Results tagged “election2008”

The day before the election, I had my uterus yanked. The only way these two things are related is that, when I got home on Election Day, despite the fact I was drugged out of my mind and could not stand up straight and was beyond exhausted, I waited up to hear the returns. When Jon Stewart called it at around 11, it was so early I thought he was kidding. I double checked with CNN, found out he wasn’t kidding, and dragged my sorry ass out onto the front lawn where I stood doubled over—for about five seconds—banging a large spoon on a big frying pan. I was that happy. Then I collapsed.

In a video sent to donors on Friday, David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s campaign manager, claimed that the Senator received 100,000 contributions in the wake of a new McCain campaign ad portraying Obama as an out-of-touch celebrity. The ad, which juxtaposes images of Obama against images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton and which calls Obama the “biggest celebrity in the world,” drew ire from the Obama campaign. Plouffe told donors that, of the 100,000 contributions they received on Thursday, over 1/3rd were from first-time donors.

Before we let Texas fade off the political radar for a while, let's take a look at the Texas Democratic elite who will likely have the final say in who their nominee for president will be.

Primary results from national/state/local races: So even though it seems that Hillary won the Texas primary (it's interesting that Obama led in statewide early voting), Obama may beat her in delegate numbers. In the GOP race, McCain is now the GOP candidate as Huckabee gives up the ghost. In Travis County, Ron Paul won 17% of the vote . . .