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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-07-08 09:15 AM
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Truth and facts don't matter to some around here
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especially concerning the Texas caucus...but here are the facts. The more you ignore them...the more idiotic you look to those who have actually taken the time to understand them.

Without dispute, Hillary has won the Texas Primary vote.
However....the caucus will NOT be decided until June and there cannot even be a projected winner until June. So those of you who breathlessly keep posting that "Obama won the Texas caucus"...well, it it just a lie. Read the entire article. Educate yourself about what this particular caucus is...and what it is NOT.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/030708dnpolconventions.de9cc4.html
With tight Texas race, don't count on delegate answer until June

AUSTIN – Hillary Rodham Clinton won the popular vote in the state's Democratic primary, but Barack Obama is poised to walk away from the Texas two-step with more delegates, if his current lead in delegates from the precinct conventions holds through June.

NOTICE IT SAYS "IF HIS LEAD HOLDS THROUGH JUNE...IMPLYING THAT IT COULD CHANGE"

>>>snip
"It is important to remember that what happened Tuesday night was the first step in a three-step process," said Hector Nieto, spokesman for the Texas Democratic Party. "The final allocation of the 67 delegates that the presidential candidates are vying for won't be determined" until the party's state convention in June.

>>>snip
In other words, to paraphrase Mark Twain, claims of victory for either side would be greatly exaggerated.

>>>snip
None of this uncertainty has stopped either campaign from prematurely claiming victory in the delegate race, though. Both hope to capitalize on Texas' astoundingly slow and intricate process by grabbing some momentum-fueling headlines in the first days after Tuesday's hard-fought contest.
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