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Obama Wins Mississippi, Adding to Delegate Lead

12 March, 2008 (12:39)

Sen. Barack Obama picked up 19 delegates, five more than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in Mississippi’s Democratic primary Tuesday. With 99 percent of the vote counted, Obama had 61 percent to 37 percent for Clinton.

Obama Wins Mississippi Democratic Race

While 92 percent of blacks in Mississippi lined up behind the Illinois senator, 70 percent of whites supported Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to an exit poll.

Obama Gets Scant White Support in MS

By: Chaleampon Ritthichai | Posted in Vote2008

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Comment from jawbone
Date: March 13, 2008, 11:09 am

MI and FL have two different situations:

In FL, it was the Repub gov and legislature which wanted to move the date forward. The FL Dem Party had no control. Plus, there was an important state constitutional change appearing on the ballot and the Dems needed to have high turnout for that measure (which passed, alas).

Bottom line: Republicans moved the date; Dems could not afford a separate primary.

In MI, the MI Dem officials and MI Dem Party chose to move the primary forward. Ironically, they might have received more attention if they’d remained in their original date. However, here it was Dems in charge and they refused to allow write-ins or votes for those who left their names on the ballot: Clinton, Dodd, and Kucinic–may have been one or two more–Biden? (because he asked to have it removed too late to have it removed).

FL Dems, as mentioned, have not had their votes counted completely in 2000 and now this? Not good news for the Dems running in FL or for the Dem presidential candidate.

No Dem candidate is to win without FL or MI, most likely requiring both.

Way to go, DNC.

And, of course, the news readers and most pundits just say both are being penalized for moving their dates forward, seldom mentioning the different circumstances.

At the time of the primary date moves, there did seem to be pretty much a wink-and-a-nod that “something” would be “worked out.” That must have depended on one candidate clearly winning the nomination without those votes.

Oh, my. Good strategic thinking, Dr. Dean!

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