OBAMA ROBBED IN NY - New York Post
February 16, 2008 — Barack Obama’s primary-night results were strikingly under recorded in several congressional districts around the city - in some cases leaving him with zero votes when, in fact, he had pulled in hundreds, the Board of Elections said today
Unofficial primary results gave Obama no votes in nearly 80 districts, including Harlem’s 94th and other historically black areas - but many of those initial tallies proved to be wildly off the mark, the Board of Elections confirmed.
Truth is, in some districts getting a recount, the senator from Illinois is even close to defeating Hillary Clinton.
Initial results in the 94th District, for example, showed a 141-0 sweep for the New York senator, but Board of Elections spokeswoman Valerie Vazquez said today that the ongoing recount had changed the tally to 261-136.
Hillary is as wired into the New York machine as Obama is into the Chicago machine - actually, probably moreso. The Clintons have been playing machine politics at the national level for fifteen years, and even in his home state, Obama is a comparative neophyte at this particular game.
I think it is pretty clear what the Clintons’ strategy will be: they will do whatever it takes (and take no prisoners in the process) to win the nomination, and trust that they can mend whatever fences need mending for the general election.
They may be as optimistic about all this as the McCainiacs are that they can somehow get the conservative base out en masse to support their guy, but never mind. It might be interesting to see how a national Presidential election turns out in which the bases of both parties choose to withhold their participation.
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I wonder if disgust at the first female Presidency will result in the 19th Amendment being repealed.
The only fun part of this whole election is the demise of the Clintons. I love reading about all their former toadies running around saying that the Clintons are, in fact, corrupt.