Official South Dakota and Montana Democratic Primary Results Discussion Thread

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For a "sermon" it was quite well done. Kudos to Obama. McCain needs to show a bit more passion I think given all of this. He needs to be locked up for about a month working on improving his use of the teleprompter and intonation modulation skills. Still, I think it was a bit too personal against McCain. But I'm biased.

Agreed....although he did get more animated than I have seen him in awhile the other night talking about Ahmadinejad. Now if he could do that passionate a speech on health care or global warming...

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Oh, yeah, they are all proud now, but when Obama loses the general, it will be because we are all a bunch of filthy racists.

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What I find amusing is that perhaps that ARG poll in South Dakota actually got it right(well it was still off by quite a bit, but it was the only one to predict a double digit Clinton win.)

This way both Hillary and ARG can close out the primaries on high note that means and signifies nothing.

Well, they were only off by their usual 14 points.

Given the apparent Pierre typo, and Rapid City being less counted, and the two native American counties out, it is still quite possible that Clinton might erode down to a about 9% lead. It depends on what the Injuns do in part. The exits hinted at maybe a 10% Obama lead, and if that is so, then  Hillary will probably hold her double digit lead. But I would not trust an exit poll out of Pine Ridge myself.

With regards to Pierre (Hughes co.) there doesn't seem to be anything too abnormal considering 63% of the registered voters were republicans and 26% Democrats (2788 voters) it doesn't seem like that low a turnout.

[NOVA Green]

John Roberts needs to be shot for this "analysis" on CNN

Watching that electoral college analysis was truly painful.

Can somebody tell me what's going on? My little brother changed the TV from C-SPAN to SpongeBob.

Apparently Georgia and Virginia are voting for Obama, but McCain may be able to offset that with a win in Minnesota since they have a Republican Governor. Oh but Charlie Crist has a machine in Florida that will allow McCain to carry that state.

I had forgotten CNN was going to do a general election matchup and was bummed that I missed it because I switched to MSNBC on the commercial break... now that you have all clued me in, I'm glad I missed it.

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I guess Clinton's South Dakota win really makes the case for barnstorming in small states. President Forever style.

Maybe he had those "35 hidden super-delegates" in his pocket after all these past two weeks and decided it would be better to take a shot at the NV/CO/NM strategy instead of going door in a state he is likely to lose 45-55 or worse in November....

[NOVA Green]

Montana is lifting my spirits.

Good stuff.

I am not persuaded yet that Obama will carry Montana by double digits.

His lead is shrinking since they recalled the Missoula dorm precinct with abnormal results (j/k).

The question is will Missoula (26% in) and Helena (43% in) overcome against Great Falls (0% in ) and Billings (47% in).

Honestly you may be right, especially considering these percentage of precinct numbers in are a little strange.

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Not sure if anybody posted it yet, but Rosebud Co (Northern Cheyenne reservation 32% pop) looks like Obama country (55-40)...

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So, BRTD, how's that staunchly Obama Sioux Falls going?

Hey, I guess the Sioux Falls indie rock/hardcore community (my experience with the area) doesn't represent the whole city.

I remember meeting a small community of punkers that moved to Eugene, Oregon from Sioux Falls in the early '90s and it sounded like there was a strong underground music scene for a relatively small city. Again, not sure how representative this population was....

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Of course, South Dakota is 100% in except for one county...guess which one.

Uncoincidentally it's the one I promised myself I'd stay up for.

I don't mind waiting for Shannon co myself... but maybe it's a West coast thing? There are certain  advantages to being on the West coast in this regard, until one has to go to work the next day.

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It's a shame I was at work and while I could follow the election results, I missed the Lord's sermon. Anyone got a link?

It's pretty cool I found a random mini bottle of vodka just now. I should tithe to Him after watching the video as well.

I thought two days ago you were from Puerto Rico? You drinking Everclear and covering the election from a cabin in Western Montana now?

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It's a shame I was at work and while I could follow the election results, I missed the Lord's sermon. Anyone got a link?

It's pretty cool I found a random mini bottle of vodka just now. I should tithe to Him after watching the video as well.

I thought two days ago you were from Puerto Rico? You drinking Everclear and covering the election from a cabin in Western Montana now?

No you're confusing me with WalterMitty. I've been D-MN ever since the NC primary. This is just in honor of Montana for obvious reasons. I've been located in Minneapolis the whole time, though I recently moved (from the Como neighborhood to a hipster area close to Uptown.)

My bad.... that's what I get for trying to follow too many threads at one time.

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Stupid Shannon County, I want to sleep

Obama down to +2 in Yellowstone County, not that it matters

Still awaiting lots of stuff from Bozeman and Helena, which should be enough to maintain Obama's lead

Obama's lead in Big Horn County is now up to 76-23.  Apparently becoming an honorary Crow paid off.

Shannon County (40% in) 56-44 Obama, just in case you already went to bed