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« on: February 20, 2008, 01:11:27 AM »

Is anyone else slightly shocked by Obama's 17 point victory here?  I was expecting 12 at best.  When the pundits started talking about Obama eating into Clinton's base after the Potomac Primary I was willing to believe it but still slightly skeptical that it would continue to hold in future contests.  Now, I'm starting to suspect it wasn't a one time thing.  I never would have expected Clinton to lose this big in Wisconsin.  She's getting blown out.  I'm almost to the point where I can't see how she can win the nomination after this.
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« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2008, 01:18:01 AM »

yeah I was pleasantly suprised I was actually thinking it would be a 3-6% margin... So yeah I was way off, thankfully a 50% Obama win prediction still works.   Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2008, 08:20:20 AM »

Yeah, and some of the press was still claiming Wisconsin was a "dead heat" 24 hours before the election.  In a motorcyle race, we call this "gappin"  as in "Obama is putting a gap between him and the field." 

The only way a rider loses a race after gappin the field is to crash.  The race is now Obama's to win. 
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« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2008, 08:31:46 AM »

Didn't Our Man In Frankfurt predict this?
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