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Hillary Wins West Virginia

By Jeralyn

Update: First laugh of the night: On CNN, Donna Brazile says tonight is not a loss for Obama, it's just a win for Hillary. Do they bother to think before they open their mouths?

MSNBC says the exit polls show it was Obama's poorest performance in any primary so far. Neither Gore nor Kerry took W. VA. Bill Clinton did. Translation: John McCain just picked up 5 electoral votes if Obama is the nominee.

Update: The media is fixated on pledged delegates, talking about how close Obama is to winning the magic number. They don't want to mention that the 800 superdelegates can change their mind any time until August. They sure talk about it when one jumps from Hillary to Obama. As long as Hillary stays in, the superdelegates can consider electability in November. Obama has not shown he can win PA, Ohio, FL and those are crucial in November. [More...]

Update: Unbelievable. An Obama superdelegate from W. Va. is on saying he will vote for Obama even though Hillary won his state because that's his job as a superdelegate, to vote for the best candidate in his view. When Hillary suggests superdelegates vote their conscience, people scream about how they are violating the will of the voters.

The polls are closed. The media immediately calls the primary for Hillary Clinton. She will win by 2:1. Hillary will speak in a half hour or so. I'll live blog it when she does.

Hillary beat Obama in the Independent vote as well as the Democrats.

Ann Lewis says there are enough uncommitted superdelegates left to swing the total to Hillary. She also says that Hillary will be ahead in the popular vote by June 3. She agrees the race won't go to August.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 13, 2008 (boomark / email).