Clinton victory in Indiana tainted by Rush Limbaugh effect

[woolldog]

That's what the headlines should read tomorrow.

[Kittycat]

1. Instead they'll read that it's all over.

because it is.

[BlooInBloo]

2. They can both be true. :)

[still_one]

3. What kind of victory is that in Indiana? That is the same as a loss

You can bet the limbaugh will take credit for her victoy

[DerekJ]

4. To me Obama won Indiana. This 1.4% she won with is all republican cross overs

[PBS Poll-435]

9. Hmmm....Check the exit polls for that.

Fail

[MadBadger]

12. 6.56 percent of voters voted for Her and will for McCain in November.

Just 2.5 did that for Obama.

[Brundle_Fly]

19. you can't discount republicans that are disenfranchised.

I amsure there is more than a few that are sick of Bush and McSame, and crossed over to vote for their fave... Hill or O.

Hillary won Indiana, Obama won NC,

What happens now is up to the candidates.

[Radical Activist]

18. You don't think they lied?

That's naive.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

5. Good Point!

I agree! (his hateful spewing, backfired on him) IMO,He helped us win in November, too...

[Bright Eyes]

6. How about:

"Clinton Obliterated In Twin Primaries".

Kind of a poetic justice, don't you think?

[HughMoran]

7. Irrelevant

Her campaign is over - let's not inflate Rush's importance here on DU - m'kay?

[d.amber]

8. On the other hand Obama did win the Independents

at least from CNN's Exit polls. But the Repub vote is all she didn't to take over the top. Though..she will get what...2 additional delegates out of it?

[MrSlayer]

10. C'mon, just let her have it.

However she won, she won. By 22,000 votes.

I can't wait until we can officially call this primary over and unite to end McCain's bid.

[highplainsdem]

11. Honestly, I think Rush inspired just as many votes against Hillary.

And that was probably the intention all along. Just to muddy the waters and create division in our party.

Time to move on, and win the GE...

[L. Coyote]

13. He is just getting them ready for November.

Once you have voted for a Dem, it just gets easier the second time :rofl:

[Zachstar]

14. Obama supporters we have to work HARD to help Obama counter Operation Chaos

With Clinton's victory rush will claim that the idea works and downwind we may see other stays do it more and more.

We cannot assume our work is done we must work HARD to get out the vote and get out the support!!

Please Phonebank!

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/phonebankmap/

[SemiCharmedQuark]

15. Republicans pretty much split their vote.

Also I'm hesitant to grant any victory to that scumbag, Rush.

[MadBadger]

17. 6.5 percent of all voters, voted for Clinton and will vote for McCain. Only 2.5 for Obama.

[New Dawn]

16. Exactly.

She only won Indiana with a ton of votes from Republicans who fully intend to vote for John McCain in November.

[LVjinx]

20. An honest headline : Rush Limbaugh irrelevant, unable to manipulate R (or) D primaries!

I mean, how pathetic! At one time, this guy had millions of drooling Dittoheads at his beck and call. Now, he can't even keep McCain from winning the Repulican nomination. Now, he can't even convince his remaining handful of drooling Dittoheads to manipulate the Democratic nomination. As many or more Republicans votd for Obama as voted for Hillary.

There's a reason Rush never endorsed a candidate for the Republican race - he feared what that candidate losing would reveal about his "influence." Chiefly, that he doesn't HAVE any.

Hillary may well continue on to the convention, but it will be with the understanding that she can't really win anymore. That will take some of the sting out of her run. Obama is pretty safely ahead now, and can be magnanimous in congratulating Hillary on her future victories. In fact, it's beneficial to keep recruiting new voters into this race.

Limbaugh has failed. He is finally, definitively, a has-been.

[woolldog]

21. the margin of repub support between Obama and Clinton

as well as the numbers of repubs voting in the primary to begin with would have been a lot different.

[Leopolds Ghost]

22. Also, dead people voting in (white) Hammond and (black) Gary means

We will never know who really won Lake County, as Chuck Todd pointed out. Notice the late surge of Clinton voters from 16,000 margin with 95% reporting to 20,000 margin -- all from Lake county? Hammond's mayor played chicken with Gary's mayor on who got to report first, like when Matalin told Bush how many votes Kerry needed in nearby northern Ohio. It is apparently a time honored tradition among the ward bosses and hard hats (black and white) up there.