# Potomac Primaries

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potomac-primaries/437375>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 13, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potomac-primaries/437375 "2008-02-13T00:08:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potomac-primaries/437375/21 "2008-02-13T02:18:37Z")

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[QUOTE=Captain Amazing]  
It’s 60 some percent black. You could have called DC for Obama at 8 this morning.  
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You could have called DC for Obama on Sunday.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potomac-primaries/437375/22 "2008-02-13T02:27:16Z")

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[QUOTE=Captain Carrot]  
You could have called DC for Obama on Sunday.  
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Clinton’s people tried to. 😉

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**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potomac-primaries/437375/23 "2008-02-13T02:37:08Z")

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CNN calls Maryland for GoBama…carried the female, rural and the senior vote by a large margin too.

Can you say MOMENTUM?

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potomac-primaries/437375/24 "2008-02-13T03:05:21Z")

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Yeah, momentum is something that is hard to fight. I’m now thinking Obama has a better chance at the nomination than Hillary does. I wouldn’t have said that 2 weeks ago.

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**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potomac-primaries/437375/25 "2008-02-13T03:38:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Captain Carrot]  
You could have called DC for Obama on Sunday.  
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Well, _I_ did, but I’m not a major news organization that miscalled Florida in 2000. I thought they’d be more careful. Not that they were wrong, of course.

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