2nd UPDATE: Still not 10
Apr 23rd, 2008 | 4 responses
Congratulations are obviously in order to Sen. Clinton and her campaign — as well as to those TMV authors and readers who support her — for the Pennsylvania win
Not to peel sour grapes, but as an Obama supporter I’m compelled to be clear: Clinton’s unofficial margin of victory — according to the Pennsylvania Dept. of State Web site (h/t Justin Gardner), as of approximately 9:55 a.m. Central Time today, with 99.44% of districts reporting — was 9.17% … not the 10% I’ve seen widely reported.
Significant? Perhaps not. But for now, at least until the other 0.56% of districts confirm results, it’s not a double-digit win.
Elsewhere: CNN, as of approximately 10:05 a.m. Central Time today, had slightly different vote totals, which gave Clinton a 9.38% margin of victory — a fifth of a point better than the PA DoS site, but obviously still not 10%.
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4 Responses to “2nd UPDATE: Still not 10”
Still ~157 delegates behind…
I am an Obama supporter. I do hope the Clinton supporters have a good day today and they should.
I have to say, however, that the margin of victory is more frustrating than anything. If she won by 15 or 20 percent she would have a reason for continuing. If the margin was 7 or 6 she would have to leave.
As a result of the 9 points, this leaves things pretty much the same and solves nothing. Just two more weeks of agony for both sides.
This is just a win for McCain in some respects.
She'll probably remain in the race all the way to the convention. Her side's argument is that she can win the “big states” that are most important in the general election.
Indiana comes next; then in addition to the convention and the issue of the superdelegates is the question of what will be done with Michigan and Florida. They chose to do wrong, they have no right to seat their delegates, but they will likely try and Clinton will likely to try to secure attendance and voting privileges.
RE. 9.2%
I've seen several comments referring to the fact that 9 and 2 are separate digits, so Hillary can legitimately claim a 2 digit victory —and she probably will.