Open thread: Armageddon; Update: Huckabee concedes; Update: McCain clinches; Update: Hillary wins Ohio; Update: Hillary wins Texas
posted at 5:54 pm on March 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Exit polls are just starting to trickle in. Nothing yet by way of hard data but — surprise — voters in both Texas and Ohio find Obama to be more electable, per Fox News. We’ve had the first reports of dirty tricks too, courtesy of pro-Hillary TalkLeft. And Huck is complaining about the lack of energy on behalf of McCain among the GOP base, even as Maverick prepares to put him to sleep tonight and turn his attention fully to the, ahem, purple states.
Ed and I are going to try to co-liveblog it via the Cover It Live widget below. (Thanks to Patrick Ishmael for the tip.) It’s our first time using it so bear with us. Things should heat up starting at 7 p.m. ET. While you wait, enjoy the results of this poll suggesting whom voters really trust at 3 a.m. Exit quotation one: “I didn’t get my hands dirty making all those good things happen in the ’90s.” Exit quotation two: America is a country that’s “just downright mean.”
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Hmmmm That is gonna be a tuffy!
upinak on March 4, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Not sure what we are supposed to be doing and or what I am looking at.
I see Ed and Allah.
Scoreboard44 on March 4, 2008 at 7:13 PM
I kept my last kidney stone…no one around here seems to appreciate that.
Is keeping your memento sorta like that?
trainer on March 4, 2008 at 7:14 PM
Wayward, I think only Allah and Ed are commenting, you can submit question/comments to them at slot below the main window.
Zorro on March 4, 2008 at 7:14 PM
Or he has information that Obama wins, and he’s making Ohio an even more important loss to Hillary.
Ed and Allah will update in that box, with links and information.
amerpundit on March 4, 2008 at 7:15 PM
It’s like looking at Ed and AP instant messaging.
Scoreboard44 on March 4, 2008 at 7:15 PM
aha.
Can I still watch Fox?
Scoreboard44 on March 4, 2008 at 7:16 PM
I don’t go for this likeability crap. If likeability was really going to give Obama a way in with Republicans in November, he’d be plying his likeability against Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee in the general.
People don’t want a “likeable” guy facing off against our enemies, and that’s exactly why Republicans trust McCain than the two Democrats combined. Pushovers are likeable; men of action are not.
Mark V. on March 4, 2008 at 7:16 PM
I know what you mean…when I voted they put a big red ‘DEMOCRAT’ stamp on the voter registration card. Ewwwwwwwwwwww!Limerick on March 4, 2008 at 7:07 PM
Here in Ohio they don’t change your reg, but there was a D by my name on the signing sheet thingy. I always hated Ds
- The Cat
P.S. Love the live blog thing.
MirCat on March 4, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Basicly what it is. That doesn’t look like I spelled it right.
upinak on March 4, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Wow. So he can actually do well enough to beat the guy that dropped out last month. Heh.
amerpundit on March 4, 2008 at 7:20 PM
That board they are using on CNN, that one of those Microsoft table now a wall screens that you can right on….what was it called?
Don’t say a Madden telestrator.
Scoreboard44 on March 4, 2008 at 7:20 PM
Haha. What about Ron Paul!?
Vigilante on March 4, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Grr thats what having a new democratic governor will get ya every attempt to stack the deck
William Amos on March 4, 2008 at 7:22 PM
I meant write on.
Scoreboard44 on March 4, 2008 at 7:22 PM
Re: that Michelle Obama quote: she calls us a nation of “sloths” and “complacent”. As opposed to… what? The socialist paradise of France, where they want gigantic minimum wages for 35 hour work weeks? Who are the sloths?
Mark V. on March 4, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Sandusky. Home of Cedar Point.
Love it.
Scoreboard44 on March 4, 2008 at 7:23 PM
nice, live blogging widget is pretty cool
offroadaz on March 4, 2008 at 7:24 PM
Those lovable occupation resistance fighters in Iraq.
amerpundit on March 4, 2008 at 7:24 PM
He’s too busy monitoring the avalanche situation on Mars.
pilamaye on March 4, 2008 at 7:24 PM
Microsoft Surface? Or Jeff Han’s full Media Wall?
spmat on March 4, 2008 at 7:24 PM
All the crossover votes aside (Texas)…the turnout is scary. I have never seen this kind of ‘civic duty’ here.
Any ideas? Or is this the beginning of the end of Red Tex?
Limerick on March 4, 2008 at 7:26 PM
SURFACE! THAT’S IT!!!
Scoreboard44 on March 4, 2008 at 7:26 PM
It should be possible to have the widget float in right sidebar space in the center of the screen. Take some programming but then users could read the comments and the widget without scrolling.
News2Use on March 4, 2008 at 7:27 PM
I thought the polling time was extended?
amerpundit on March 4, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Rove, you magnificent bastard!
Hollowpoint on March 4, 2008 at 7:29 PM
How can they call anything when the polls are not closing until 9pm?
Scoreboard44 on March 4, 2008 at 7:31 PM
I think A) Most Texas Reps aren’t voting since McCain pretty much has it locked, up here and B) the Reps voting are voting Democrat.
Vigilante on March 4, 2008 at 7:31 PM
Maybe its siesta time ?
William Amos on March 4, 2008 at 7:33 PM
Hope you’re right. Early voting numbers are 10-1 over 2004.
Limerick on March 4, 2008 at 7:33 PM
This is pretty fresh actually. Unless the use of ‘fresh’ in this type of situation has gone from hip to passe. Then it wouldn;t be fresh at all. But it is. Really.
ChipDWood on March 4, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Brit: Battlestar Galactica, Bryan would have liked that one.
Zorro on March 4, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Lulz… Clinton/McCain ‘08
spmat on March 4, 2008 at 7:35 PM
I wonder if the USUAL MAV HATERS are still convinced he will lose to Obama in the general after tonight?
THE CHOSEN ONE on March 4, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Come on Hillary! Make this interesting.
With the way she’s been battling Barry and The Media, she’s got more respect fromme.
I’m a terrible public speaker just like her, so her kicking the ass of Barry and the douches in The Media is a pleasant sight.
benrand on March 4, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Looks like Clinton will win Ohio, with a lot of cross-over votes.
WoosterOh on March 4, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Vermont voters are really pissed that they had to vote in an American election instead of that fixed one that happened in Russia the other day.
THE CHOSEN ONE on March 4, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Polls close here in Texas in 20 mins. Caucus begins at 7:15 cst.
Limerick on March 4, 2008 at 7:40 PM
I give up. They can sway the election towards the Messiah
amerpundit on March 4, 2008 at 7:41 PM
As AP says, “Stupid.”
Mark V. on March 4, 2008 at 7:41 PM
If your feet feel cold it’s because this conservative Fredhead in Texas just voted for Hillary Clinton.
hhwTX on March 4, 2008 at 7:41 PM
But then the stupid will outvote the informed in any election.
Mark V. on March 4, 2008 at 7:42 PM
or the lady ~50% of Americans don’t want back in the White House and who has more baggage than Paris Hilton on a year-long vacation to Siberia. And they choose the Messiah.
amerpundit on March 4, 2008 at 7:42 PM
That is stupid… I just can’t understand it.
Free Constitution on March 4, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Exit question:Yes,America is downright mean to Republican’s!
canopfor on March 4, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Love the live blog. It is the most animated we have seen Allah. Good stuff. Hope HA does more of it.
Limerick on March 4, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Mark V. on March 4, 2008 at 7:42 PM
That’s the genesis of RINO’s.
Cold Steel on March 4, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Most Republicans are stupid. They voted in McCain, remember? They just seem to vote for the most leftist candidate given.
Aristotle on March 4, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Second look at moderates!
Free Constitution on March 4, 2008 at 7:44 PM
Go Hillary Go!!! Looking for big wins for Hillary over BO in Texas and Ohio.
kanda on March 4, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Please tell me the Texas Conservatives are smarter than this…I hope.
Vigilante on March 4, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Interesting
William Amos on March 4, 2008 at 7:45 PM
William that isn’t interesting, that is scarey as HELL!
upinak on March 4, 2008 at 7:46 PM
From a strategic standpoint- yeah, it’s stupid. But asking Republicans to pass up the opportunity to vote against a Clinton is a pretty tall order.
Hollowpoint on March 4, 2008 at 7:47 PM
So almost a full third of Obama supporters say Obama doesn’t have a clear plan for America. Yet…they vote for him.
amerpundit on March 4, 2008 at 7:47 PM
I wonder if the usual Mav haters….
THE CHOSEN ONE on March 4,2008 at 7:36PM.
THE CHOSEN ONE: In the words of Homer,thats crazy talk!haha
canopfor on March 4, 2008 at 7:48 PM
I should add that is from the exit poll in ohio
William Amos on March 4, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Cold Steel on March 4, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Except that, per Ed, Hillary’s taking “moderates” (many of whom are probably RINOs), while Obama is taking self-identified “conservative,” who are obviously either buying the “hope/change” sap or are under the mistaken impression that Obama is an easier chore in November than Hillary.
Mark V. on March 4, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Hollowpoint on March 4, 2008 at 7:47 PM
But didn’t Hill get the McCain endorsement? I mean that should carry some weight for some….
Cold Steel on March 4, 2008 at 7:49 PM
THE CHOSEN ONE on March 4, 2008 at 7:38 PM
You are shameless!
dmann on March 4, 2008 at 7:49 PM
While the other two-thirds couldn’t tell you what that plan is if you held a gun to their heads.
Mark V. on March 4, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Mark V. on March 4, 2008 at 7:49 PM
I think it’s more of a too-smart-by-half proposition. All this political gamesmanship got us where we’re at today. The “independent” Dems in NH and earlier states jammed us, so now we’re all over the map trying to jam them. It’s chaos with certain hosts saying vote this way and others saying vote that way… it’s great theater but not-so-great politics.
Cold Steel on March 4, 2008 at 7:52 PM
They’re under the impression that the words “Change” and “Hope” constitute a “clear plan”.
amerpundit on March 4, 2008 at 7:52 PM
/in best Lloyd Christmas impersonation: So there is still a chance?
Vigilante on March 4, 2008 at 7:52 PM
dmann on March 4, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Don’t feed the animals.
Cold Steel on March 4, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Speaking of Humor…..
we all need a good laugh.
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WayWard Fundamentalist Christian on March 4, 2008 at 7:53 PM
I’m ashamed. That Vermont is a state.
THE CHOSEN ONE on March 4, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Vigilante on March 4, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Ron needs to shore up his TX flank. 5% in a meaningless presidential primary will not keep him employed in November.
Cold Steel on March 4, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Will be interesting to see if this wave of civic duty persists. It’s good to see, even if it’s not on our side..at least in the primaries.
SouthernGent on March 4, 2008 at 7:54 PM
“Ed: No one’s watching Olbermann name Jonah Goldberg the Worst Person in the World for ten days in a row?”
Isn’t that about MSNBC’s normal???
LOVE the live blog widget guys.
LL
Lady Logician on March 4, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Doesn’t matter. Even though crossing over to Hillary might be the smart, sober decision, I’d have to be a little drunk to follow through with it and a long shower afterwards.
Hollowpoint on March 4, 2008 at 7:55 PM
“Not sure what we are supposed to be doing and or what I am looking at.
I see Ed and Allah”…And they are chatting about the exit polls and such.
Christine on March 4, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Heh, yeah, only it’s gonna feel like a million cold showers at once when they see the price tag on “change” and “hope.”
Mark V. on March 4, 2008 at 7:55 PM
I want a dem nom that is selected not elected! nutroots will go well… nuts…
unseen on March 4, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Lady Logician on March 4, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Goldberg should thank Olby for the free publicity. It must be a great read when the libs shriek their incessant chants.
Cold Steel on March 4, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Don’t you mean it is meaningless for Ron Paul to still be in, even now?
upinak on March 4, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Ohio:
Clinton 2,029 56%
Obama 1,526 42%
Vigilante on March 4, 2008 at 7:58 PM
They are live blogging (like IMing each other) and we can submit questions to them. Here is just election open comment.
Limerick on March 4, 2008 at 7:58 PM
Man it gets better again only Ohio exit poll
Has Clear Plan for Country’s Problems
Only Clinton 97% og her supporters say yes
Only Obama 95% of his supporters say yes
Both 42% of Hillary’s supporters say yes 52% of Baraks say yes
Neither 46% of hillary’s says yes to this 49% of barak’s say yes to this
William Amos on March 4, 2008 at 7:58 PM
And the town in Vermont is voting today to arrest GW and Cheney… I wonder how that will turn out (just kidding).
Zorro on March 4, 2008 at 7:58 PM
I hear you on that one. It’s about respect. Even if you do it, you cannot cop to it.
Cold Steel on March 4, 2008 at 7:58 PM
upinak on March 4, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Yes that’s my thoughts. He’s marginalized and people won’t take him seriously come convention time.
Cold Steel on March 4, 2008 at 8:01 PM
NBC DFW…..2,000,000 early votes.
Limerick on March 4, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Top Candidate Quality
Clinton Obama
Can Bring Change 27% 73%
Cares About People 51% 47%
Experience 94% 6%
Electability 45% 54%
William Amos on March 4, 2008 at 8:01 PM
William Amos on March 4, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Love those experience numbers Obama. It’s only up from here.
Cold Steel on March 4, 2008 at 8:03 PM
William Amos on March 4, 2008 at 8:01 PM
How can he bring change when he hasn’t been around to vote?
upinak on March 4, 2008 at 8:04 PM
The numbers will shift towards Obama later- early results are usually from rural districts and later ones from large urban ones that would favor Obama.
Same with Huckabee- he’ll start out looking relatively strong when early rural districts report, but much weaker when later results roll in.
Hollowpoint on March 4, 2008 at 8:04 PM
The Cleveland and Cincinnati areas are still at 0%
William Amos on March 4, 2008 at 8:07 PM
Same with Huckabee- he’ll start out looking relatively strong when early rural
districts states report, but much weaker when later results roll in.Hollowpoint on March 4, 2008 at 8:04 PM
Thank you again Iowa.
Cold Steel on March 4, 2008 at 8:07 PM
TEXAS-
Osama 36,784
Billary 25,628
malkinmania on March 4, 2008 at 8:08 PM
The books are not fully cooked, they just came to a simmer.
Zorro on March 4, 2008 at 8:08 PM
And they wonder why we dont want Democrats to pilot our country. They are kamakazis
William Amos on March 4, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Zorro on March 4, 2008 at 8:08 PM
It takes Rove a few minutes to fire up the Diebold. This is freaking magic folks. It’s hard work fixing stuff.
Cold Steel on March 4, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Musta been a Republican at the controls of that Luftansa flight then.
Limerick on March 4, 2008 at 8:10 PM
malkinmania on March 4, 2008 at 8:08 PM
yuck…
upinak on March 4, 2008 at 8:10 PM
Limerick on March 4, 2008 at 8:10 PM
LMFAO crosswinds
upinak on March 4, 2008 at 8:11 PM
BTW early texas votes are from Dallas and Austin and are obama heavy
William Amos on March 4, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Votes are pouring in in Texas:
Clinton 629 58% 0
Obama 391 36% 0
Vigilante on March 4, 2008 at 8:12 PM
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