This Week With Barack Obama, April 20-26, 2008

by: icebergslim

Sun Apr 27, 2008 at 07:15 PM CDT

cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama

obama smiling during editorial meet of indianapolis star in indiana

Note: Next edition of This Week With Barack Obama, April 27-May 3, 2008 will be under the management of Al Rodgers, next Sunday, May 4, 2008. I am in Indiana from Friday through Wednesday, for the crucial Indiana Primary on Tuesday May 6, 2008. I will be working in NW Indiana between Gary, Valparaiso and South Bend. So, give Al the love you give me on this weekly. Peace.

Oh, and please digg it!!!!

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After the Flood: Fixing Our Caucus System

by: chris

Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 10:54 PM CDT

(Beginnings of a long, needed conversation. - promoted by Phillip Martin)

Two days after the big meltdown here in SD10, and already those of us who served on credentials and had a hand in running the convention are trading emails speculating on how we can prevent things from spiraling so far out of control again. After all, we want our conventions to be meaningful and well-attended, from the state convention all the way down to the precincts. We have to fix some things to make that truly possible, though.

Go below the fold to find out what we've thought of so far.

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TX Primacaucus Results: Obama Leads Clinton by 3 Pledged Delegates

by: Phillip Martin

Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 08:00 AM CDT

Submit your convention results here!

Here is the current state of the TX primary following this weekend's convention/caucus results, projecting ahead.

As we have stated before, the final caucus results won't be until the state convention on June 6, so these are not final numbers, but rather the current state of the race, should it end today. Obviously the Caucus numbers can and will change in the coming months -- but it's also fair to report where we are now.

Here is the source for our figures, all of which have a permanent home in the box in the top-right hand corner of our page, along with the county-by-county results we were using all weekend:

Current State of the Texas Primary
Produced by Burnt Orange Report

TX Primary-Chosen Results (March 4)
	*Clinton*	*Obama*	*TOTAL*
Primary Delegates	65	61	126
% (of 126)	51.59%	48.41%	100%

TX Caucus-Chosen Results (93.59% reporting)
	*Clinton*	*Obama*	*TOTAL*
Caucus Delegates	30	37	67
% (of 67)	44.95%	54.75%	99.7%*

TX Delegate Results - Total
	*Clinton*	*Obama*	*Pledged*
TOTAL	95	98	193
% (of 193)	49.22%	50.78%	100%

My only comment about these results is to link back to what I wrote on February 13, about how to win the Texas primary:

Senator Obama could come close to Senator Clinton in the "primary" portion and dominate the "caucus" portion --- the only catch is that those 67 votes that come from the "caucus" system won't be known until June at the Texas Democratic Party Convention.
If the expectations are that Senator Clinton will win and perhaps even dominate in Texas, then even Senator Obama finishing close on Election Day -- with an understanding that he will do well in the future caucuses -- could be enough to count as a win for Senator Obama.

2:30pm, 4/13 update by Phillip - I updated the caucus-chosen results. The * indicates the 0.3% of delegates that are uncommited going into the state convention.

2:30pm Updated by Phillip - And with the counties I just added, a 37-30 split is again where we're at. Read our results to learn more.

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