February 6, 2008

Delegates Schmelegates...

Okay, so Romney didn't do as well I would have hoped last night, but I am glad to hear that he is sticking with it. I still think he has a chance to win a few more states and then can hopefully even out the delegate count.

But it is that delegate count that I just don't understand. I thought I did, until this morning. I get the fact that some states are win-all and other states are split. That's easy enough. But every news station is reporting a different number of delegates for each candidate. I looked up seven different news stations online today and wrote down the number of delegates they have listed for each candidate. This is what I found out:

KSL
McCain - 613
Romney - 269
Huckabee - 190

CNN
McCain - 559
Romney - 265
Huckabee - 169

FOX NEWS
McCain - 613
Romney - 269
Huckabee - 190

MSNBC
McCain - 516
Romney - 207
Huckabee - 142

KUTV
McCain - 557
Romney - 266
Huckabee - 190

CBS News
McCain - 677
Romney - 152
Huckabee - 159

ABC News
McCain - 561
Romney - 222
Huckabee - 172

I didn't have time to look up any more. But of all of these, only two are the same: KSL and FOX News. Shouldn't the same number be reported by each station? McCain has a range from 516 - 677. That's a HUGE difference! Romney has a range from 152 - 269. And then I'm reading news stories that say Huckabee is ahead of Romney in the delegate count, but that is only true according to CBS News' results.

How is the American public supposed to really know what's going on if not one news station can report anything accurately? If they don't know how many delegates anyone has, then they shouldn't be saying whether or not someone is out of the race.

I want to know where I can get official results. This is just ridiculous!

UPDATE:

MSN.com
McCain - 719
Romney - 256
Huck - 194

Where did they get 719? That's not even close to any of the others! I have got to stop reading the news. It's clear they don't have a clue.

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