Early Irregularities
March 4th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Democratic Party officials in Austin confirm that certain Texas precincts - apparently plural, but no official word on how many or which, just a few out of thousands - began phoning in informal caucus results as early as 7:15 p.m. based on early head-counts of signed-in attendees. Those calls arrived at the undisclosed-location Austin phone center where 175 lines have been set up in anticipation of record turnout, and to forward info to the media handicappers you see on your screen even as you read this. Party officials sicced lawyers on the offending precincts, instructing them not to jump the gun, to hold their caucuses and THEN call in with results. The spin at headquarters is that the problems so far are minor and to be expected, given voter volume, which itself is a good problem to have, considering. Simultaneously, and unrelatedly, CNN analysts are now opining that white males may be the key swing voters in the Obama/Clinton battle royale. About time those guys got a say in American politics!
