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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:57 AM Original message |
Philly Daily News: Did Obama blow the election by blowing off Philly? |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. One thing that has been overlooked about Philly is Obama got clobbered in Latino wards |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. The Latino population in Philadelphia is quite small |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. You're right!! |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Would it kill these journalists to actually check facts? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Heh. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Yes, he did. |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Generally, I like Rendell, BUT |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. I agree in a way. He should have really concentrated more on Philly and the burbs |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. fyi, as of today, there are still 40 precincts not counted in Philly nt |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Very interesting. Do you know why they have not yet been counted? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. My guess is provisionals. |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. So they'd hold the hard vote and report it all at once with the provisionals? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Unlikely. It looks like they were having machine troubles. |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. no - can't find anything yet. I looked in the Philly papers - man |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. They've reported now. |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. WHAT ?? How can this be? 40 precincts in Philly and it didn't |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. It depends where the precincts were from. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. . |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I think you're absolutely correct. |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. You're right - he was between a rock and a hard place in PA |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. imagine if he had |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. What if he did that and still didn't win? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. so, how do you figure the math works in November? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. It's not an issue in the Midwest. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yeah no one ever saw Obama in Philly. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I saw him three times in Philly. |
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JackORoses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. he netted 130,000 votes out of Philly...that's 30,000 more than they had hoped for |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. Rendell was positively BEAMING yesterday (as was the newsette) |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
26. he's going to win |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
27. Damned if you do, damned if you don't |
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olkaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
29. A Clinton Campaign Staffer Criticizing the Obama Campaign? HAHAHAHAHAHA |
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flowomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. did you miss this part of the OP: |
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olkaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Oh I know, and I'm not saying it was a mistake. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
32. Could it be that the Obama campaign knew Philly was covered... |
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