{"id":1863,"date":"2008-02-06T22:31:53","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T22:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2008\/02\/06\/yesterday\/"},"modified":"2008-02-06T22:31:53","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T22:31:53","slug":"yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2008\/02\/06\/yesterday\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Time\u2019s<\/i> Karen Tumulty provides the total vote counts<\/a>, nationwide, for Super Tuesday. (I\u2019m not sure how these account for caucuses.) Tumulty is focused on the remarkably close race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, but that\u2019s not what I found most striking.<\/p>\n

Here are those same numbers tossed into Word\u2019s graph-maker:<\/p>\n

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So Clinton and Obama both<\/i> received more than twice as many votes as John McCain did yesterday. The overnight spin-chat on MSNBC somehow neglected to mention that. They were more concerned with whether or not the closely contested Democratic race would divide that party, hurting the eventual candidate down the line against McCain and the supposedly united GOP in the general election. <\/p>\n

Yet while the Republican outcomes yesterday were more lopsided, the rancor between the factions on that side of the aisle seems much more fierce. The GOP establishment \u2014 including talk radio moguls Rush Limbaugh and James Dobson \u2014 really dislikes McCain<\/a>. Wall Street, Club for Growth type Republicans hate<\/i> Huckabee. The sense I\u2019ve gotten from the Democratic side is that while voters may have real preferences for either Clinton or Obama, there wouldn\u2019t be a lot of wailing or gnashing of teeth if the other one wound up winning the nomination.<\/p>\n

Over at Hullabaloo, dday<\/a> highlights data from a CNN exit poll that indicates my impression is mostly accurate:<\/p>\n

\"Magickareem\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt Democrats are torn between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. But the early exit polls show they are not bitterly divided: 72 percent of Democrats said they would be satisfied if Clinton won the party\u2019s nomination, while 71 percent say the same about Obama.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019d like to see the same response to the Republican version of that question. What percentage of Republican voters would be satisfied with McCain? Or Huckabee? Or Romney? I\u2019d guess that not only would the percentage be lower, but I\u2019d guess the dissatisfaction in that race would be far more vigorous and vehement.<\/p>\n

For myself, I\u2019d be more than satisfied with either Obama or Clinton as my party\u2019s nominee. I understand that Magic Johnson is supporting Hillary Clinton. Kareem Abdul Jabaar, meanwhile, is supporting Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the choice: Magic or Kareem.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an understandably tough call, but I\u2019m not complaining about the options.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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