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Keep Calm

By The Daily Dish
Feb 3 2008, 7:39 AM ET

Nick Beaudrot warns:

These breathless reports of a tied race in California are getting out of hand, as are those suggesting Obamantum will sweep him to a delegate victory on Super Tuesday. Everybody needs to get a grip here ... Hillary Clinton had a twenty-four point lead among people who had actually cast ballots as recently as ten days ago. To overcome that sort of head start, Obama would have to have had an unprecedented GOTV operation in California, and all indications are that while he has a large number of committed volunteers, there aren't enough to effectively canvass the state.

It looks unlikely that the race will reach a tipping point this Tuesday. Deep breath ...



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