http://needlenose.com/wp/2008/11/05/the-mandate-question/ We Needle. You Decide. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:37:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://needlenose.com/wp/2008/11/05/the-mandate-question/comment-page-1/#comment-1676 US Election On Best Political Blogs » Blog Archive » The Mandate Question Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:40:57 +0000 http://www.needlenose.com/wp/?p=825#comment-1676 [...] The Mandate Question The percentages aren’t final yet, but it looks like it’s a six-point spread with Obama beating McCain 52% to 46%. In terms of delegate count the current count stands at 349-163. If current trends hold, MO’s 11 delegates will go to McCain and NC’s 15 will go to Obama, for a total of 364-174 (for the record, on the DailyKos vote prediction contest, I pulled out of my ass predicted 365-173 — so suck on that Nostradamus!) In the next few days, the talk will inevitably go to the nebulous concept of [...] [...] The Mandate Question The percentages aren’t final yet, but it looks like it’s a six-point spread with Obama beating McCain 52% to 46%. In terms of delegate count the current count stands at 349-163. If current trends hold, MO’s 11 delegates will go to McCain and NC’s 15 will go to Obama, for a total of 364-174 (for the record, on the DailyKos vote prediction contest, I pulled out of my ass predicted 365-173 — so suck on that Nostradamus!) In the next few days, the talk will inevitably go to the nebulous concept of [...]

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