EDWARDS WINS TEXAS ePRIMARY:
The Texas Democratic Party announced today the final results in their first-ever on-line ePrimary, conducted over the internet. The winner was John Edwards, with 37.65%. Second was Barack Obama with 21.37%, followed by Hillary Clinton in third with 20.43%. The full results are at this page.
This was fun, especially considering that so many other states have moved up their real primaries or caucuses, so that the contest will probably be over by the time it gets to Texas next March. However, remember this was not a scientific sampling, like the national polls (which have also identified those three as the top contenders, though most lately show Clinton ahead and Edwards in third).
Only 8101 votes were cast in this, while hundreds of thousands will vote in our real primary. That means that campaigns that are better-organized on the internet had a big advantage in mobilizing their supporters by email and web sites. Bloggers and the media have for months indicated that the Edwards campaign is the most web-savvy of the big three, which is reflected here. That may also explain the surprising result of Dennis Kucinich getting more votes in Texas than the only Hispanic candidate, Bill Richardson.
OOOPS!:
I told you I probably missed someone in last week's report about the Labor Day Picnic. Thanks to Larry Duncan for reminding me that another candidate present was Heath Harris. I'm even more embarrassed because I spoke to him myself at the event, then had a brain freeze compiling the list.
Harris is one of two people seeking the Democratic nomination for Criminal District Court #3. He doesn't have a web site up yet, but you can read about his work as Dallas County's gang prosecutor in this story. My apologies to Heath, who was one of several candidates that took on the thankless task of running four years ago, when Republicans were still nearly sweeping our local elections.
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The Texas Democratic Party announced today the final results in their first-ever on-line ePrimary, conducted over the internet. The winner was John Edwards, with 37.65%. Second was Barack Obama with 21.37%, followed by Hillary Clinton in third with 20.43%. The full results are at this page.
This was fun, especially considering that so many other states have moved up their real primaries or caucuses, so that the contest will probably be over by the time it gets to Texas next March. However, remember this was not a scientific sampling, like the national polls (which have also identified those three as the top contenders, though most lately show Clinton ahead and Edwards in third).
Only 8101 votes were cast in this, while hundreds of thousands will vote in our real primary. That means that campaigns that are better-organized on the internet had a big advantage in mobilizing their supporters by email and web sites. Bloggers and the media have for months indicated that the Edwards campaign is the most web-savvy of the big three, which is reflected here. That may also explain the surprising result of Dennis Kucinich getting more votes in Texas than the only Hispanic candidate, Bill Richardson.
OOOPS!:
I told you I probably missed someone in last week's report about the Labor Day Picnic. Thanks to Larry Duncan for reminding me that another candidate present was Heath Harris. I'm even more embarrassed because I spoke to him myself at the event, then had a brain freeze compiling the list.
Harris is one of two people seeking the Democratic nomination for Criminal District Court #3. He doesn't have a web site up yet, but you can read about his work as Dallas County's gang prosecutor in this story. My apologies to Heath, who was one of several candidates that took on the thankless task of running four years ago, when Republicans were still nearly sweeping our local elections.
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Perry's Appointment Strategy May Backfire
Texas Democrats eye high court seat
Texas Progressive Alliance's Weekly Blog Round Up
Myths and falsehoods about progress in Iraq
Key Questions on Iraq
Iraq News Black-Out How the Press Spent its Summer Vacation
Test Marketing war with Iran
A Sept. rollout for Iran war
Do We Have the Courage to Stop War With Iran?
51% Want Congressional Probe into 9/11 Actions by Bush and Cheney
Dick Cheney's top aide: "We're one bomb away" from our goal
Inside The White House’s War on Terror from Bill Moyers
2008 Literacy Test You Have to be This Smart to Vote
Brain function of liberals, conservatives differs
The Difference Between the Parties Is As Deep As a Coal Mine
Democrats have 18- point lead in Generic Congressional ballot
In the Age of Terror, Isn't Busting Toe-Tappers an Insane Use of Our Law Enforcement Resources?
And a shocking statistic: "Out of 173 countries, only four have no paid leave for new mothers -- Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, Liberia and the U.S.A."
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