A Cheery Look at 2008

 

Alright, the nastiness is about to begin and we all know it.  With Obama set to wrap up the nomination and Hillary’s inevitable kicking to the curb, the dirty political onslaught will begin.  We are now basking in the calm before the storm.

To that end, I thought up a nice gesture to all the PolitiPornsters be they Republican, Democrat, Green Party, Libertarian or a Naderite.  Let’s all have something nice to say about someone besides our own candidate and let’s memorialize it here in the “comments” section for all to see.

Here are the rules:

1.  It has to be genuine, no comments like, “Obama would make a good president if he wasn’t Muslim.”
2.  One candidate per comment
3.  Any comment disrespectful of any candidate (except Nader) will be deleted at the earliest opportunity.

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In My Mind I’m Going to Carolina or Indiana

 

Here it is, the moment we’ve all been waiting for…Super Two-s-day part 3 (or 4, I forget).  Yep, Obama and Clinton lace up the gloves for the final round in North Carolina and Indiana.

 

It’s fitting that the decisive moment of the primary election (like there hasn’t been 4 or 5 decisive moments thus far) would come in two states that are best known for college basketball and sports movies!

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Shattering the Keystone

by Duke, PolitiPorn Numbers Guy

I’m a numbers guy; seriously, it’s like beautiful mind without the beautiful part. Here are some highlights from yesterday’s primary that seemed relevant.

 

Results

 

Well she did it. She won Pennsylvania by 10% and theoretically, none of uncommitted Superdelegate has any more reason to come out for Obama than they did before.

 

(With 99% Reporting)

	Results		Delegates
Clinton	1,260,060	55%	81
Obama	1,045,148	45%	69

 

But did she really? Hmmm…

 

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