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Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: OMG!!! 96% of the black vote!!! Holy Guacamole!! [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)33. And he wasted his money, too! The economy of SC thanks him, no doubt...!
240 paid staff, ten offices....that's some huge scratch right there. Then there were the ads in heavy rotation, the new one from Spike Lee--all that couldn't have been cheap.
I wonder how much each vote cost? Each delegate? I'll bet it's a lot.
I wasn't hoping for a win that big, either--I didn't dare hope. I thought like you did, that the fifty percent blowout was an outlier--but damn! What good and unexpected news!
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That stat must be scary to repubs. They have been talking about demoralized dems not. Voting
Liberal_in_LA
Feb 2016
#28
The kids at the HBCUs didn't come out for him--that effort was pretty much a waste of time. nt
MADem
Feb 2016
#11
Potluck? When was this? Oh, and I agree with every syllable you've uttered. As my Grand would've...
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2016
#21
Ouch! Talk about awkward! I would've been sweating bullets, and looking for the exit sign.
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2016
#24
"Ten offices, 240 staffers, and they couldn't bring home "a" county? Not one?"
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2016
#27