January 04, 2008

Arithmetic

Chris Matthews, not one of my favorite people anyway, outdid himself Thursday morning. On Morning Joe, which I guess is something put on to make use of Joe Scarborough after his afternoon show failed, he said:

Because if you look at the numbers as they're shaping up, it looks to me like even if Hillary Clinton does manage to squeak it tonight -- I don't think she will -- she's been rejected here in Iowa by two-thirds of the Democratic Party.

Um, Chris? If there's a three-person race, and if it comes out with all three getting 33 percent, that means each candidate failed to get 67 percent or two-thirds of the vote.

Can MSNBC send this clown back to fourth grade to take remedial arithmetic?

As it turned out, Obama got 37 percent, while Edwards and Clinton each got 29 percent in Iowa. I guess in Matthews' mind that means 70 percent rejected the latter two, while 63 percent rejected the winner.

Congratulations to Obama, and better luck in New Hampshire to Clinton and Edwards. (My guy Dodd got under 1 percent and dropped out.)

As for the Republicans, I imagine the money guys are terrified about Huckabee's win. The social conservatives are supposed to be reliable foot-soldiers in the Republican party, not generals.

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Comments

When I originally started noticing Chris Matthew, what I noticed is that he never let people finish answering his questions.

Posted by: Serge at January 4, 2008 07:40 AM

Argh. Terrible sentence above. Matthews is still a blankhole though.

Posted by: Serge at January 4, 2008 07:42 AM

Hey Chris Mattews....despite the bad math - the percentages should more accurately reflect the votes of those who actually participated in the caucus, not the entire Iowan democratic party tolls. He is so into hearing his loud mouth he forgets to actually think.

Posted by: Karan at January 4, 2008 09:49 AM