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To: JohnM who wrote (67338)	5/21/2008 11:59:14 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542169

*** A tale of two states: Here’s another thing that last night’s contests once again taught us: Obama doesn’t have a problem with white working-class voters; he has a problem with white-working class voters in Appalachian states. In Kentucky, just one in five of these folks backed him, but in Oregon nearly half of them did. Nice to see our earlier impression reinforced in real voting. The other telling stat last night was something like 40% of Hillary voters would go for McCain in Kentucky in November. In electoral terms, it's up there with Obama's win in sparsely populated red states. The delegates count but the impact on the fall race is zero.

To: JohnM who wrote (67338)	5/21/2008 2:54:17 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542169

>>First thoughts: Magic numbers<< John - The author's point about how Kentucky and West Virginia would probably not have been perceived as being so important if the primary calendar had been different is a good one. I think he got some of his numbers wrong, though. In one paragraph he says that Obama has the lead in popular votes, but presents figures that show Clinton with a larger total. I also have to point out one of my pet peeves in word usage mistakes. He says, "Sen. Chuck Schumer, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, kept his near-perfect record in picking nominees in contested primaries in tact with yesterday’s wins by Bruce Lunsford in Kentucky and Jeff Merkley in Oregon." The word is "intact". It's not a phrase. I've also seen people say, "in tack", which is worse. - Allen