And the BIG WINNER tonight is....

[Seabiscuit]

JOHN EDWARDS!!!!!!!!

First time in history (I'll bet) that a candidate picked up 7% of a state's primary vote over 100 days after dropping out of the race!

Think about it - he hasn't been running for over 3 months and he got over a quarter of the number of votes in W. VA as Barack Obama, the "presumptive" (or is that presumpuous?) nominee!

It looks even worse from Obama's perspective - he only beat a guy whose campaign has been defunct for over 100 days by 19 points, while losing to someone the media's been telling to quit for the past month by about 40 points. OUCH!

[xchrom]

1. i know, huh? -- i love that. recommend

[oldtime dfl_er]

17. Yay for him!

I hold out hope he will get a cabinet position, at least.

[Up2Late]

2. Yup, a 41 point victory in a MUST WIN Swing state vs 14 points in a never win Red state...

...gosh, which victory is more important in November? Humm, I wonder.

[ShadowLiberal]

3. Obama/Hillary are polling pretty well in that 'never win red state' in GE polls

I've seen several polls over the last month putting North Carolina as a dead even tie.

[casus belli]

5. thinking like this is exactly why Hillary is behind...

and exactly why Obama will win by landslide in the GE. Learn to think outside the box....evolve...

[4_Legs_Good]

7. LOL. WV is a "must win" state? All 5 electoral votes?

It's amazing how much we buy into the spin.

David

[amelia]

16. WV would have won Gore the election without Florida!

[Up2Late]

19. Yep, and since the Obama campers have decided they don't need Florida or Michigan to win in November

...they really will need to turn a lot of very RED states Blue to win.

The 48 States of America, now THAT is CHANGE you can count on! :eyes:

[4_Legs_Good]

23. You can blame that on Dean (DNC), not on Obama

They're the rules. Please don't go on on this bologna that Obama could just say "let's count FL and MI as they voted" and have everything just be peachy. It's utter BS and you know it.

Plus I don't buy for a second that these primary issues are going to keep MI or FL from going blue in November.

David

[4_Legs_Good]

20. Gore would have won in 2000 had he won his home state

Sure 5 EVs are great, but they're not MUST WIN! Nevada, Colorado, Virginia, any number of other states can deliver those votes.

Again, I'm not saying WV doesn't matter, I'm merely saying it's not MUST WIN.

David

[Alcibiades]

8. We are hard at work in NC trying to turn it blue

Please don't denegrate our efforts by calling us a "never win" state. It's not true. Just because your candidate cannot win it, does not mean it's unwinnable.

Did I mention we are over four times as large as WV?

[Up2Late]

21. Don't feel bad, I'm in a Never win RED state too, I'm just not delusional that somehow...

...the Democratic nominee is going win the Diebold State of Georgia this year.

Maybe in 2012, if someone in the Congress can force the issue, but not this year. We haven't had an un-rigged election here since at least 2000, if then.

MARK THIS POST, I'm ready to Call Georgia in the November election!

John McCain Wins the Diebold State of Georgia in a squeaker.

[4_Legs_Good]

22. I'm looking forward to NC being blue in November

How wonderful that would be.

I bet it happens!!

Hopefully Virginia and West Virginia as well, of course!!!

David

[scheming daemons]

4. Um... Ron freaking Paul got 17% in PA.......7% is no big deal.......

[musicblind]

6. REALLY????!!!!! OMGsh I did not know that! That looks hella bad for John McCain!!! n/t

[charlie]

11. Ron Paul nutters TOOK OVER the convention in Nevada

and it freaked party officials so hard they shut it down with zero delegates elected. Now they're looking to reschedule. Too fucking funny.

[musicblind]

18. Wow, I have to say

He's not in our party, but I still respect the people who feel so passionately about him and I respect him to an extent for coming out against the war in a party that hates the idea.


Though many of his other ideas are dumb.

[Kixel]

10. Yeah, but he has a blimp

It's hard to compete against.

[kevinbgoode]

9. Wow..who woulda thunk it?

Now that we know that the Democrats only need to do one primary - in West Virginia - every four years to determine the nomination, think of all the money and time and campaigning that can be saved?

[msallied]

12. Yes, they'd rather vote for two white Democrats than the black guy. Yay racism!

[amelia]

13. K&R

[iamthebandfanman]

14. i have a feeling people in kentucky

were pretty fond of john as well ;)

[rwheeler31]

15. WV likes white people. What's new thats all they know.

[theboss]

24. Look, if you weren't going to vote for a woman or a colored, your choices were limited

Edwards got the "Ain't a colored woman" vote.

And - yes - using the word "colored" makes me miss my grandpa.

Oh the West Virginia Hills
How majestic and how grand

[Occam Bandage]

25. Apparently there are those who want a white man who isn't running over

a black man and white woman who are.

[grantcart]

26. Seabiscuit and numbers

I stared at the OP and couldn't believe it. Would he be so kind as to make some grandiose claim and base it on number.

Yes.



quote

First time in history (I'll bet) that a candidate picked up 7% of a state's primary vote over 100 days after dropping out of the race!

unquote

No it happens all of the time and is quite common.

Huckabee got 10% of the vote on the Republicans side tonight.

Don't you actually check anything out before you post it?

[me b zola]

27. No, the big winner tonight was the republicans

I have a lot of respect for John Edwards. But tonight's show benefited republicans more than anyone else.