Who says your vote doesn't matter?

From Wednesday Morning ->

Well, it's now 4:30 and I've had that all important 6 hour nap.

I've lived in my house for more than 20 years. When I moved in, Republican registration was overwhelming, and the Democrats were not only few and far between, but they hid. The County was so Republican that it had NEVER elected a Democrat to a state office that anyone could remember. Last year, we elected a Democratic State Senator for the very first time.

The official totals out of my precinct are: 1067 registered Democrats, 754 voted (76.32%) 374 Obama, 378 Clinton, 1 write-in, and on one ballot -- no choice for President. For Chester County (part of CD 6) the official county tallies are 113,278 Democrats, 73,572 votes (66.26%) Obama 40,411 (55.06%), Clinton 32,814 (44.71%). For me, in my little area -- not bad, not bad at all.

Over in Montco, which is where I always told you the worm would turn -- Of the 247,387 voters, 150,055 (60.66%) cast ballots: 75,682 (49.28%) voted for Obama, and 77,886 (50.72%) voted for Clinton. (As an aside, all numbers are from the official county sites).

The pundits will spin today, the money will pour in, and we will march on to Guam et. al.

But as Tip O'Neill said "All politics is local" and I don't feel so bad today. I'm hoarse, exhausted, disappointed in those 3 local voters who could have made a difference (and in all honestly -- I KNOW WHO YOU ARE ) -- but actually PROUD of the work we did here.

In turnout alone, we won a county the Republicans thought they could never lose.

In terms of the delegate count -- we should have something later today -- remember that our votes go in by precinct, are counted by County, but the Congressional Districts (from which the delegates are accorded) span multiple counties in the southeast, east, and southwest, but span multiple counties in the center. To get the delegate counts, the precincts will need to be combined and the delegates accorded. The actual delegate count will not, mathematically, make a difference.

And so -- on to build the party, on to Guam, et. al., two weeks to North Carolina and Indiana.