Barack Obama Sweeps "Ballot Bowl" Saturday - Page 3 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

Wookie · 02-10-2008, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

Too early to tell, IMO--but there are some signs that the GOP is in for a tough election cycle. An unpopular president, economy in the tank, and a disaffected base are not exactly recipes for success. And turnout in democratic primaries has been twice as much as in GOP primaries, which is a very troubling sign for the Republicans. Not to mention that for the first time in recent memory, Democrats are raising way, way more money.

Thanks!

Nehkara · 02-10-2008, 01:07 PM

Delegate update folks!

Clinton 1108, Obama 1049.

Gained a couple on Clinton overnight, puts him 59 delegates behind at the moment. In terms of pledged delegates, Obama is winning 918 to 885, 33 delegates ahead of Clinton.

That said, delegates are still being counted including quite a few from Washington last night, a state that Obama very nearly completely swept and thus should get almost every delegate from.

By my calculations, there are 157 delegates missing from the CNN delegate count that are still being counted.

driveway · 02-10-2008, 01:42 PM

Delgate counts from other sources:

msnbc.com's count:

DEMOCRATS
Obama 943
Clinton 895
Edwards 26

Still to be allocated: 132

REPUBLICANS
McCain 724
Romney 278
Huckabee 234
Paul 14
Others 7

Still to be allocated: 41

foxnews.com
Democrats
Clinton 1095
Obama 1070
Edwards 26

Republicans
McCain 719
Huckabee 234
Romney 298
Paul 14

reliablepolitics.com
Democrats
Clinton 1100
Obama 1039
Edwards 26

Repbulicans
McCain 714
Huckabee 217
Romney 286
Paul 16

realclearpolitics.com
Democrats
Clinton 1123
Obama 1120

Republicans
McCain 724
Huckabee 234
Romney 285
Paul 14

Nehkara · 02-10-2008, 02:18 PM

Hillary Clinton has changed campaign managers today... I think she may be worried about what will happen if Obama sweeps Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday.

Nehkara · 02-10-2008, 02:43 PM

Another delegate update!

Clinton 1139
Obama 1106

Obama is 33 behind with 69 delegates to be counted.

feartheflames · 02-10-2008, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wookie

I haven't paid any attention to any of this. But, does Obama/Democrats have any chance of winning in the end?

well the basic belief is that if Clinton wins the nomination the Republican party has a better chance at the Presidency as she is seen as a divisive character. She is controverisal in the fact that she originally supported Bush in the war, and many of her arguments could easily be undermined by her past actions. Obama is seen more so as a unifier with may Republicans and Independents liking him, 75% of Clinton supporters say they would still be happy if Obama won the nomination. Therefore he is more of a threat to beat McCain.

peter12 · 02-10-2008, 02:47 PM

Obama has been steadily gaining on Clinton over the past couple months. He's coming on strong when it counts. He's got great fundraising and organizational capacity and an amazing campaign slogan. He's going to take down Hilary and he's going to have a great shot at the White House.

driveway · 02-10-2008, 02:58 PM

Watching this American election is, for me, a lot like watching a sporting event. I have a vested interest in who wins, I care deeply, but there's absolutely bupkis I can do about it, except cheer from the sidelines.

4X4 · 02-10-2008, 03:03 PM

The most amazing thing about Obama is that my dad wants him to win the presidency. And my dad is a fox-news-watching, Bush-supporting (though that's waning the last couple years), church-going, god-fearing, hardcore businessman.
I never thought I'd hear the day that he'd speak kindly about a liberal. But he likes Obama. Prefers him to McCain.
According to him, Obama hasn't been "polluted" by politics yet and it'd be nice to have someone who actually takes the job because they want to do something instead of merely have the power to do whatever they want. (paraphrased)

Nehkara · 02-10-2008, 03:31 PM

Obama winning Maine. 59% of the vote has been counted.

Obama 57%
Clinton 42%

24 pledged, 34 total delegates at stake.

Dan02 · 02-10-2008, 03:55 PM

I thought a couple weeks ago Clinton was supposed to take Maine easy?

Maritime Q-Scout · 02-10-2008, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4X4

No, actually. Nor do BC, Alberta, Sask and Manitoba.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Ouch! Good one. I'm sure PEI, NB and NFLD feel the same way.

WE STILL COUNT ! ! !

WE STILL COUNT ! ! !

WE STILL COUNT ! ! !

WOOOOOO NOVA SCOTIA!!!!

burn_this_city · 02-10-2008, 04:48 PM

Clinton just replaced her campaign manager today.. she also disclosed she lent $5 million to her campaign recently.. I'm a lil suprised shes have this much trouble raising funds.. I think her ship is really starting to take on water now..

HotHotHeat · 02-10-2008, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Clinton just replaced her campaign manager today.. she also disclosed she lent $5 million to her campaign recently.. I'm a lil suprised shes have this much trouble raising funds.. I think her ship is really starting to take on water now..

The real question is how could you ever vote for a campaign that fires their manager during the heat of battle.

It's like Keenan pulling Kipper during game 7 of the finals because the other team tied it up. Talk about no confidence.

blankall · 02-10-2008, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan02

I thought a couple weeks ago Clinton was supposed to take Maine easy?

She was. What Obama has accomplished is really quite amazing. I went to see him in Seattle a couple of days ago. Unfortunately, we couldnt get into the building, because too many of his supporters had shown up. I'm not a huge Obama fan, but I went mostly for the circus. Seattle is a pretty toned down city, but Obama came out and said a few words to us and people were eating it up.

Azure · 02-10-2008, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

The real question is how could you ever vote for a campaign that fires their manager during the heat of battle.

It's like Keenan pulling Kipper during game 7 of the finals because the other team tied it up. Talk about no confidence.

I'm pretty sure that her campaign manager was working without pay for the past while.....so maybe he said pay more or I leave.

So she fired him instead.

Nehkara · 02-10-2008, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azure

I'm pretty sure that her campaign manager was working without pay for the past while.....so maybe he said pay more or I leave.

So she fired him instead.

She fired her campaign manager supposedly because she believed her manager was doing a bad job.

Azure · 02-10-2008, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nehkara

She fired her campaign manager supposedly because she believed her manager was doing a bad job.

She never fired anyone.

Nehkara · 02-10-2008, 06:02 PM

Delegate Update!

Obama closes to within 27 delegates.

Clinton 1148
Obama 1121

With 87% of precincts reporting in Maine:

Obama 59%
Clinton 41%

Nehkara · 02-10-2008, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azure

She never fired anyone.

Sorry... reassigned her to "Senior Adviser" and made someone else campaign manager.