Reply #17: IMO, this thread is misleading and obscurantist. Read down in the DallasNews link [View All]

from the OP:

"With about 40 percent of precincts reporting Thursday, Mr. Obama had about 55 percent of the precinct delegates to Mrs. Clinton's 45 percent.,,, The rest of the precinct counts aren't due until Saturday."

In other words, soon after Saturday, we can expect an update on the preliminary count that's as reliable as the 55-45 preliminary count released yesterday.

If you want to split hairs, NONE of the delegate counts from ANY state primary or caucus are "official" until the Credential Commitee rules on delegate seating in Denver.

Chuck Todd (MSNBC), a veteran of election reporting, often opines about how the "indoor game" of primary politics in the past has picked off pledged delegates at state party meetings prior to the National Convention. But this time, the whole world is watching, and shenanigans of the past may not be possible.

How is what is going on in Texas any dfferent from what's going on in Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey, or anyplace else?

Sheesh...