Though I assume CNN will soon fix this example of new math, I find funny and telling the fuzzy math right now in this new CNN report about the Obama-Clinton battle:
Obama was campaigning in Mississippi a day before the state holds its primary on Tuesday, while Clinton keeps her eye on the next big prize on the Democratic calendar, Pennsylvania. Thirty-three delegates are at stake Tuesday, and in the tight Democratic race, every delegate is critical. CNN estimates that Obama leads Clinton by less than 100 delegates, 1,553 to 1,438. A candidate needs 2,025 delegates to win the nomination.
I am not a math genius, but I can work a calculator: the numbers CNN reports indicate that Obama leads Clinton by 115 delegates.
In other notable political news involving a New Yorker, it appears that NY Governor Spitzer has decided to try a different approach to generating Clinton era nostalga.
UPDATE: It does appear that the folks at CNN found a calculator. This piece now reads: “Thirty-three delegates are at stake Tuesday, and in the tight Democratic race, every delegate is critical. CNN estimates Obama leads Clinton 1,553 to 1,438. A candidate needs 2,025 delegates to win the nomination.”
Posted by Douglas A. Berman on March 10, 2008 at 03:46 PM