was watching CNN, before the results started coming in they were
ready to nail the coffin shut on Hillary, and lay the blame partly
at Bill's feet.
At the end of the evening Donna Brazile looked like she needed to
go on suicide watch.

[murbley40]

68. yea!!