Gary Indian providing a shocker? According to Mayor...
From WaPo's Campaign Trail Blog:
"Let me tell you, when all the votes are counted, when Gary comes in, I think you're looking at something for the word to see," Clay, an Obama supporter, said in a telephone interview from Obama's Gary headquarters. "I don't know what the numbers are yet, but Gary has absolutely produced in large numbers for Obama here."Apparently the GOTV effort has resulted in canvassers encountering complete neighborhoods that have already voted.
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And Jeffrey Toobin says there is something shady going on there because they are withholding all information which may suggest they wanted to see the numbers needed before releasing their number.
That's a pretty shocking statement.
May 6, 2008 11:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
And by "Indian" in the title I meant "Indiana"
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May 6, 2008 11:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gary Indiana has a very shady electoral history. I would just keep it quiet if I were them.
May 6, 2008 11:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Clinton's lead will shrink, but it won't flip the result.
May 6, 2008 11:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Man I cant stand it. He has a shot to win IN, with Chaos and state ID anchors. Edge of my seat...
May 6, 2008 11:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah we will see what happens.
Im trying to figure out why people are posting on CNN "Why doesnt CNN project Hillary as the winner!?!??!" can they not count or what?
Though I do think the only reason they havent is because of the location of where those ballots that are being counted are at. North West Indiana.
May 6, 2008 11:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
It IS a nailbiter.
http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/6/223451/1567/92/510460
Also, apparently its strange not to report some of the vote. Any concerns on that? He said in March they would report late, maybe its a strategy?
If its not a win it looks within 2% to me.
May 6, 2008 11:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
He might make up a lot of ground in Gary, but she'll do well in the rest of Lake county (working class, White, ethnic, Catholic). If the county were just Gary, this might make a bigger difference.
Bottom line: I think it will end up being really close, but she'll hold on. If it is close enough, his win in NC might just about cancel out PA and IN combined in terms of popular vote.
May 6, 2008 11:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
A 70% obama lead, 30% clinton loss would cover about the 40K votes separating them now.
May 6, 2008 11:27 PM | Reply | Permalink