Posted by Jed Lewison on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 7:59 PM Pacific

Double-digits for Clinton? Update: Nope. Single-digits.

Update: You can track the numbers at the PA Secretary of State website if you haven't already checked. As of 8:40pm Pacific, Clinton had a 9.6% lead.

Update 2: This where you can see how absurd the digit obsession is -- as of right now, it's 9.46%...a 9 point victory, not 10 after rounding. (9:44PM)

Update 3: I am now absurdly obsessed with this: 98.4% reporting, Clinton has an 8.7% lead. If she stays below 9.5%, she can't plausibly claim a double-digit win.

Update 4: 8.5% with 98.8% reporting...

Update 5: (10:53PM, 98.91% reporting) Still 8.5% but getting very close to under 8.5% which would mean an 8 point victory. Left to report are Philly, Chester, Delaware Counties (all pro-Obama) and Allegheny and Bucks (both pro-Clinton). There looks to be many more votes to be counted in the pro-Obama areas, so I'd say 8 points is very likely!

Update 6: (1:20AM) Looks like the PA Sec'y of State website and the AP totals don't match up. AP says it's a 9.4 point Clinton lead. For now, I'd assume that is the right number. The key thing is for the spin game -- it's not a double-digit.

Clinton is now leading by 10% and last I checked the CNN map, it said that Philadelphia had nearly all reported. Unless there are other pockets of support for Obama, or there is some quirk about Philadelphia's reporting that I'm not aware of, it seems likely Clinton will have hit the 10% mark. I'll update this later when we have final numbers.

Double-digits for Clinton? Update: Nope. Single-digits.

Update: You can track the numbers at the PA Secretary of State website if you haven't already checked. As of 8:40pm Pacific, Clinton had a 9.6% lead.

Update 2: This where you can see how absurd the digit obsession is -- as of right now, it's 9.46%...a 9 point victory, not 10 after rounding. (9:44PM)

Update 3: I am now absurdly obsessed with this: 98.4% reporting, Clinton has an 8.7% lead. If she stays below 9.5%, she can't plausibly claim a double-digit win.

Update 4: 8.5% with 98.8% reporting...

Update 5: (10:53PM, 98.91% reporting) Still 8.5% but getting very close to under 8.5% which would mean an 8 point victory. Left to report are Philly, Chester, Delaware Counties (all pro-Obama) and Allegheny and Bucks (both pro-Clinton). There looks to be many more votes to be counted in the pro-Obama areas, so I'd say 8 points is very likely!

Update 6: (1:20AM) Looks like the PA Sec'y of State website and the AP totals don't match up. AP says it's a 9.4 point Clinton lead. For now, I'd assume that is the right number. The key thing is for the spin game -- it's not a double-digit.

Clinton is now leading by 10% and last I checked the CNN map, it said that Philadelphia had nearly all reported. Unless there are other pockets of support for Obama, or there is some quirk about Philadelphia's reporting that I'm not aware of, it seems likely Clinton will have hit the 10% mark. I'll update this later when we have final numbers.

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