1.0 link 100448 <![CDATA[The Primary Day Ritual]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-giordano/the-primary-day-ritual_b_100448.html Today marks the 47th and 48th primaries or caucuses for the Democratic presidential nomination. More than 90 percent of the delegates will have been chosen by tonight. By now, we all ought to know the drill.

The day begins with the Clinton campaign "leaking" something to the Drudge Report to set expectations for the day. That then gets repeated on political blogs and cable news, where Clinton surrogate Terry McAuliffe elaborates. Today's "expectation": That the Clinton campaign expects a "15 point"...

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