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QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Mar 5, 2008 -> 11:34 AM) Except exit polls showed that GOP voters in the Dem Primary broke for Obama 53-47. Here's the question...were those numbers consistent with previous states?

QUOTE(iamshack @ Mar 5, 2008 -> 10:03 AM) Here we go again... As to the tax returns, I'm not sure why that should be anyone's business, honestly. The one reason I wouldn't mind them being released, however, is the fact that she always claims that the Bush Administration has benefitted "the wealthy and the well-connected." What are the Clinton's if not wealthy and well-connected? I can give a WSJ example of why it matters.

Is the "Arch madness" some sort of hilarious, St. Louis based pun?

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 11:32 PM) Why do you say that? I'm MUCH more scared of Obama than Hillary. All the far righties that McCain might struggle to energize will get a swift kick in the ass if the alternative is Hillary, plus youth and black turnout would be mediocre to horrible since they love Obama and would be discouraged, and McCain would dominate the moderate/independent vote. Hillary is a DREAM opponent for McCain. Rush Limbaugh has recently been encouraging his listeners to turn out and vote for Hillary so that they could keep the mess on the Dem side going as long as possible and so that either Hillary comes out as the nominee or she bloodies up Obama really badly.

The good news out of this is that at least whatever Dem gets the nomination in the fall is going to have campaigned in all 50 states in the primary season, so the Dem candidate is going to have a built in backlog of people at least knowing who they are. The bad news is that this sh*t just keeps on coming. God damnit Texas, you bastards... The path for Hillary is now open. She doesn't have to go to the convention with a pledged delegate lead if she can give the impression of momentum by creating her own winning streak through March/April.

Another 3 months of this sh*t. Thank God.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Mar 5, 2008 -> 08:08 AM) Don't you think our 1st and 4th would net us a Chad Johnson? No. The Bengals would be taking a monstrous salary cap hit on that deal.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 08:29 PM) I'm watching "300" right now, so any update on when the big precincts will be reporting in Texas? I wouldn't be surprised at all if this dragged out through most of the night.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 08:12 PM) ahh yes. the 20 point lead that falls to 1% is a great comeback... for Obama. Unfortunately, you know as well as I do that things just don't work that way.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 08:02 PM) HRC's up by about 20k in Texas now. At what point will we start seeing the shift to Obama everyone's saying will happen. Only 35% of the districts there have reported. Typically the latter districts to report are the larger, more urban districts in almost every election.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 07:49 PM) MSNBC calls Ohio for Clinton Well, they also called Missouri for Clinton too, and they were in sort of the same boat. The votes from Cleveland won't be in until like 4:00 a.m. tomorrow. But they'll probably be right in that call. In other words, come on Texas.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 07:36 PM) Sort of disappointed because I was hoping he would eventually get the TV job with Hawk. I don't think this precludes that from happening at all. Might even increase the chances now that he's more directly in the White Sox team's camp.

QUOTE(lostfan @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 07:19 PM) You know, I like Quentin as much as the next guy and think he's gonna be a good hitter, but some of you guys are talking as if Quentin has actually done something at the major-league level that we should be excited about. Yeah, I know he's had bad luck with injuries. But that doesn't change anything. We're not going off of much here. Coming up with the D-Backs and hitting 9 home runs in his first 166 at bats is nothing to scoff at.

QUOTE(Shamrock4Life @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 07:21 PM) and I think Stone and the Sox will work out a long term deal for him here on the South Side. I would bet that if Stone wanted one he could have it at any time from here on

QUOTE(daa84 @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 06:42 PM) is there a reason toby hall hasnt gotten any playing time yet? Hardball

QUOTE(BearSox @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 06:31 PM) I just watched yesterday's game on the tivo, and Alexi Ramirez has been fun to watch. I wonder if he will make the team out of spring training. We have to carry 7 bullpen arms, and with Hall, Ozuna, Quentin/Owens, and Uribe, it will be tough. Hopefully we will trade Uribe for a bag of balls. It all depends on Crede/Uribe and the roster spots. If we carry 7 arms, our bench starts off with Hall, Crede, Uribe, Ozuna, and presumably Owens so that we have an OF backup.

Rhode Island called for Clinton, breaking her losing streak.

BTW, Nader is tonight's Daily Show guest.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 06:01 PM) Actually, my understanding is that absentee isn't in those numbers yet. Did you hear differently? Yes

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 05:58 PM) Also, none of the major metros (San Antonio, Houston, Austin, DFW) have reported anything yet (per CNN). Those are Obama-favored areas. Barely anything other than early voting has been counted yet.

National Journal talks about the McCain side.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 05:24 PM) I know it's only 1% of precincts reporting, but Obama's lead is now about 130,000 votes in TX. It may be only 1%, but there are about 800,000 votes in that 1%. In other words, it seems like this is all the early voting numbers, and it makes up something like 20% of the electorate. And Obama has a big lead, nearly 20 points, amongst those early voters.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 05:16 PM) And you believe that why? Well, one could always point to the "Ghandi" joke from a few years back if you wanted to make her look bad in that regard.

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 03:42 PM) That would be f'in sweet, wont last. If you note the post above his, there are now 2 sets out there, each varying by a couple of points.