Reuters: McCain wins Texas

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

McCain defeats Obama in Republican Texas
Tue Nov 4, 2008 9:09pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John McCain defeated Democratic rival Barack Obama on Tuesday in presidential voting in Texas, holding on to President George W. Bush's Republican home state with its big cache of electoral votes, CBS projected.

McCain's Texas victory was no surprise. He had a double-digit lead over Obama in pre-election opinion polls, and no Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter in 1976 has carried the state.

The win gave McCain 34 Texas electoral votes, a big boost toward the 270 needed to win the presidency in the United States' indirect election system.

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4A41C620081105

[valerief]

1. Texas sucks. Too bad.

[TX Screwball]

8. And we love you. too.

I thought we did pretty good. We just got to keep on keeping on.

[Mariana]

9. That it does.

:puke:

[Maestro]

10. Rephrase that please

Texas is a great state. However, the repukes and neocons have brainwashed a bunch of ignorant people and tons of one issue types that flock to the conservatives. There are still plenty of us blue people around and in fact, the votes for Obama here in Texas were impressive. It certainly was not the landslide that many thought.

[valerief]

11. I know it doesn't all suck. It just mostly sucks. And that's too bad.

It could be "Ann Richards" cool again.

But instead it wants to suck.

[stolivodka]

12. If Democrats actually, you know, campaigned here, they would be surprised how fast it turns blue.

Texas Democrats have long been abandoned by the party, and I think we did pretty well without *any* national support and out-of-state Democrats constantly and publicly ridiculing our state.

Anyways, screw you. We're going blue in 2010.

[valerief]

21. I'm not pissed at you. I'm pissed at the red Texans. Idiots. Voting against their interests. nt

[Liberal In Texas]

30. Yeah, when I bought my Obama sign from the Dallas Democratic Party

they said that they couldn't even get those from the national party. They had to print their own. I hope next time the national party puts a little more effort into Texas. We have 34 EVs after all!

[Left 0f Center]

13. Moron.

[valerief]

15. I think you people spell it Moran. nt

[rexy]

17. I did my part.

:( :(

[valerief]

19. I'm sure every non-troll Texan here did their part. It's the rest of Texas I'm pissed at. nt

[rexy]

23. Sometimes I'm really hopeful because I'm in Austin

and everywhere I go I see nothing but Obama. Granted I stay in the same general area of Austin.


Then I go just south of Austin and reality slaps me.

[valerief]

25. Austin isn't really Texas. It's just stuck in the middle of it.

Maybe Texans need more time to be debushed.

[Ishoutandscream2]

2. Oh, Reuters!

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

[FVZA_Colonel]

3. This was expected, but damn it anyway.

We need to get to work on flipping it in 2012!

[TK421]

4. To be expected, but fuck 'em.....

Ohio just projected to win Ohio!!!

[Dover]

5. But VERY VERY CLOSE!...n/t

[blogslut]

7. Damned close

Obama was/is only 6 percent behind. Compare that to the 61%-38% of 2004.

I'm still holding out hope because the big cities have minimal results so far. We may not get Texas but we're going to give it one hell of a shot..

[theoldman]

6. I live in an area that is 95% Republican.

Considering this Obama did very well in Texas.

[LisaL]

20. Obama didn't campaign here. And neither did McCain.

But maybe next election the candidates would reconsider not campaigning.

[Catherine Vincent]

14. Fucking Texas!

Assholes!

[iamincali83]

16. Oh well

I haven't seen any of the networks give Texas to McCain yet.

[raventattoo]

18. Obama currently pulling 46%

My private prediction is that Obama would get 47% in Texas of which I proudly contributed to. We have come a long way.

Hopefully the urban areas Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin as well as high hispanic vote in west Texas will pull the number a little closer.

And as someone above mentioned, this was done with very little money and advertiseing in Texas. What would have happened if we were paid as much attention as Virginia and Indiana???????

Different results, me thinks! So, I'm proud of what we did here.

[whitewomenforobama]

22. I'm in Texas, and I promise you

we didn't let them take it without a good fight.
See the little blue county towards the middle? That's me.

[Liberal Mommy]

24. I tried so hard...

2012 We will turn BLUE!!

[vanderBeth]

26. :(

[Liberal In Texas]

27. We did OK. Lots of blue islands and the Valley is all blue.

If you take the vast rural and wealthy suburbs out, we win. Dallas county is now AS officially Democratic as Austin is. Houston is blue (this is a BIG surprise). I'm a little disappointed in Galveston. One would have thought....

There are a lot of large metro areas here (Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso), but the state is SO big it also has a lot of bubbas. And rich people who like not paying taxes.

[clspector]

28. Texas isn't solid red anymore

It's turning a very nice shade of purple. Yeah, I'm in Austin and I'd still appreciate it if you'd stop assuming everyone here are the same. And Dubya isn't a Texan. No real Texan is afraid of horsies.

[johnnyrocket]

29. Wrong: Texas LOSES the rest of America.

Because these McCain states are the remnants of a stupid America that smart America is shedding like a snake sheds old skin...


GOOD BYE McCain states, I'll probably never visit you!!

[bdamomma]

31. CNN just called it.