Vermont Comes Up Obama

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In an expected move, the networks have called Vermont for Barack Obama. We don’t know what the margin of victory is yet, so we don’t know how many of the state’s 15 delegates will go to the Illinois Senator.

The exit polls show that Obama won majorities in basically every demographic. Tellingly, however, Obama lost people who decided on their candidate in the last three days, underscoring exactly how badly the last half week has been for Obama.

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