I read somewhere recently (for the life of me I can’t remember where) that the Texas Democratic Party rules on delegate allocation are such that Hillary could win the state and still not get the majority of the delegates. If I understood the system, they are allocated by district (I don’t know what district) based on how many people in that district voted for John Kerry in 2004.

The way it breaks down, Hillary has sustantial leads in the areas that have the fewest delegates and Obama has leads in the districts with large numbers of delegates.

Of course, Hillary will try to ge that changed before the convention.

Press Release Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBUnNpD-fuQ

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: BOB DWYER-508-930-5530
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
17 February 2008
NEW HAMPSHIRE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY RECOUNT IS BEING CONTESTED and APPEALED

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Albert Howard, the Republican Presidential candidate who ordered a statewide recount in New Hampshire which was completed Monday, February 11th, filed an appeal to that recount with New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner’s office on Friday, the 15th.
In his Petition, Mr. Howard has requested, “That the Ballot Law Commission and the Secretary of State’s office disclaim any opinion on the accuracy of the Presidential primary election AND the statewide Republican recount because checks and balances to maintain the integrity of the ballots and the total counts were either not followed, or not in place.”

The first level of appeal in New Hampshire is with the state “Ballot Law Commission”, which usually deals with matters of contested ballots. “Albert is determined to get a full hearing either at this Commission, or at a Federal Court” states Vickie Karp, National Chair of the Coalition for Visible Ballots. “He is one of the most committed patriots I’ve ever met.” Mr. Howard was inspired to call for a recount when, on Primary night in New Hampshire, January 8th, he watched on C-SPAN his vote totals seemingly disappear where the Diebold Optical Scan machines were being used to tabulate votes.

Through donations from supporters Mr. Howard was able to raise $55,000 necessary to pay for a statewide recount of New Hampshire’s 100% paper ballots. The problem appears to be that 81% of those paper ballots were counted by Diebold optical scan counters.

A number of violations were cited in his appeal which cast doubt on the integrity of New Hampshire’s election process. Mr. Howard states: “…discrepancies shown between the results of those ballots counted by hand versus those counted by Diebold optical scan counters…, together with violations of HAVA requirements, indicate a high risk and opportunity for manipulation of ballots and vote totals, thereby invalidating the results of both the Primary election and the recount.” (HAVA is the Help America Vote Act of 2002.)

In some cases, machines malfunctioned, and these machine failures were improperly handled by election workers and the private company providing the voting machines manufactured by Diebold possibly altering the outcome of the election.
For example, town clerks told Dori Smith, a reporter from Connecticut, that memory cards were switched out in some towns by LHS employees, which is contrary to state election laws. (LHS Associates is the vendor responsible for the optical scan machines.) In Manchester, three machines had to be replaced on Election Day, and one machine was reported to be “…taking ballots but counter not incrementing.” In Barnstead, the problem was “Ballots rejecting a lot, even during test.”

Apparently, the high error rate for the Diebold Optical Scanner is well-known. In a recent test at the University of Connecticut, the Diebold Precinct-Based Optical Scan Accuvote 1.94w system (AV OS) demonstrated a failure rate of roughly 3.4%. Diebold itself issued a Product Advisory Note about this machine on January 25, 2008, too late for election officials in New Hampshire to be forewarned.

Oh, boob, that is exactly what the man said, and meant. Because he said it.

Heh, I don’t know why Obama would try to play the ‘inevitability’ card when it worked oh so very well for Hillary.

Rookie mistake: Obama did no such thing. According to the posted article some guy named, David Plouffe, did.

Dumb headline

Boy, here’s a real conundrum…..

The socialist candidate or the, um, er, amateur socialist candidate.

Gee, which one will win?