AP declares Hillary winner in Missouri, did they fuck up?

[Herman Munster]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080206/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Propelled largely by rural voters, Democrat Hillary Clinton won the important presidential testing ground of Missouri on Tuesday. Republicans Mike Huckabee and John McCain were in a tight battle for a rich delegate reward.

Clinton had about 50 percent of the vote compared with about 47 percent for rival Barack Obama, with 88 percent of Missouri's precincts reporting. The Associated Press declared tthe New York senator the winner based on a review of actual vote results, exit polling and an analysis of outstanding precincts.

Clinton carried most of the state, doubling and even tripling the Illinois senator's vote totals in some rural, predominantly white counties. Obama kept the race close by racking up leads in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas, home to many of Missouri's black voters and among the last areas to report results.

Mechanic Byron Fulkerson, 56, of Columbia, voted for Clinton. He was among those declaring the economy the big issue.

[stillrockin]

1. yup

[featherman]

2. Obama wins- NBC

[Arugula Latte]

3. Yep -- Big time fuck up.

[Renew Deal]

4. D'oh

:D

[Kittycat]

5. Yes. They forgot to wait until STL was counted.

At least they were smart enough to put "with 88 percent reporting". But this is why races shouldn't be called early.

[Unsane]

6. Yep. That article is like an hour old.

[CreekDog]

7. They forgot Poland

I mean St. Louis. :banghead:

[bagimin]

8. Fox calls it for Obama also.

[adabfree]

9. uh yea

[Recursion]

10. "Wait, you mean there are two large cities in MO that hadn't reported yet?"

Who knew?

[Arugula Latte]

13. They shouldn't be expected to know minutia like that!

:rofl:

[usregimechange]

11. Clearly

[Hippo_Tron]

12. Dewey defeats Truman

[Breeze54]

14. Obama in the lead... AP & ABC

http://abcnews.go.com/politics/elections/state?state=MO

Obama 391,616 49%
Clinton 386,844 48%
Edwards 16,473 2%
Uncommitted 3,062 1%

I don't think all the numbers will be clear until tomorrow.

[WilyWondr]

15. Many here on DU had the same problem

Apparently the HRC crowd thinks that posting fake victory threads is funny or something.


:shrug:

[tammywammy]

16. Yes, they fucked up.