Posted: January 8, 2008 9:30 PM
Clinton, Obama Locked in Close N.H. Race
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Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. are locked in an unexpectedly tight race for the win in New Hampshire.
With 32 percent of precincts reporting Clinton had 40 percent of the vote and Obama had 36 percent.
Heading into Tuesday, polls had Obama significantly ahead of Clinton, and Clinton’s campaign has been bracing for a second loss. Both Clinton and her campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe started out Tuesday trying to place the focus on future primaries saying that Feb. 5 is the big day.
And before the polls even closed it was reported by the Washington Post that big changes are in the works for Clinton’s campaign strategy should she suffer a second big loss.
Obama has been riding a wave of enthusiastic support, though he has tried to keep expectations for Tuesday in check.
Still, his optimism was apparent at his campaign events before the primary.
On Monday, Obama oozed enthusiasm, telling supporters we are “happy warriors for change. We are cheerful about the prospects of taking over. The American people taking over their government — what a radical proposition.”
“I can only tell you that [Obama’s campaign is] very nervous right now … what they are watching very carefully is what happens in these key areas,” Gwen Ifill reported from New Hampshire. “They are ‘on the edge of their seat.’”
If Clinton does pull out a win it would be an “earthquake on top of an earthquake,” said David Brooks on the NewsHour.
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Hussein Obama won't make it past the republican nominees! There�s less chance for a Muslim than for a woman! - You can add that.
Can't you see JOURNALISTS, er, media types, there are very few accidents with respect to all facets of voting. In the case of the New Hampshire primaries, shortages of ballots. Begin with asking who benefits most for there to be shortages of ballots? Second, in what districts were ballots shortages most pronounced? What age groups, race, other demographics were most affected & then decide, who failed to provide the requests for projected increases in voter turnouts? Next, who failed to satisfy the request for additional ballots? Finally, who, if anyone, gave the stand down orders to not fill the request for ballots?
WHEN WILL THE LIBERAL MEDIA DO ITS JOB TO INVESTIGATE THESE AND OTHER VOTER IRREGULARITY MATTERS?
It appears in this case, that the same people who wanted G W Bush to win, twice, by manipulating the votes in various & sundry ways, are now doing the Republicans bidding: to ensure Washington's insider, Hillary, gets the nomination AND elected.
THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY UNTIL YOU INVESTIGATE THIS, AND MANY OTHER, THEFTS OF OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES.
I know everyone is wondering why Hillary won and the polls were so wrong. The answer is this - women intended to vote for Hillary and when they saw this unknown, undefined, non-specific Obama heading to another victory, they came out. I was sitting in my living room in VT and emailing my second contribution to Hillary since the stumble in Iowa. I asked myself why I was sitting on the couch - and I got up and drove to NH to drive voters / stand at the voting areas. Women know the value of Hillary Clinton - and we didn't need to see her get emotional to know she cares. She needed our help, she worked hard as a dog those days before the voting - and she won. Obama is appealing to our children, our idealistic children. Like ourselves during the Vietnam war, he's appealing to their desire for change - but he is misleading them by holding out all these ideas with no specifics. That's where the adults enter the picture and show up to be sure things go correctly. Mr. Obama doesn't even pledge allegiance to the flag - how can he wish to be Commander in Chief? What a scary thought that is. The pied piper at all the colleges. Someone in the media needs to become responsible and start asking him what his specific plans are. So far he is vague and speaks only through his flute. Not that he could change my mind about Hillary. She is a gift.