The Projections @ 5:50

From all across the web and the air, here’s the latest projections:
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Democrats:
Clinton- Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arkansas
Obama- Georgia, Illinois
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Republican:
McCain- Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware
Romney- Massachusetts
Huckabee- West Virgina, Arkansas
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Remember that the Democrats are operating under a proportional representation rule for delegates. Winning the state doesn’t give the winning candidate the whole cache of delegates. The GOP on the [...]

First Taste of the Exit polls

(via MyDD and Huffington Post)
Now you need to know these are far, far from complete, and exit polls have had a history lately of being dead wrong… but here we go:
Democrats 2nd Wave
GA: Clinton- 25.5, Obama – 75
CT: Clinton – 45, Obama – 52.2
IL: Clinton – 29.1, Obama – 69.6
AL: Clinton – 37, Obama – [...]

CNN calls Georgia for Obama

Exit polls have CNN projecting Georgia going to Obama, with him garnering 69% of the men and 65% of the women Democratic who responded to the poll.
Georgia is a peach with 108 delegates at stake, a real prize.

Word From Around The State

Youth Radio L.A.’s Jordan Monroe filed this voice and music montage of young voter from around the state today. We just put it up on Face The Race, and now we’re turning it around and bringing the piece straight to you.
Jordan traveled to college campuses across California, and managed to capture the most diverse “vox” [...]

Exit Polls Looking Interesting

Everyone knew it was gonna be interesting, how interesting we won’t really know until tomorrow… but the first exit poll data is coming in and it looks like about 10% of the voters were making up their mind at the last minute, while just a bit more had made up their mind in the last [...]

Obamamania

This one’s for King Anyi… remember how the other day you said, after hearing who the Governator and Chuck Norris had given their endorsements you’d back whoever Hulk Hogan got behind?
Well I think you’re gonna be happy with the Hulksters choice.
Note: this is no way represents an endorsement of the candidate in question… we’re just [...]

Face The Race hits the streets

Fresh and Hotttt from the streets of Oakland comes this man on the street report from FTR host King Anyi.
This aired just minutes ago on Face The Race as part of the 3 hour special poppin’ off right now!

The Glamourous World of Politics

Who says fashion magazines and electoral politics don’t go together?
Not Glamour magazine, who are tracking the race with a group blog called Glamocracy.
The Flow discovered this one through a Facebook status update from our friend Rachel Rubin, guest blogging for Glamocracy on Chelsea Clinton’s recent campaign stop for her mother at Mill’s College in Oakland, [...]

They Messed With Texas

(from KSAT via CNN)
Here’s an unexpected conseqence of a nearly-national primary. It seems that voters in Bexar County, Texas have been calling their local election officals wondering where they are supposed to go to vote today.
Texas holds its primary on March 4th.
Thanks to Ben Simrin for the tip!

The Standings @Noon

(gleaned from CNN)
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Democrats (need 2,025 to win)

Candidate
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Pledged
Superdelegates
Total

Clinton
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48
193
241

Obama
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63
106
169

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Republicans (need 1,161 to win)

Candidate
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Pledged
Unpledged RNC
Total

McCain
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95
16
111

Romney
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85
9
94

Huckabee
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44
3
47

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Pledged delegates are those that are earned by the candidates by way of the primaries.
Democrat’s “Superdelegates” are party officials and office holders who get convention seats and are allowed to support the candidate of their choice. The Republican’s “Unpledged” are similar, only office holders [...]