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To: Dale Baker who wrote (51744)	3/5/2008 9:12:44 AM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 542552

HRC makes up little ground in terms of delegates by mecarr, Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 12:54:50 AM EST It looks like Clinton enjoyed a good victory in Ohio and that the final numbers in Texas, caucus included, won't be decided for several days. As big as the victories might seem to Hillary supporters, the victory is small in terms of making inroads into Obama's delegate lead. Chuck Todd from MSNBC said this tonight: Clinton had a netgain of 3 delegates from RI Obama had a netgain of 3 delegates from Vermont Clinton had a netgain of 5-9 delegates in Ohio. Obama will most likely win more delegates from the primary in Texas because of the way the delegates are apportioned in Texas. Moreover, the caucus results will give him additional delegates. This occurs even though he may lose the popular vote. Chuck Todd's ultimate conclusion was that the night was pretty much awash in terms of delegates, and that Obama may have even picked up a couple. All in all, CLinton made little, if any inroad into Obama's 158 pledged delegate lead. I expect HRC supporters will immediately jump on this diary and point to Michigan, Florida, Rezco, Nafta, blah blah. But I ask that you put aside these hopes of an Obama meltdown and look at the race as it stands now and look to the future schedule. I will grant you that Pennsylvania, Kentucy, West Virginia will probably go for Hillary. But what about Mississippi, Oregon, North Carolina, Montana, etc? How will your candidate regain the delegate lead? Are you all banking it on a redo of Michigan and Flordia?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (51744)	3/5/2008 2:09:07 PM
From: Katelew	Respond to of 542552

The tide of media coverage, for one thing, already seemed to be changing over the last two weeks. The inevitable ebb of positive accounts seemed to begin after "Saturday Night Live" mocked political reporters' treatment of the frontrunner. A study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism finds that campaign articles last week focused more on Mr. Obama than Mrs. Clinton, often reporting on less flattering sides of his record and candidacy, as the N.Y. Times reports. Anyone who doesn't understand that the media chooses our elected officials must be deaf, dumb, and blind. <gg> It takes real effort to vote without this encumbrance, IMO. I put it in the same category as trying to cut through the recommendations of stock analysts when choosing a stock to buy or sell.