Hey Everyone. Head over to the new Open Thread. El Mito will take if from here:
Hillary Open Thread #2
Welcome Hillary Clinton fans. The New Hampshire Primary is finally here!
While I have your attention, I’d like to encourage all Hillary supporters to ignore the Rec List. Instead, subscribe to your favorite groups and authors and enjoy your own Daily Kos Stream personally tailored to filter out obnoxious, unrealistic, and hateful “stories.” Just go to the user page (Profile) of any group or member and click the little heart by the flag bearer.
I highly recommend these:
Hillary Writers Circle
Reality Based Task Force
Hillary Supporters: Open Threads and Live Blogs
Lysis
First Amendment
Post your subscription recommendations for Hillary supporters in the comments.
Now, my final prediction for the New Hampshire primary:
Hillary-50.0%
Bernie-50.0%
After counting hundreds of thousands of votes, New Hampshire will be exactly tied.
Let’s see your predictions in the comment section.
Here are the live results from the New Hampshire Secretary of State.
Washington Post Live Results w/ Congressional District Maps.
Local ABC affiliate WMUR has live results, an interactive results map, and national delegate count.
NPR Coverage. You can also listen to an ancient device known as a radio. Most local NPR stations will be covering the primary at 8 pm EST.
ABC News is streaming online with George Stephanopoulos.
Send me your links to other recommended live coverage in the comments. If you hear some great commentary from the vast media verse, please post and I’ll put some of them in block quotes or add the link in the next Open Thread.
Delegates, delegates, delegates!
Here is an excellent diary by Torilahure explaining the delegate math tonight. Eyes on the prize. We are winning the race to 2,382 delegates, the majority needed to secure the Democratic Nomination for President.
Hillary-385 Delegates
Bernie-29 Delegates
At stake tonight in the granite state are 24 delegates. Both congressional districts get 8, with an additional 8 delegates for the state wide total. If a candidate gets 56.3% of the vote they will get a delegate advantage of 5 to 3. If we can keep Bernie to below 56.3% in both cd’s and statewide, we will receive exactly the same amount of delegates. We need to stay above 43.8% and keep Bernie below 56.3%.
Best case scenario, we fight Bernie to a 12-12 draw. In a blowout, we lose 15-9. We’re still way up in delegates.
Hillary’s going to bounce back after tonight. But she’s going to need our help.
Let me suggest this:
$3 therapy.
Any time a sarcastic, flippant, mean spirited, devoid of political acumen, rage inducing comment really gets to you. Send Hillary Clinton $3. For those of you who are like me and our emotions run a little closer to the surface, maybe bundle. Three rage inducing comments, $3 to Hillary. I know I felt a lot better the next time I saw the username that “encouraged” me to donate to Hillary.
Hillary Clinton Donation Page
Lastly, we could be looking at a tough defeat tonight. How we handle losing is at least as important as how we handle winning. No whining. No excuses. We pick ourselves up, congratulate the winner, and we move on. In 11 days we’re going to Nevada and we’re going to kick their asses!
Hey Everyone. Head over to the new Open Thread. El Mito will take if from here:
Hillary Open Thread #2