LiveBlog: The Oretucky Primaries – Bourbon vs. Kind Bud Pt. 2
Read Part 1 of tonight's coverage here.
KENTUCKY 100% Reporting
*CLINTON 65%
OBAMA 30%
OREGON 88% (as of 8:20 am)
*OBAMA 58%
CLINTON 42%
12:23 – Well, as much as we hate to say it, it's time to wrap up this edition of Indecision 2008's liveblogging. If you had told us earlier that we'd make it all the way to the finish on a night when Bill O'Reilly was off the air, we would have said it was impossible. And just to prove it to you, we're cutting out early! Of course the results are still coming in, so we're going to have to go ahead and make a projection by calling both Kentucky and Oregon for John McCain. Thank you for reading and please promise us that you'll never in your life watch as much continuous cable news as we just did!
12:09 – Oh, i see. MSNBC After Hours is the "funny" election news program. I simply must remember to laugh from time to time.

12:07 – The Dick Cheney-style mouth disease that afflicted Brit Hume after years of reading GOP talking points has also tragically struck Greta Van Susteren.
12:05 – Ron Reagan is dressed like an assassin from a James Bond movie.
12:03 – Unfortunately back in 1932, songs were very short and looped incessantly.
12:02 – MSNBC has declared Obama the 1932 Democratic nominee, based on the music they're playing
11:58 – Actually Larry King could have died years ago and merely exist as file footage in the CNN vaults. It remains the only explanation for Lou Dobbs.
11:51 – Oh, right. Midnight is only 9:00 on the West coast.
11:49 – Brit Hume and his correspondent just spent the past minute making fun of The Decemberists. Good thing he didn't bellow out a laugh or his Pat Boone wax cylinder might have skipped off the track.
11:46 – The Aliens just got Larry King! In a related story, Larry King can stay up past midnight, apparently.
11:45 – No John McCain rallies scheduled for tonight. Guess the allure of catching up with O'Reilly on his night off from Fox was too great to pass up.
11:44 – Sounds like they're building a Hope Machine behind Candy Crowley over on CNN.
11:40 – Daily Kos is reporting that Hillary Clinton benefited from votes from hairy-legged feminists and inbred racists in Kentucky. How out of character for them to seek out those kinds of numbers
11:34 – CNN has shoved Paul Begala way off to the side of their set. It simply doesn't pay to be connected to the Clintons anymore.
11:30 – Indy reader fleisch, bless his heart, is concerned about our bloginess tonight…
what's funny about "I'm confused" "What's he playing at?" "this speech doesn't do much for lists" "he's usually right about things like that" or "the H in BHO stands for Hume." Wonkette is vicious but still funny. Here, the schism line was OK, but the rest is just uninspired sarcasm at best. Which, admittedly, beats SNL on most nights, but I expect more from Comedy Central
fleisch, please take our advice and never expect more from Comedy Central.
11:27 – How many raccoons have died testing Shepard Smith's make-up?
11:26 – Shepard Smith and the gang are back on the couch. I hope he'll push one of his guests' motivational new book.
11:21 – Haven't seen Lou Dobbs on CNN in quite a while. Presumably they pull him when his viewing demographic goes to bed.
11:19 – Pat Buchanon just called Oregon "spotted owl country." He's always been more fond of… shall we say… albino animals
11:14 – To anyone out there who think we're unfairly dishing on Obama, please read our Kentucky liveblog below. No free passes Hillary and her cheerleaders at Fox.
11:08 – If you're prone to motion sickness, don't watch CNN. John King's got that moving map cranked up again.
11:03 – While Hillary said the word "Kentucky" far more than Obama said "Iowa," at least she had the good sense to pick a state that was actually holding a primary today.
10:59 – We hope CNN has a fireworks display ready for when the Oregon polls close.
10:58 – 2 minutes until we find out whether or not Obama was right about Obama winning Oregon.
10:57 – For all of Barack Obama's talk about breaking down racial divides, he's got nothing on the Aleve commerical where a frumpy, middle-aged white woman dances randomly to the beat of Kanye West's "Touch the Sky."
10:55 – Fox's pundit has confirmed that it was an American flag, but adds that it was probably "made in China." But did he consider that the Chinese factory might be owned by Mitt Romney's venture capital firm??

10:53 – Barack Obama definitely wore a flag lapel pin tonight. Unfortunately, the networks' camera angles were too wide to determine whether or not it belongs to America or the enemy
10:49 – Fox now refers to Barack Obama by using the acronym "BHO." I think the "H" stands for "Hume."
10:48 – Brit Hume continues to bitch about the name "Strategy Room" on Fox News. Doesn't he have the authority to change it if he hates it so much?
10:35 – 25 minutes until Oregon's polls close, but Obama has already called it for Obama, and he's usually right about things like that
10:31 – Now he's reciting a list of what change has accomplished. I used to love list songs, you know, like Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" and R.E.M.'s "End of the World as We Know It," but I think Alanis Morisette killed the genre by creating an entire album of only list songs, and I don't think this speech is saving it.
10:28 – The last 5 minutes of this speech have been sentences that begin with "Change is." I feel like the speech could have been a lot shorter if he just told us what change isn't.
10:24 – Obama claims that the Clinton/Obama schism in the Democratic party proves that the party is more united than ever.
10:22 – Oh, I get it. Obama is claiming that he has a majority of delegates, so giving a victory speech in Iowa is some sort of "bookend". This is going to be one of those "My math is better than your math" fights for the next few weeks. This should be amusing.
10:21 – See, Obama just said it himself, the Iowa primary was in January. What's he playing at?
10:17 – Obama's speaking in Iowa. Weren't the primaries in Kentucky and Oregon tonight? Didn't he already win Iowa? I'm confused.
10:15 – A lot less time praising Ted Kennedy than Hillary. I wonder if that'll hurt Obama with wealthy, college educated, limousine liberals?
10:11 – Barack Obama takes the stage to deliver his victory speech following his 65%-30% loss in Kentucky.




Wow. CNN has a collective boner for the state of Oregon.
fleisch, i would expect more from someone named after a deviant sexual act.
Not to defend the guy but fleisch means "cool" doesn't it?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fleisch
Olbermann and Matthews have the movie for the night: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington with Jimmy Stewart. They always pull this movie homage stuff, so…
Which is most likely?
A) Hillary drops to both knees, ends the fillibuster and gives Bill some oral.
B) Mc. Smith is McCain and is the last man standing.
C) Matthews confuses Olbermann for James Stewart and smashes his head in between a pair of cymbils.
D) Wrong film chosen by MSNBC. Try, "In The Heat of The Night."
oh, i though fleisch meant when you suck the stuff out of a person's… oh, never mind.
Oh no. I forget what that's called…, but it TASTES just like chicken.
Boom goes the dynamite!
After Hourrs. Yeaaaaaa baby. The soulful groove of a bunch of honkeys.
Ron was the founder of After Hours. Is he the one with the blue top and jacket? Groovy the band. Dig it. Smooth. Abrams. Jazz. Funky.
Ahhhh, the music backdrop from the three piece band is back. Solid.
Holy crap! The guy with the stand up bass just smashed it over Maddow's head! SHE'S STILL STANDING AND IN MID-SENTENCE.
Has anyone heard about these rumors running around about Michelle Obama? Apparently the Republicans are saying that a tape exists of her in Jeremiah Wright's pulpit in Chicago, "railing against 'whitey.'" The Clinton camp is saying that they're saving it for the "opportune time." Are the Republicans working together with Hill-dog?
By my reckoning, (assumptions made about PR, MT, and SD primaries), Obama only needs to pick up 36 Super Delegates to secure the nomination.