From yesterday's post:
A quick reminder – as you watch the Texas returns tomorrow night, remember that it will be virtually meaningless to say that either candidate “won.” (I’m lookin’ at you Wolf Blitzer). That will remain an unknowable question for some time. Delegates, after all, are ultimately the name of the game. And there’s no state where the popular vote tally bears less relation to the ultimate delegate count than Texas.
For one, winning the popular vote matters less than winning the heavily-weighted districts. And as most people now know, those districts are Obama-friendly territory. Second, the post-election caucus results (which provide roughly a third of the delegates) can’t possibly be known for at least a week. From what I understand, each individual precinct has seven days to send in the results. So it will be a while.
I say: Arrghh. Another excuse for the Clinton campaign to drag this out.
(h/t: Andrew Sullivan)
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