The KY-OR Primaries

(05/20/2008)

7:00

Chris:

Here come the projections. CNN, FNC, MSNBC all call Kentucky for Hillary Clinton.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:00 Chris

7:01

Chris:

Only 15% of precincts in, but Wolf says "this will be a big night for Sen. Clinton in Kentucky."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:01 Chris

7:02

Chris:

Megyn Kelly doing the exit poll roundup.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:02 Chris

7:03

Chris:

Crowley's crowd goes wild at Clinton HQ, "they just saw themselves on TV."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:03 Chris

7:08

Chris:

Dueling Des Moines: Garrett on FNC and Cowan on MSNBC where Obama is camping tonight.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:08 Chris

7:12

Chris:

King at the Magic Wall. The two-finger swath shows Obama wins "in the urban counties."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:12 Chris

7:15

Chris:

McAuliffe on with Chris Matthews. Howard Wolfson was at the TW center on CNN in the last hour.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:15 Chris

7:16

Chris:

Right after his special report at 7pmET, ABC's Charlie Gibson rejoined "World News" in parts of the country and is currently anchoring an updated broadcast.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:16 Chris

7:20	At 8pmET, which network will you be watching? CNN - Primary Coverage ( 48% ) FNC - O'Reilly Factor ( 23% ) MSNBC - Primary Coverage ( 29% ) Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:20

7:23

Chris:

While Rupert undoubtedly watches some FNC coverage tonight, he's also just named a new ME at the WSJ: it's Robert J Thompson.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:23 Chris

7:24

[Comment From tedted: ]

they didnt air the abc special report in chicago

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:24 ted

7:24

Chris:

Bob Beckel and Chris Wallace in the FNC Strategy Room

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:24 Chris

7:27

Chris:

Lou Dobbs gets first crack at the 5-person BPTOT panel

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:27 Chris

7:30

Chris:

Wow, three and a half hours until Oregon closes. Dobbs talks about "getting this thing wrapped up." We think he's talking about the primary in general, not tonight's coverage.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:30 Chris

7:32

Chris:

Hillary speaks at 8:15pmET. Brit Hume just teased FNC will take the speech, meaning they will break in to O'Reilly.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:32 Chris

7:33

Chris:

Joe Scarborough back on MSNBC (after family issues kept him off Morning Joe Monday and Today). He's on The Insiders segment with Harold Ford, Jr.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:33 Chris

7:40

Chris:

Sanjay Gupta takes over the Magic Wall, during a graphical demo and discussion of Sen. Ted Kennedy's brain tumor.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:40 Chris

7:41

Chris:

McAuliffe now on FNC. Let's see if he gives them another shout out

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:41 Chris

7:45

Chris:

In the middle of his own wrap of the McAuliffe interview, Brit Hume says "tease what? oh I guess we're going to a break now." Guess a producer got in his ear, mid-thought.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:45 Chris

7:53

Chris:

MSNBC banner promotes Hillary Clinton "victory speech at 8pmET"

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:53 Chris

7:55	Will you watch cable news coverage of the Puerto Rico primary results June 1? Yes ( 67% ) No ( 18% ) Are you kidding? It's a Sunday in June ( 15% ) Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:55

7:58

[Comment From cosmic charliecosmic charlie: ]

CNN got rid of the inews "ding, but cant figure out the "blackberry buzz" that screws up the wireless mics.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:58 cosmic charlie

7:58

Chris:

Shep in the strategy room with his foxnews.com panel, talking sexism & politics.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 7:58 Chris

8:00

Chris:

Laura Ingraham in for Bill O'Reilly, Brit teases he'll be back at 10pmET.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 8:00 Chris

8:04

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Tuesday May 20, 2008 8:04

8:06

Chris:

Campbell Brown turns up during her normal time slot. Talking with yet another BPTOT panel: Borger, Brazille & Toobin

Tuesday May 20, 2008 8:06 Chris

8:15

Chris:

MSNBC calling their countdown clock "Oregon Voting Deadline" instead of more traditional "Oregon Polls Close"

Tuesday May 20, 2008 8:15 Chris

8:18

Chris:

Cablers take Hillary's speech in Louisville. Laura Ingraham tosses to HRC who was the subject of Ingraham's 2000 book "The Hillary Trap"

Tuesday May 20, 2008 8:18 Chris

8:35

Chris:

FNC leaves HRC speech, goes back to O'Reilly with Ingraham subbing.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 8:35 Chris

8:36

Chris:

HIllary wraps up. CNN stays on the live pix; back to Olbermann and Matthews on MSNBC

Tuesday May 20, 2008 8:36 Chris

8:40

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Tuesday May 20, 2008 8:40

8:45

Chris:

Just after Hillary's speech, CNN reports Obama's April fundraising numbers: $31 million raised last month, $37M cash on hand, 200,000 new contributors.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 8:45 Chris

9:04

Chris:

Hannity & Colmes pick up election coverage on FNC.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:04 Chris

9:09

Chris:

Olbermann makes the analogy that Clinton is like the Road Runner who "stays suspended in midair" after going off the "butte."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:09 Chris

9:18

Chris:

Kirsten Powers takes on the media over its coverage. "So it's my fault?" jokes Sean Hannity.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:18 Chris

9:32

Chris:

FNC working other news in to the mix, China Quake, Iran, Etc. News update anchored by Ainsely Earhardt

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:32 Chris

9:35

Chris:

FNC with breaking news that Carter WHU chief of staff Hamilton Jordan has died.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:35 Chris

9:37

Chris:

Anderson Cooper takes over anchoring BPTOT panels.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:37 Chris

9:38

[Comment From AnonymousAnonymous: ]

CNN broke Hamilton Jordan news at 9:10

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:38 Anonymous

9:40

[Comment From Michael SMichael S: ]

ABC shows update in Los Angeles

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:40 Michael S

9:42

Steve:

Well FishbowlNY editor Noah Davis and I are officially in the mediabistro.com basketball league finals...looks like it'll be a good night...I'll take it from here...who's up for another 1:20am night??

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:42 Steve

9:43

[Comment From AdrienneAdrienne: ]

I am.. It was fun last time!!

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:43 Adrienne

9:44	The networks will call Oregon... exactly at 11 ( 46% ) 11:00-11:30 ( 28% ) 11:30-Midnight ( 17% ) It's going to be another long night ( 9% ) Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:44

9:45

Steve:

Tim Russert giving his Ted Kennedy story of the night.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:45 Steve

9:48

Steve:

Suzanne Malveaux is live on CNN at the Obama rally in Des Moines, where the nets are reporting a speech is to take place at 10:30pmET.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:48 Steve

9:52

Steve:

Andrea Mitchell reports on Hamilton Jordan now on MSNBC

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:52 Steve

9:54

Steve:

"He strongly opposed the big shots," says Chris Matthews, who knows him (according to Mitchell)

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:54 Steve

9:55

Steve:

Big news! All the networks report the vote is now a 36% margin for Clinton in KY

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:55 Steve

9:56

Steve:

BPTOT talking Obama veepstakes on CNN

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:56 Steve

9:58

Steve:

Toobin thinks Obama needs to embrace Chelsea Clinton if he's nominee. "Why not make her co-chairman?" he asks.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:58 Steve

9:59

Steve:

...and the numbers are back down to 35%. Alright enough of monitoring that.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 9:59 Steve

10:01

Steve:

Fox News begins election coverage again at 10pmET with a fancy, Brit Hume-VO'ed intro.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:01 Steve

10:03

Steve:

Major Garrett gets David Axelrod, Obama's top advisor, before the Obama speech in Iowa.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:03 Steve

10:04

Steve:

"The only way that Hillary Clinton could win the nomination is to have the super delegates overrule them (the pledged delegates)," says Tim Russert on MSNBC. "Based on any objective democrat, including Clinton supporters, they believe Barack Obama has secured the nomination." Deja vu?

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:04 Steve

10:07

Steve:

MSNBC shows map -- June 3 will be final primary night...TVNewser likely will be Cover-ing It Live

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:07 Steve

10:08

Steve:

...and Kentucky is officially done. Networks report 100% in.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:08 Steve

10:10

Steve:

"I think the press has been unfair to Hillary Clinton all along," says Juan Williams on FNC.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:10 Steve

10:10

Steve:

Brit Hume regarding Iowa on FNC: "We all thought it was the end of Hillary Clinton." How wrong the press was...

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:10 Steve

10:11

What are you watching right now?
CNN

( 40% )

FNC

( 15% )

MSNBC

( 34% )

Just the TVNewser live blog!

( 11% )

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:11

10:13

Steve:

Obama is speaking at the podium on all the networks...

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:13 Steve

10:17

Steve:

As Obama mentions Ted Kennedy, FNC is the only cabler that decides to flash a lower third explaining what happened to the Massachusetts senator, in case anyone missed it all day...

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:17 Steve

10:19

Steve:

Around the dial:
FBN talking housing market
CNBC's Donny Deutsch talking about "your million dollar voice"

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:19 Steve

10:19

[Comment From EbertEbert: ]

Instead of showing the speech, Bloomberg is scrolling excerpts of Obama's speech as "Breaking News". They just went to commercial.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:19 Ebert

10:20

[Comment From OmarOmar: ]

Al-Jazeera English covering the speech live.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:20 Omar

10:22

Steve:

On HLN, it's Nancy Grace with breaking news on a polygamist cult leader.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:22 Steve

10:22

[Comment From D.J.D.J.: ]

C-Span 2 covering the speech live also...

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:22 D.J.

10:31

Steve:

Difference in wording? Both CNN and MSNBC have reported Obama has won a majority of the pledged delegates. FNC has in their lower third, "Obama cliams majority of pledged delegates."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:31 Steve

10:34

Steve:

Obama finishes speech. Brit Hume on FNC describes Obama as the "inevitable choice for the democratic nomination"

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:34 Steve

10:37

Steve:

"It was those fiends at NBC who did those things," says Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, sarcastically, referring to Ed Gillespie's comments this week.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:37 Steve

10:38

Steve:

On CNN, Paul Begala gives Obama "an A+" on his speech. That would be Clinton supporter Paul Begala...

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:38 Steve

10:39

Steve:

Anderson Cooper calls the crowd, "largely caucasian"

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:39 Steve

10:41

Steve:

"Certainly a good note for him in Oregon, if you believe the polls," says Cooper. Maybe those 49% who say the networks will call it at 11pmET are correct.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:41 Steve

10:42

Steve:

I've been here for an hour, and there's the first John King "Magic Wall" hit.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:42 Steve

10:44

Steve:

An emailer writes: "Shep is now streaming on Foxnews.com while doing his affiliate hits. In between hits he is answering emails (and now eating candy). He's multi-tasking like crazy and very much on his A-game."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:44 Steve

10:45

Steve:

Juan Williams on FNC says both candidates are headed to Florida next.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:45 Steve

10:46

Steve:

MSNBC has Obama Comm. director Robert Gibbs on (who had an interesting interview on Morning Joe recently -- for those who remember from TVNewser)

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:46 Steve

10:49

Steve:

Bill Schneider says on CNN: "We have learned that the hard and fast rules of this campaign may not be so hard and fast." Sign that Oregon may not be called right away?

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:49 Steve

10:50

Steve:

Bob Beckel in The Strategy Room on FNC. As he talks, his bio is shown. DYK: Beckel helped create the super delegate system?

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:50 Steve

10:52

Steve:

Beckel describes what he calls is the GOP's Jurassic Park strategy. "Dinosaurs talking to dinosaurs."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:52 Steve

10:54

Steve:

Alright, I came in late here...When did Hilary Rosen join CNN's BPTOT? She just got hired at HuffPo, as reported by FishbowlNY.com earlier today.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:54 Steve

10:54

[Comment From D.J.D.J.: ]

shep on the live stream said fox will call oregon at top of the hour...

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:54 D.J.

10:55

Steve:

Awkward exchange between Matthews and Tim Russert on MSNBC. "Here I am without a question," says Matthews, before...asking a question.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:55 Steve

10:57

Steve:

FNC's Molly Line reports from Boston on Kennedy, just before polls close in Oregon. Dr. Ezriel Kornel now giving diagnosis.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:57 Steve

10:59

Steve:

Brit Hume says he had seizures when he was in his 20s.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:59 Steve

10:59

Steve:

Alright, 30 seconds and counting

Tuesday May 20, 2008 10:59 Steve

11:00

Steve:

NBC News/MSNBC ONLY to name Obama projected winner in Oregon

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:00 Steve

11:01

Steve:

CNN says Obama "leading", "based on phone poll"

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:01 Steve

11:01

Steve:

"Too soon to call" on FNC

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:01 Steve

11:03

Steve:

John King explains on CNN and his Magic Wall why they can't call. It relates to the west of the state.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:03 Steve

11:03

Steve:

Fox lower third now says "Obama holds strong lead over Clinton in Oregon."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:03 Steve

11:04

Steve:

Michael Barone on FNC: "We're not going to call Oregon. Hume to Barone: "Well, the minute you do, don't be shy."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:04 Steve

11:05

Steve:

Barone and Hume joke about whether Eugene, OR is a "granola town."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:05 Steve

11:07

Steve:

On MSNBC Russert says "our calculation" is that Obama "within arms length" of having majority of delegates

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:07 Steve

11:07

Steve:

FNC calls it for Obama

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:07 Steve

11:08

Steve:

On CNN, John King still working the wall, with no descriptive lower third

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:08 Steve

11:09

[Comment From RichardWRichardW: ]

Bloomberg TV reporting Obama win.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:09 RichardW

11:11

Steve:

CNN calls it for Obama, Wolf Blitzer confused which camera to announce it to

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:11 Steve

11:14

Steve:

BPTOT all staring at their laptops.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:14 Steve

11:15

Steve:

Norah O'Donnell says this is one of the "5 most liberal" primaries in Oregon, according to the exit polling on MSNBC

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:15 Steve

11:15

[Comment From GuestGuest: ]

ABCNews.com has projected Oregon for Obama

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:15 Guest

11:16

Steve:

Race to the White House panel adds Rachel Maddow who they "haven't seen" tonight. Anyone know why not?

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:16 Steve

11:18

Steve:

Interesting stat from Pat Buchanan on MSNBC about Oregon: "It's the only state that didn't vote for a Kennedy between 1948-1980"

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:18 Steve

11:20

Steve:

"We don't have exit polling from Oregon, we have phone polling," says Hume on FNC.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:20 Steve

11:20

Steve:

From an emailer: "Rachel Maddow's radio show had to be done live at Air America's studio tonight."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:20 Steve

11:21

[Comment From Herman (POLITICAL JUNKIE)Herman (POLITICAL JUNKIE): ]

Olbermann says that Howard Finneman will be on after the break.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:21 Herman (POLITICAL JUNKIE)

11:22

Steve:

Jeffrey Toobin on CNN: "Taking the high road at this point, saying 'I don't want racists to vote for me'...I think would stand her in very good standing."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:22 Steve

11:24

Steve:

Shepard Smith in The Strategy Room discussing Obama speech with Chris Kofinis and Pete Snyder on FNC. First time on the net for Snyder?

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:24 Steve

11:27

Steve:

FNC's Kirsten Powers on a way Obama could lose: "An Eliot Spitzer-type of scandal"

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:27 Steve

11:28

Steve:

Here comes Howard Fineman at the "Campaign Listening Post" on MSNBC: "That entire pageant out in Des Moines was aimed at one person, Nancy Pelosi."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:28 Steve

11:34

Steve:

Alex Castellanos on CNN talks from the 2nd row of the BPTOT, and mentions MSNBC's Pat Buchanan, in saying something Obama said tonight mirrored what past Republicans have said.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:34 Steve

11:34

Steve:

Bill Hemmer and The Bill Board sizes up Puerto Rico on FNC

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:34 Steve

11:35

Steve:

Hemmer to Hume: "A week from tonight we will not be together, and I will miss you Brit and your cast of characters."

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:35 Steve

11:37

Steve:

"I just don't like talking like this," says Matthews about race on MSNBC.

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:37 Steve

11:40

Steve:

The night continues on the cablers, but the races have been called, and thus, the live blog has come to a close. Thanks to everyone for sticking around, and we'll see you tomorrow morning (and the final three primaries!)

Tuesday May 20, 2008 11:40 Steve

11:41

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