first hint from Politico (to take with grain of salt): Big Night for Obama?

[blitzen]

Democratic officials with access to exit polls say Senator Obama looks like he’s headed for a huge win in today’s Wisconsin primary. The polls could turn out to be off, as they have in the past. But the officials’ revelation reflects the chatter in the campaigns in advance of the 9 p.m. Eastern poll closing.

The party officials said that if the trends reflect in the interviews with hundreds of Badger State voters, the news out of the primary will be: Obama encroached deeply into three of Clinton’s core groups of voters – women, those with no college degree and those with lower incomes – while giving up none of his own. However, Clinton looked to be winning senior citizens, the officials said.

Stay tuned for real numbers.



http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Wisconsin_exits.html#comments

[high density]

1. Remember: If Obama wins it doesn't matter

But if Clinton wins, it matters.

[usregimechange]

14. That is right but didn't you "plagiarize" that from some where?

:pals:

[Obamaniac]

30. "That is right" is plagerism.

Just so you know. We don't want any hanky panky around here.

[Pirate Smile]

25. Well, we will know Wisconsin is "insignificant" and "doesn't count".

All I have to say is - come on over Wisconsin, you've got lots of company. Join the party!:party:

[cali]

2. I hope it's true.

the sooner we have a nominee the better.

[HeraldSquare212]

3. Man...

[TwilightGardener]

4. Don't believe it until I see it. The attacks on Barack and Michelle have

reached such a fever pitch, I can seriously believe he'll lose tonight.

[grantcart]

16. yeah except people have seen it before its like Bush with the fear thing nt

[meow mix]

5. clintons base is holding steady. hard to crack the old guard..

tough as nails..

[GarbagemanLB]

6. Time to erase this bullshit plagiarism story with a sweep!

[LadyVT]

7. Maybe, but the working people won't vote until they get off work.

[tridim]

13. Until then it's only welfare queens, right?

:eyes:

I ususally vote in the morning or at lunch, and have worked all my life.

[cali]

21. you mean because working people don't vote before work

or during lunch hour?

[Coexist]

23. what exactly are you implying?

[Cha]

8. As Obama said from Niles, Ohio..

"He has occasionally used lines of mine. I have occasionally used some words of his. I know Sen. Clinton has used words of mine as well. I don’t think that is something that workers here are concerned about," he said, adding that "I'm sure I should have" given credit to Patrick.

Bottom line: "I really don’t think this is too big of a deal," Obama said.

My son on Kauai said the analysts last night were saying hilary's attempts at distraction weren't going over and the Country is in such a state they they wanna know about the issues now. So much for hilaryland picking up pointers from karl rove on weapons of mass distraction.

[Mz Pip]

I talked to my SIL in Hilo today

and she was going to the caucuses. I think this is the first time she's ever participated in one and is really excited about it. She's 59. She says there seems to lots of Obama support on the Big Island.

Well, we shall see.

[Cha]

27. Mahalo to your SIL on Hilo!

It's so good for all of us to be in on this exciting time in a our history..and we can thank the Obama campaign for this. B-)

[Mz Pip]

20. self delete

[loveangelc]

9. I'll believe it when I see it....

[my3boyz]

10. I won't believe it til the polls close. I remember how everyone

was thinking John Kerry won the election in a landslide and obviously that did not happen.

[Common Sense Party]

33. Didn't it?

How do you know?

[City Lights]

11. I'm not gonna get my hopes up yet.

But I do hope it's true. :D

[THUNDER HANDS]

12. i wonder if they'll call it for Obama at 9:00 like they did the last couple of times

or if they'll make people sweat it out?

[NJSecularist]

17. There is absolutely no way Wisconsin will be called as soon as the polls closed.

[Pirate Smile]

15. God, I hope so, Wolfson just popped up on MSNBC and he had a big smile which had me worried.

[Metric System]

22. He's being well paid, what reason is there not to smile? n/t

[blitzen]

18. whoa, here's a little supporting evidence from FAUX

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4665626&mesg_id=4666309

[Barack_America]

19. Aren't those people supposed to be locked in a room somewhere?

:shrug:

[democrattotheend]

28. Until 5 PM

Then they get a "bathroom break", at which point they all go and leak it. The lock-in is to prevent a repeat of 2004, when numbers were released before being properly weighted that showed Kerry winning.

But remember, these exit polls, even if they have been properly weighted, may be off because people are still voting. At this time 2 weeks ago, it looked like Obama was going to win Massachusetts and New Jersey. So get on the phones and make sure he wins tonight!

[Barack_America]

31. I hope they end up dropping their blackberries in the toilet.

;)

[bluestateguy]

34. Only in the general election

The networks have been less protective of the exit poll data in this year's primaries.

[Alhena]

24. Wow, I've been preparing myself for a bad Obama night ...

this would be wonderful if true.

[bluestateguy]

26. No celebrating here. Not wanting to jinx things.

May not even be true.

But I hope it is.

[Abacus]

29. Somewhere else shows early exit polls have Clinton leading by 4

as of 5:53 pm. I won't post a link since it's a RW site, but it's all I could find on the interwebs. Too early to get hopes up.

[blitzen]

32. National Review Online says Obama blowout, 60-40

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YTU4NDQ4MDYyNjZkNjNkN2ZkODE1MTY0MDZmNWM0Y2Y=

First Word on Wisconsin Exits

I'm hearing that after two waves of data, Wisconsin looks like a blowout in favor of Obama, in the neighborhood of 60 percent to 40 percent.

02/19 06:22 PM