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Let's Kill the "Won the Tiebreaker" BS.

Wed May 07, 2008 at 08:55:44 AM PDT

I saw some simpleton bring up the "But she won the tiebreaker" crud in a diary.  

This is a lie.  Let's break it down into real simple numbers, over the jump.

First:  A tiebreaker is only used if there's a tie.  So, let's look at the numbers.

As everyone knows, Hillary does not want to compare a count of Obama-won states vs. Clinton-won states.  And the race is for delegates.  So let's look at those numbers:

ObamaClinton
Pennsylvania7385
North Carolina6347
TOTAL136132

There is no tiebreaker, because:  THERE IS NO TIE.

I'm crud at math...  But... um, it seems pretty simple.

Numbers are from Real Clear Politics.

Tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Tiebreaker, 2008 (all tags) :: Previous Tag Versions

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