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Recount in Guam?

May 03, 2008 10:52 PM

Pacific News Center is reporting that the more than 500 uncounted ballots cast during the island's caucus Saturday may result in a recount, given Sen. Barack Obama's seven-vote victory.

Herbie Perez, chairman of the nominating committee, told the news outlet that local Democratic Party officials and representatives from both Sen. Hillary Clinton's and Sen. Barack Obama's campaigns will meet early next week to discuss the issue.

It's unclear if this recount will impact the 50-50 split of the four pledged delegates. David Boies, Mitch Berger, Ron Klain, Jeremy Bash, et al -- stand by.

- jpt

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Listen, guys--Having Senators Clinton & Obama continue to compete is the opposite of harmful to the party. In fact, it gives them tons of advertising and attention... They are stars, just like Paris Hilton and Brittany Spears! People tune in to the news where they used to tune in to reality tv or American Idol! I've never seen so many voters care about what happens. We should be celebrating this contest, but with an eye for making sure the most electable and effective person is at the top of the ticket...

Hillary Rodham Clinton '08

Posted by: april | May 4, 2008 10:28:22 PM

I am taking bets as to what Hillary will come up with to get votes in Kentucky..... It will be interesting. She has pretty much used up everything including amending the Constitution to allow Guam to vote in the general election. She is testing that theory to see if it is popular and then she will promise the same to Puerto Rico. Since low level voters in Indiana don't read, Since it won't change the outcome of delegates, this will be an exercise in futility. Is this about bragging rights ? They will never know what a bad idea this gas tax holiday is. We have seen how Hillary intends to fight. A lot like George Bush.
It scares me that so many Republicans including Conservative media is pushing so hard for Hillary to win the primary.
"She will be the best candidate to face McCain in November" they shout. If you believe that I have a piece of swamp land to sell you.

Posted by: Ron | May 4, 2008 7:13:25 PM

kelly in NC writes:
"I would never vote for Obama......
If Obama is the nominee i will vote for McCain!!!!!!!!"

No need to go THAT far. There's a REAL "black" candidate, who's also a WOMAN: Cynthis McKinney. She's running on the Green Party ticket, but is a better Democrat than "post-partisan" Obama.

Posted by: Belle Starr | May 4, 2008 5:29:37 PM

Hillary is a fighter for sure. She fights her own party, her husbands former cabinet members, her fundraisers...

Her campaign has been a case study in egomania, Donald Trump couldn't compete with this lady. Anyone else would have bowed out weeks ago.

She will campaign for Obama like her husband did for Kerry; in other words not much.

Posted by: Richard | May 4, 2008 12:12:00 PM

In the display of the election progress, Obama appeared to start off early with a substantial lead; but, the percentage spread diminished with each stage of the completion, although he still always managed to have more votes added to his tally than Clinton did, up until the 95% completion point. The only time Clinton had more votes added to her tally was with the last 5% counted. As I saw it, it would have taken her winning 500 of the 800 remaining votes to have been able to catch up to Obama, who was then 200 points ahead. Now, that seemed most unlikely, if not impossible, given the progress so far; but, as it turned out, that would have been exactly what happened, if you believed the results.

Posted by: TK | May 4, 2008 11:53:09 AM

We as Americans are so sad. So much hatred towards both candidates especially Senator Obama. I see why we are a laughing stock in other countries.

Posted by: Della | May 4, 2008 11:50:14 AM

I would never vote for Obama......


If Obama is the nominee i will vote for McCain!!!!!!!!

We can't trust Obama to do what is the best for the USA......Hes already proved hes a racist and a friend of terrorists.......

NO OBAMA..........

Posted by: kelly in NC | May 4, 2008 11:46:08 AM

Hillary can't even spell "tomorrow" on her own campaign banners. (check for pictures out there). She spells it "tommorow". All you supporters will say that one of her campaign reps is responsible for this - She's the boss of her own campaign... you'd think she'd check these things.

Posted by: canuck | May 4, 2008 11:42:51 AM

Unfortunately, so many Obama supporters, are not interested in the facts; they are only interested with that which compliments their infatuation. For example, prior to Obama's candidacy, most Democrats were of the opinion that Bill Clinton was one of the best, perhaps the best, president since FDR. But, that idea got in Obama's way. He couldn't have the reputation of his opponent’s husband thwart his ambitions, therefore, with carefully orchestrated race cards and lies of all sorts, he has systematically attempted to destroy the legacy of Bill Clinton and his administration. This is Obama's modus operandi; he destroys all that stands in his way. Before he is finished, he will have destroyed the unity of the Democratic Party; he will have set race relations back 50 years; and he will have destroyed the Democratic Party's chance to win the general election and with it, America's chance to recover from the terrible reign of George Bush. But, I guess to him, all these concerns are secondary to his insatiable and ruthless ambition. To see how he stabbed his friend and political mentor in the back to obtain his first elective office, go to this link

Posted by: Fred | May 4, 2008 11:34:12 AM

Willow the last three precincts had about half the total ballots cast. Each precinct does not have the same number of voters. Some precincts had about 30 votes to count, whereas the last one had 1300. There is nothing strange About Obama leading and then not leading, when the last three precincts had half the votes.

What is strange is one precinct saying that 26% of the ballots were spoiled. If that is the case then people were given misinformation or the total was deliberately distorted, in that precinct, which Obama has done in every caucus.

Obama's main game in this nomination is to disenfranchise voters and fraudlently manipulate caucus results. My bet is Cliton wins by 100 votes when they are all counted and the "leaked" total before all votes have been counted was from an Obama supporter.

Like I said, no way are 26% of ballots spoiled the results weren't announced for Chair and vice chair because all the votes haven't been counted.

Count the votes!

Posted by: s.b. | May 4, 2008 11:16:53 AM

Jozy: Rather than just giving your uneducated "opinion" and hurling insults, why don't you address the subject matter of my post, which was the theology of Obama's church?

Posted by: Fred | May 4, 2008 11:14:47 AM

I lived in a small town in Colorado, that had to recount votes 6 times. And each time they counted, it was different. It ended, finally, with a count of 48-42. How hard is that to count and get right? There is something weird going on in political voting. I know I can count correctly to 48. Why can't the election boards count correctly? The entire day I watched Guam and Obama was ahead 55%, Clinton at 45%. All of a sudden they are within 7 votes? This reminds me of that small town. or the state of Florida last GE. Let's get this counted right the first time!!!!

Posted by: Willow | May 4, 2008 10:29:30 AM

Just await for Indiana, NC,KY ,WV , Oregon and Puerto Rico...Obama will be trashed GOOD...

Posted by: Antonn | May 4, 2008 10:19:28 AM

Just await for Indiana, NC, kt, wv, Oregon and P...Obama will be trashed GOOD...

Posted by: Antonn | May 4, 2008 10:18:20 AM

No reponsible news agency that wasn't biased would have reported a 7 vote "win" for obama with 500 uncounted ballots out of 1300 in one precinct. That's 26% uncounted ballots.

These are uncertified, word of mouth, incomplete, results that should never have been reported.

There is no WIN of Guam yet, which is why the chair and vice chair haven't been announced. The Obama media simply misreport anything that favours him. 26% of votes yet to be counted.

Posted by: s.b. | May 4, 2008 9:56:13 AM

I used to have great respect for the democratic party but with all those radical people, moveon.org, and many more I find myself not one of them.

I wish there was a moderate party ...

Posted by: Tom | May 4, 2008 9:55:02 AM

The only way Obama wins is to commit fraud at caucuses and disenfranchise 2.3 million democratic voters. This has to stop.

Posted by: s.b. | May 4, 2008 9:51:54 AM

Wow 500 "spoiled" votes out of 1300 cast in one precinct! The precinct that Clinton happens to have won by better than a 60-40 split. My that must set a record for the entire history of US elections. What's that 26% spoiled ballots? Sounds a little high to me.

Impossible.

Posted by: s.b. | May 4, 2008 9:50:34 AM

The 500 votes were considered spoiled votes and were not hidden under a table. The thing is that they printed 8000 voting papers.
I was looking at the count the whole day and Obama was winning by 5% almost the whole time and it was in the last hour that Clinton got closer.

Posted by: voter | May 4, 2008 9:20:55 AM

Who has said that the Obama people cheated?
For all we know it could have been the Hillary people who did it.
As a matter of fact Obama was winning by more than 200 points until the last hour during the whole night and day of counting.
Again the clintonians are accusing others before looking at their own faults.

Posted by: voter | May 4, 2008 9:16:57 AM

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