And Just Another Word About Texas

On Wednesday morning the Texas Secretary of State reported that Clinton had won the popular vote in the democratic primary, 50.87% to Obama's 47.39%, resulting in Clinton winning 65 delegates to Obama's 61. But Texas uses a convoluted primary/caucus hybrid — another 67 delegates remain to be chosen through the caucuses that were also held Tuesday. Does it make sense to say that the winner of the popular vote "won" Texas if it turns out somewhat later that they got a smaller number of delegates? One might as well ask whether it makes sense to call a person "Mr. President" if they won fewer electoral college votes but won the majority of the national popular vote. Ask President Gore.

It's very difficult to understand or make projections about the Texas caucus count. Nevertheless, AP's spread of known total Texas delegate allocation now has Clinton up by only one, with ten caucus delegates still outstanding. Obama could win assuming individual delegates can't be split. Possibly we'll know by Friday, but keep in mind that the Texas Democratic Party won't announce until March 29th its "official" slate of delegates to the democratic party's national convention.