Whoopsie
According to The Nation, there may be a slight surprise coming out of Nevada. No, make that a surprise about the size of Greenland.
Obama may have won more total delegates than Clinton due the arcane weighting rules used in Nevada.
Barack Obama may have won the most delegates in Saturday's Nevada Caucus, even though Hillary Clinton bested his statewide turnout by about six points.
A source with knowledge of the Nevada Democratic Party's projections told The Nation that under the arcane weighting system, Obama would win 13 national convention delegates and Clinton would win 12 delegates. The state party has not released an official count yet.
Barack Obama released an official statement celebrating a delegate victory. "We came from over twenty-five points behind to win more national convention delegates than Hillary Clinton because we performed well all across the state, including rural areas where Democrats have traditionally struggled," he said.
Holy cow. This is like the 2000 election. Expect massive, massive fireworks in a real short time over this one.
UPDATE: MSNBC is reporting that Clinton, in fact, won a single delegate more than Obama. So I have no idea if this is real or massive spin. There does appear to be some confusion, even on the part of the Clinton campaign, however. We'll see.
UPDATE: The Associated Press is now reporting that Obama did, indeed, win a single delegate more than Clinton. That is an exact reversal of the MSNBC report. Hillary may have won the popular vote, but she lost in the (sort of) electoral college. Expect massive red-faced, fuming Bill Clinton histrionics about this. Hey, maybe they can trot out "selected, not elected" and give it another run!
By Larry, January 19, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
Confusion? Say it isn’t so!
By Anthony (Los Angeles), January 19, 2008 @ 7:32 pm
This is priceless.
By LYNNDH, January 19, 2008 @ 10:04 pm
“They Stole It”, but Bush is not running? Oh what can Hill do now.