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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:33 PM
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Ignore the spin that this was a close race or "basically a three way tie"
A (as of this moment) six point differential is a "big win" for Obama.
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:34 PM
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1. No one is saying that it was a three-way tie.
Except for you. A common theme, actually.
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:34 PM
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2. LOL!
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:35 PM
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5. Rachel Madow just started the spin on MSNBC
Maybe you're too busy watching Fox?
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:37 PM
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12. I'm watching c-span
:shrug:
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:36 PM
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8. Oh snap
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maddiejoan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:35 PM
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3. That would be true in a three way race
this wasn't a three way race, sweetie.
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:35 PM
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4. as of THIS moment
yeah -- but of course y'all want to agree with the MSM when it's YOUR candidate. Calling it BEFORE it's counted. FEH.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:35 PM
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6. Indicisive at best
It's a wide open race.
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:36 PM
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9. Nothing about these results are indicisive
The winner is clear

Senator Barack Obama : 36.37%
Senator John Edwards : 30.47%
Senator Hillary Clinton : 30.15%
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Ediacara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:38 PM
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13. Looks like a three way tie to me with one eeking out a narrow victory
Edited on Thu Jan-03-08 09:38 PM by DinoBoy
(but then again, I'm no mathematician)
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:39 PM
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16. When is six points in an eight person race eeking out a narrow victory?
People have claimed mandates on less.
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Ediacara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:48 PM
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18. I'm not saying it's not a win, but it's hardly decisive
Edited on Thu Jan-03-08 10:00 PM by DinoBoy
When the race is forced by bizarre rules to be a three person race, and each person gets roughly one third, it's a narrow victory. If Obama had won with numbers mirroring those of the GOP, that would have been decisive. This just isn't.

ON EDIT: On seeing revised numbers from the NYT, Obama's win is looking more like decisive (though still.....) and less like the lucky winner in a three way tie.
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Cameron27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:36 PM
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7. As gracious as ever,
Obama won Iowa, congratulations.
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:37 PM
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11. Winning doesn't matter if you can't control the spin
:)
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:36 PM
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10. Rachel Maddow was trying to push that.
The establishment is for Hillary.
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:38 PM
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14. Trippi just called it a "three way dead heat"
That close enough for some of you?
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RoveRage Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:39 PM
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17. He's an idiot.
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 09:38 PM
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15. It looked in the beginning like it could be that close
but this is a clear win for Obama.
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