MSNBC revised: Too Early to Call

[book_worm]

Hillary leading, but that's okay she will not win by the margin she needs.

[shadowknows69]

1. w00t!!!!

[mamalone]

2. oh. my.

goodness.

[thewiseguy]

3. They always say that

[Coexist]

no, several Obama blowouts were called at :02 past 8:00

[thewiseguy]

31. Think about Ohio dude. That was also "too close to call". Dont get excited just yet!

[Coexist]

38. I'm not - I'm just glad it wasn't called

because that means the margin won't be 20.

[alteredstate]

73. South Carolina was called at 7PM

A moment I'll cherish forever.

[yourguide]

26. No, if they THINK they have it and the polls just close...

they call it "too early to call".

[Lil Missy]

4. That's not good news for Hillary. n/t

[Bryan]

32. Not good news for us, either

It's been a looooooooong six weeks, and I'd like to get to bed at a decent hour. I don't need no late-night nail-biter.

[Lil Missy]

62. OMG - just had a flashback to Bush v Gore in 2000

One minute I was elated, a few minutes later I was devastated. :(

[AlCzervik]

i really hope this thing gets wrapped up quickly. I do have a movie to watch

in case it starts dragging on.

[Demobrat]

5. WOW!

Just wow.

[MeDeMax]

11. SHOCKING !!! wow !!!!

[ScarletSniper]

6. Hmmm...too close to call..wow

[Iwasthere]

7. that's it!

It is over! Mostly the young voting later in the eve (imo)

[KittyWampus]

8. please know I considered these three words carefully... WHAT THE FUCK?

[Binka]

49. I Considered This Word Carefully

Alert

[Exilednight]

70. For what? I see that word all the time on here. n/t

[Hokie]

9. Not good news for Hillary

She needed a big win. This probably means less than 56-44 for Hillary.

[thewiseguy]

17. Ohio was also too "close" to call. Lets not get too excited just yet

[book_worm]

25. I believe that Ohio was "Too Early to Call" which is a big difference.

[yourguide]

30. Correct!

[thewiseguy]

35. I hope you guys are right, but I really do not like to get excited for nothing. :)

[Mooney]

Wow.

I don't know how to interpret that.

[spinbaby]

10. Hillary will drop out tomorrow

Hey HIllary supporters! Welcome to the Obama campaign!

[rainbow4321]

33. Before or after the superdelegate floodgate opens for Obama??

I bet she stays in but the SD show her the door..OK, DRAG her kicking and screaming bitter ass to the door.

[JVS]

12. uhhh oh, this is not good for HRC. Too close to call is definitely not over the bar

Get ready for this to happen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEyp1OYBvoI

[Joe the Revelator]

Not good news for Ms. Clinton

nt

[book_worm]

13. It will no doubt be Hillary who wins, but probably by only five or less.

[Joe the Revelator]

18. If thats the case, then she's out.

[DCKit]

59. McCrazy's VP? Just wonderin' n/t

[TexasLady]

14. I'll take it

got nothing to do anyway tonight.

[blonndee]

15. Hmmm. Not bad news so far.

Anything is better than a Clinton win projected immediately.

[Coexist]

16. thank you

[Seeker30]

19. 0 - 0 haha!

Nice try

[rainbow4321]

20. Good Lord this is giving me indigestion...

Why do I feel more anxious than when it was my own state (TX)??

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

21. K&R.

[GetTheRightVote]

22. I am watching as well, KO 'to close to call',

I love it when he says it for sure....

Hillary still crying about the money she has compared to Obama
and Obama is getting his funding from the people, quess who the
Dem Candidate should be, begins with an O ??

[nebula]

23. Poll closed, could go either way!

[Iwasthere]

24. Was this a joke!!!

errrrr!!!

[crispini]

27. Amazing. NOT A BLOWOUT. Yessssssssss! nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

28. Watch the superdelegates flood tomorrow anything less than 10%

for Hillary.... it has already been reported they will if that happens.

[GetTheRightVote]

53. I hope you mean they will flood to Obama's team

[PM7nj]

29. Well... no 20pt blowout!

yay!

[sampsonblk]

34. Good. Hopefully this will end it-nt

[TexasObserver]

36. Too Close to Call = "We've got 7 hours of programming planned tonight!"

I hope it really means too close to call, and I hope it means Hillary is done, but it is MSNBC.

[rainbow4321]

45. LOL...

It could turn to Obama 70, HRC 30 and we will still be hearing "too close to call.... and "WHY didn't Obama get 100%???? He cannot close the deal!!!"

[DerekJ]

37. 52% Turnout !!!!

[thewiseguy]

39. Is that good or bad?

[angie_love]

44. good for the democratic party :)

[thewiseguy]

52. Go democrats! I am so freaking nervous...

[uponit7771]

48. I believe it's 52% MORE than last year IIUC

[DerekJ]

55. Double 2004 turnout!!

[angie_love]

40. I'm so nervous, not a blowout PHEW

[crispini]

41. So, do they have early voting in PA, and

when will they release the results if so?

In my county, early voting would have been up by now (they count it during the day).

[Kber]

42. CNN echo's that theme

Competitive race in Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- As polls closed in Pennsylvania, the race between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama was too close to call.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/22/pa.primary/index.html

[uponit7771]

43. GOBAMA!!!

[LBJDemocrat]

46. Suuuuuuuuuuuure

They say that so that we tune in. Come on, people.

[tinrobot]

47. Too close to call is not close enough for Hillary.

n/t

[WillyT]

50. Si Se Puede !!!

:bounce::woohoo::bounce:

[Cali_Democrat]

51. It's bullshit

they just want all you tuned in like a bunch of robots so you watch their ads and buy the products they advertise.

[pdxmom]

54. If they call it now, then they lose all their viewers. I'm not convinced

it's too close to call. I think they're just stretching things out. I'm afraid to get my hopes up yet.

[Road Scholar]

56. K&R nt

[Auntie Bush]

57. That's why I'm watching Fox.

They post the projected winner first. MSNBC will hold off declaring Hillary the winner for as long as possible. Even when it's obvious...they will say it's tooooo close to call.

[Hokie]

63. Watching Fox is sick

I would sooner watch a dog tortured than watch Fox News.

[saigon68]

68. Its like watching Diarrhea swirling in a toilet

Especially those "Blonde door posts" they g=have there>

[GodlessBiker]

69. A toilet that never completely flushes.

[saigon68]

74. However after 3 or 4 flushes the "Cloudiness" mostly disappears

[Auntie Bush]

72. I'm going to sic PEETA on you!

I explained why I'm watching FOX. If KO and Tweety were the least bit fair...I'd be watching them... Blame them for losing so many Hillary supporters. I'm too anxious to hear that Hillary is the winner. I'll post the good news here as som as they announce so you won't have to enjoy watching dogs get tortured. I wouldn't do that to my worst enemy.
They just said she's ahead by about 6 points so far. You hear it here first.

[myrna minx]

81. Fox projected Bush as the winner in 2000. n/t

[ecstatic]

58. CNN showing clips from Indiana Obama rally: The crowd is FIRED UP!!!

I know how they feel! I was soo excited when I saw "too close to call!"

GOOOOOOBAMA!!!!!!

[book_worm]

60. according to exits Philly areas is great, but disappointed by Pittsburgh

I thought he would do a bit better there.

[rickymartell]

61. We were told "too close to call" in Ohio that night, and Hillary won by 10%

Here's Mathew Yglesias reporting that exit polls had it "too close to call" in Ohio.

http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/too_close_in_ohio.php

You guys are underestimating the intelligence of TV pundits and the validity of exit polls. Obama could easily have lost by a large margin even with this "too close to call" announcement.

[ScarletSniper]

65. Should be a long night..that's for sure

[book_worm]

67. Wasn't it "too early to call" in Ohio?

[azmouse]

64. GOBAMA!!!

[Zachstar]

66. GREAT NEWS!!

There is VERY little chance that Clinton can get a 10 point win now!

[book_worm]

71. kick

[nonobadfish]

75. I'm new here and I've been reading. What is the difference in too early to call

and to close to call? It made me nervous when MSNBC said that.

[book_worm]

77. I think it means that Hillary will win, but not the kind of victory she needs.

[nonobadfish]

79. Thanks, bookworm. I'll breathe easier now.

[Sir Jeffrey]

80. Too close to call...

means that the outcome of the race is still in doubt.

Too early to call means that the outcome of the race is not really in doubt, but the network feels apprehensive about calling it at such an early point in the evening. They typically have specific precincts that they monitor for results to get a sense of how the race is going to end up. They will usually hold off calling a race if those precincts have not yet reported, even if one candidate is probably going to win.

[nonobadfish]

82. And how does that translate into percentages?...Or does it?

[Sir Jeffrey]

84. It is separate from the percentages...

you can get the percentages here:

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#PADEM

Expect Clinton to win tonight. The exit polls suggest Clinton 52 Obama 48 or thereabouts. Take those numbers with a grain of salt though.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

76. Gregory and Pat B are currently foaming at the mouth

Maddow is frantically slapping them upside the heads with facts. And Eugene thinks they are all nuts.

[Sparkly]

78. Tweety emphasizing too early, Keith emphasizing too close.

There was a tense little exchange on that a few minutes ago.

[Thepricebreaker]

83. Fox just called it for Hillary...