January 8, 2008
New Hampshire: McCain and Clinton
But some hows and whys are needed to understand the surprise result of the Democrat primary.
Per the Drudge Report, with 73% and 76% of precincts reporting:
McCain 36.78%
Romney 31.74%
Huckabee 11.15%
Giuliani 8.52%
Paul 7.74%
Thompson 1.19%
Clinton 39%
Obama 36%
Edwards 17%
Richardson 5%
Kucinich 1%
You have a typo: Democratic primary.
It's the Democratic Party: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_United_States
And it was the Democratic Party Primary.
No biggie. But killing the "ic" makes you appear uneducated.
Posted by: Jake at January 9, 2008 12:31 AMNo silly rabbit, we do it very intentionally -- because Democrat rhymes with words like "bureaucrat," or just plain "RAT." We do it to irk people like you.
Posted by: Will at January 9, 2008 1:17 AMfurther to Will's point... there is nothing DemocratIC about the Democrat Party's platform and goals.
Posted by: George at January 9, 2008 2:34 PMand one more thing. Wikipedia is far from being an official authority. Any registered member can log in and alter the definition.
Posted by: George at January 9, 2008 2:40 PMThanks for the info, Jake.
In this case, it was a deliberate spelling, though it was "inspired" more by the actions of the RI state party. As George said, democratic implies acting for the people. Such a motivation has been too often absent during the decades that the RI Dem Party has been in power. Exhibit A is the state budget, not to mention the attendant tax ranking that arises from it.
Posted by: Monique at January 9, 2008 9:04 PM