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Thread #101088   Message #2286447
Posted By: Amos
12-Mar-08 - 12:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: Popular Views on Obama
Subject: RE: BS: Popular Views on Obama
ANd for those who think Texas was a big embarassment to Obama's team:

"Sen. Barack Obama widen his lead over Sen. Hillary Clinton in the overall delegate count by picking up delegates in Mississippi and Texas on Tuesday.

Sen. Barack Obama claimed a big victory in Mississippi's Democratic primary. The Illinois Democrat won handily in the Mississippi Democratic primary Tuesday. Obama beat Clinton 61 percent to 37 percent with 99 percent of the precincts reporting.

With the victory, Obama added 17 delegates to his total while Clinton picked up 11, CNN estimates. The Mississippi win was Obama's second win in a row, having won the Wyoming caucuses Saturday.

CNN Tuesday also projected that Obama was the winner of the Texas Democratic caucuses that occurred March 4. Obama will be awarded 38 of Texas's delegates, while Clinton will win 29 delegates as a result of the caucuses, CNN estimates.   

Clinton beat Obama 51 percent to 47 percent in the Texas primary that was also held on March 4, but Obama was expected to win a majority of the 228 Texas delegates due to his caucus win." CNN


Let's see how many retractions or adjustments come out of the pop press on these numbers, where previously they were headling Hillary's earth-shaking "win". Eh?

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