[lbo-talk] Remarkably small delegate gain for Clinton

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Thu Mar 6 01:01:27 PST 2008


[Obama gained more delegates in Texas than Clinton? That is one weird system.]

http://www.samefacts.com/archives/campaign_2008_/2008/03/the_delegate_co unt.php

According to the Obama website, the delegate count for yesterday was:

Clinton 187 Obama 183

[The details, as best I can make them out: Clinton gains 8 in Ohio, 4 in Rhode Island, 2 in the Texas primary. Obama gains 7 in the Texas caucuses, 3 in Vermont.]

A net pickup of four delegates on what was supposed to be Clinton's "firewall" day? Not very impressive. On current form, Obama will more than make up for that in Mississippi alone. It means that the percentage of the remaining delegates Clinton needs to take just went up, not down.

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