<p>I’m a little surprised Obama didn’t get more of a bump in MA from the Kennedy/Kerry endorsements.</p>
<p>Recall that MA has had 4 Republican governors in a row (Weld, Swift, Cellucci, and Romney), despite having Kennedy and Kerry for Senators for a long long time. Note also that the state is divided between the Boston area and the far more rural and formerly industrial rest of the state. This is where I think the bulk of Clinton’s support came from: older MA residents, many in towns that are struggling in the post-industrial era, or rural residents who probably still have not heard of Obama. And as I said, a lot of would-be Obama supporters do not vote. Most of S’s friends (save for a McCain supporter) are Obama supporters, but none can vote in MA. Still, the size of the Clinton edge is surprising.</p>
<p>Clinton: OK, TN, NY, NJ, MA, AR, AZ</p>
<p>Obama: GA, IL, DE, AL, ND, UT, KS, CT, ID, MN</p>
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<p>Romney: MA, UT, MT</p>
<p>McCain CT, IL, NJ, NY, OK, AZ </p>
<p>Huckabee: AL, AR, WV, GA, TN</p>
<p>bulletandpima, I agree with you on Romney’s hair. That made me laugh. 
It really does remind me of Reagan’s.</p>
<p>Thanks, Momof2inCA!</p>
<p>Between your concise updates by state, and Buffalo-native-son WOlf Blitzer,
I can keep up just fine tonight :)</p>
<p>Clinton: OK, TN, NY, NJ, MA, AR, AZ</p>
<p>Obama: GA, IL, DE, AL, ND, UT, KS, CT, ID, MN</p>
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<p>Romney: MA, UT, MT, MN, ND</p>
<p>McCain CT, IL, NJ, NY, OK, AZ </p>
<p>Huckabee: AL, AR, WV, GA, TN</p>
<p>Momof2inca, now I’m staring at those states and deciding where I couldn’t possibly retire to…not that they’d want me, either</p>
<p>haha p3t. My husband always jokes we have to live and retire in blue states. I’d like to color the whole country purple myself and just have folks get along. :)</p>
<p>random observation: it’s just odd watching McCain give acceptance speeches. He was horrible reading from his notes after NH, so he switched to monitors. But it seems unnatural for him. It’s like he’s reading a story. He kind of gets a sing-song cadence going and it’s soothing in a sleepy kind of way, but odd.</p>
<p>The under 39 group just does not show up. Over the 40 group show up, so if you want to win any election you have to appeal to the over 40 group. This group is voting heavily for Hillary.</p>
<p>Adding CO to Obama and CA to Clinton:</p>
<p>Clinton: OK, TN, NY, NJ, MA, AR, AZ, CA</p>
<h2>Obama: GA, IL, DE, AL, ND, UT, KS, CT, ID, MN, CO</h2>
<p>adding CA and MO to McCain:</p>
<p>Romney: MA, UT, MT, MN, ND</p>
<p>McCain CT, IL, NJ, NY, OK, AZ, CA, MO</p>
<p>Huckabee: AL, AR, WV, GA, TN</p>
<p>Big surprise is the battle has turned into McCain/Huckabee… is Romney out of it after today?</p>
<p>The polls were wrong (again!) Hillary wins big in CA. </p>
<p>You can come back from canvasing and gloat now, TheDad:D</p>
<p>Why is CNN saying that the California Democratic race is too close to call? She has 55% to his 33% with 15% of the precincts reporting.</p>
<p>Don’t know…MSNBC called if for Clinton 5 mins ago. They are usually behind CNN in calling races.</p>
<p>Clinton: OK, TN, NY, NJ, MA, AR, AZ, CA, </p>
<h2>Obama: GA, IL, DE, AL, ND, UT, KS, CT, ID, MN, CO, AK, MO</h2>
<p>Romney: MA, UT, MT, MN, ND</p>
<p>McCain CT, IL, NJ, NY, OK, AZ, CA, MO</p>
<p>Huckabee: AL, AR, WV, GA, TN</p>
<p>Were the polls wrong? I assumed Hillary would win. Everything I read said Obama’s surge came too late to take advantage of absentee ballots.</p>
<p>I think the reason some hesitate to call it for Clinton just yet is that she made sure to get those absentee ballots in weeks ago, therefore the early count (including those 2 million absentee ballots) naturally is going to swing her way.</p>
<p>"he makes me think of ‘Hair Color for Men’ "</p>
<p>Ha!</p>
<p>No play for Mr. Gray!!</p>
<p>adding Missouri for Obama…whew…and I think I will retire in Idaho. Those folks vote the way I do!</p>
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<p>Does anyone remember that spray on stuff they used to make for men that covered up bald spots… you were basically dying the skin (and whatever hair was left) to make it look as if you had more hair.</p>
<p>Bad, bad stuff.</p>
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Shazaaam!!!Marite. Do y’all mean that Obama feller is really a candydate for the president of the New Nited States? I’d never have blieved that. ShazaaAAMM! Agin. Wait till I till the pigs and the chickens. Sooeeey!!Cluck,cluck,cluck. Sooeey!! I’ll go smoke signal our neighbors too. I forgot. It’s nighttime. Have to wait till first light. Won’t they be just spinning? Oh, wait. It’s Wednesday. They’ll be churning. Tuesday is spin day.;)</p>
<p>Curm:LOL.<br>
I should have added women (except yours truly) who heavily favored Hillary. But I think that MA is one place where the youth vote didn’t really deliver, because so many students are from out of state. They campaigned, all right, they just did not vote. MA is far less liberal than lots of people think. The People’s Republic of Cambridge is, well, in Cambridge. MA has a lot more in common with NH than most people think.</p>