I CALL BS! Why has only 97% of the vote been counted in Philly?

[NYDem Observer]

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#PA

Double digit victory my ass. Its all about ratings people. Truth is the race goes on, Clinton looks stronger and the superdelegates don't jump if Clinton can claim a double-digit victory.

The numbers are much closer to 54% Clinton 46% Obama, to suggest otherwise is nothing but politics and spin.

[EFerrari]

1. And don't forget the provisional ballots. They're still outstanding. n/t

[NYDem Observer]

3. Unbelievable

So not only does Obama have to fight off double teams from Clinton and McCain but now the MSM too.

[tridim]

12. He is running against the Machine, all of it.

ABC's "debate" made that crystal clear.

Yet, he's still winning. :)

[TexasObserver]

13. Provisional ballots is the new scam to keep one side's totals down early in the count

Everywhere the Clinton ward heelers control the counting process, there have been large numbers of provisional ballots set aside for counting later, if at all. By doing that, they give inaccurate numbers early in the process, and it helps Hillary appear to do better than she has.

They are using every dirty trick in the Republican play book to skew results and misrepresent them.

[EFerrari]

18. Yup. She's gone from being inevitable to certain loser and still

the talking point of the day is OBAMA can't close the deal.

[maximusveritas]

2. Yep, the votes that haven't been counted favor Obama

So he'll definitely be in single digits and the deficit will be closer to 8 than 9

[Coexist]

4. they are probably still counting the provisional ballots

they would take a lot longer to count.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. I think the OP is comparing cnn totals to the state of pa totals -

which are at 99.03 and showing 8.6 gap. Hinting that cnn
wants everyone to see a 10 pt spread vs. less than that -
when they should be really showing the most up-to-date

you are right - I don't think provisionals are in
yet.

[NYDem Observer]

10. Exactly

Didn't realize the provisionals weren't in yet. But CNN doesn't even have the latest count, there is no excuse for that.

[wowimthere]

5. PA like Ohio was rigged! These are machine states.

[onehandle]

6. OMG!

Relax. Hillary is not winning. Sheesh!

[NYDem Observer]

11. Doesn't matter

A double digit victory gives her campaign a huge boost, and galvanizes her support.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Very interesting. Like they stopped when it was 10 !! It reminds

me of when Bush claimed victory in Fl in 2000. I always thought
that it was a brilliant move. Like Gore should have done that - it's
all about appearances and Bush put himself out there as the winner
and Gore became the challenger.

[Barack_America]

9. There are thousands of provisional ballots in Philly.

Thousands of new registrations were discarded by the Board of Elections for "insufficient data" when they were in fact perfectly complete and legitimate.

The Board of Elections simply ran out of time to process them all. But by law had to process them all, so...

Welcome to Philly politics, friends.

[cliffordu]

14. She told them it was bingo night.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. This is weird - looking at it again. They now show 99% not 97% and

they are STILL showing 10%. This is totally wrong.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. Well, things have changed on state website - Now 9.2 % gap - here's

the link: http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/

[Laura PourMeADrink]

20. There are 52 precincts that have no reported

[zulchzulu]

17. The number 9 is now a double-digit due to inflation

Paging Wolfson...new talking point!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. I see what they did - Clinton got 54.6 - so they rounded her too 55

and subtracted from 100 to get the 45 for O