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Here are the CNN exit poll results... here’s the most interesting stat - only five percent of Clinton voters wouldn’t be satisfied with a Clinton nomination. That’s a much lower number than has occurred in other states that voted once Rush Limbaugh began his “Operation Chaos” urging Republican-supporting voters to prank the Democratic primaries by voting for Clinton. Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico, obviously, is a place where Limbaugh has no significant listenership, and this provides us a yardstick with which to measure Limbaugh’s actual impact on English-speaking state primaries. In Kentucky for example, on May 20, a full 19 percent of...

Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided, but largely symbolic victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, the final act in a weekend of tumult that pushed Barack Obama tantalizingly close to the Democratic presidential nomination. The former first lady was winning roughly two-thirds of the votes as she continued a strong run through the late primaries. Before cheering supporters, she predicted she would have more combined votes than her rival when the primaries end Tuesday night, claimed victories in key swing states and said that no contender will command enough delegates to claim the nomination. "In the final assessment I...

Sunday: Hillary Clinton waves to a supporter at the Kasalta Bakery in San Juan, as she campaigns on primary day in Puerto Rico. (AP Photo) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hillary Clinton won the Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico on Sunday, and is expected to return to the mainland with a purseful of delegates. But lower-than-expected turnout could hamper her camp’s efforts to argue she can attract enthusiastic general election voters and is the better candidate than Barack Obama in the fall race against presumptive Republican nominee John McCain. Puerto Rico’s role was enhanced in the Democratic primary election...

This is just on from CNN. CNN is projecting Hillary will win Puerto Rico by a wide margin of 40%. Geez, I guess Michelle will soon add those brown people and yellow people to her 'whitey' tape. More popcorn.

Today is Sunday, June 1st and the Puerto Rico primary voting takes place from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. ET. Welcome to the only forum on the web in the mainland United States (that I know of!) monitoring LIVE all the details, voting, exit polling and results for today’s Puerto Rico Democratic primary! Many thanks to Jim Robinson and all of you at FreeRepublic.com for your support! Will Hillary’s popular vote tally move up substantially after today’s primary? After all, there are over 2 million Puerto Ricans eligible to vote, and there’s usually an 80-85% percent voting turnout on the...

Translated by me: - Anchorwoman says that Hillary is heavily favored by the Puerto Rico prison population, which voted in the span of the past 2 days (Thurs. & Fri.) - Prisoners voting are dressed in grey and blue prison garb in the video. - Prisoner #1: "Hillary gives us hope; we're going through a really bad economic crisis". -Prisoner #2: "We need a change in life. All changes are necessary in life". -Prisoner #3: "We're a U.S. territory and the relationship we have with the U.S. could benefit us from getting out of this economic rut". -Prisoner #4: "We're...

El Vocero and Univisión Poll ahead of the June 1st primary. 55 delegates at stake. Possibly 2 million voters for the national popular vote head count. Highlights: Clinton: 51% Obama: 38% Neither: 8% Don't know: 3% 50% of the electorate says it will not participate in the primary. 34% of the electorate dislikes Clinton, 44% dislike Obama.

Puerto Rico won't be a swing state in November. It's not even a state, and its 4 million residents aren't allowed to vote in the general election. Its partisan politics have little in common with the mainland's; the main competitors are not Democrats and Republicans, but "commonwealthers" and "statehooders," and while they are divided into reds and blues, the reds of the commonwealth party are more likely to favor Democrats, while the blues of the statehood party skew more Republican. Puerto Rico residents do serve in the U.S. military, but they do not pay U.S. income taxes, and many of...

ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: Since the Pennsylvania primary Sen. Hillary Clinton has been calling for a debate with her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama. She continued her plea in Penuelas, Puerto Rico, standing outside a restaurant while less than 100 people gathered on a dirt walkway. Obama has rebuffed these requests and has instead begun campaigning in states that would be important for him in the general election if he becomes the Democratic presidential nominee. "I was informed that Univision will sponsor a debate between Sen. Obama and myself about the issues affecting Puerto Rico," Clinton said. "I accept that...

Video news on last night's WAPA-TV news broadcast.

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks a few words in Spanish to supporters during a rally campaign event at the Old San Juan in San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 24, 2008. The index card reads "Sera un honor contar con sus votos y apoyo. Muchas gracias Puerto Rico" (It would be an honor to have your votes and support. Thank you Puerto Rico). REUTERS/Ana Martinez (PUERTO RICO) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2008 (USA)

Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory scheduled to hold a closely watched Democratic presidential primary June 1, is unaccustomed to cutting such a high-profile role in presidential politics. Indeed, you have to look back roughly a decade to find the last time Puerto Rico played a starring role in mainland politics — the summer of 1999, when President Bill Clinton drew sharp criticism by offering clemency to 16 imprisoned Puerto Rican nationalists who belonged to an organization responsible for more than 100 bombings in the U.S. and Puerto Rico between 1974 and 1983. At the time, Clinton was accused of attempting...

Saturday, May 24, 2008. Link above to WAPA-TV Noticias, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Thanks so much to Freeper "cll", our source in Puerto Rico, for this information! Show Name: “En Caliente Con La Jovet” with Carmen Jovet. Once you’re in the NotiUno web site, click on “Escuchanos En Vivo”, which means “Listen Live”. That should bring you straight into the streaming live audio feed. Hillary will be a guest on the very popular radio show “En Caliente Con la Jovet”, with radio personality Carmen Jovet. The show runs from 10 a.m. to Noon, but the station is not saying what time the Senator will be on-air. It is assumed that the interview will...

In an exclusive interview with WAPA-TV of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Hillary stated (her words are close captioned in English) that she favors Puerto Ricans voting for the President of the United States in the November general election. Translation: Roughly 2 to 2.5 million votes going to the Democratic presidential nominee, whomever that might be.

55 delegates and 8 superdelegates are at stake in Puerto Rico. Basically, the article quotes spokespersons from both campaigns in Puerto Rico saying how the Island might put their candidate over the threshold and how important Puerto Rico is during this Democratic primary process. Obama will be on the Island May 23-25. Hillary will be on the Island from May 24-26.

Breaking News in Puerto Rican Media -- Hillary on the Island for 3 days - from Saturday, May 24th through Monday, May 26th. More details later.

Maybe, just maybe, it’s now worth at least asking whether Hillary Clinton might wind up as the Democratic candidate for vice president. When the chatter about a Democratic “dream ticket” began last year, it was easy to dismiss. Either Clinton or Obama would win a clear victory in the primaries and, after what inevitably would be a contentious campaign, each would want as little to do with the other as possible. Clinton, if she emerged victorious, would instead choose some kind of national security graybeard to her political right, a retired general perhaps, or maybe even a Republican. Likewise, Obama...

Watching the “Reverend” Jeremiah Wright gesticulate like a horny peacock and spew out ignorance, hatred, and bitterness towards America truly inspired my religious faith. Once Wright pointed out that he was “still in Bible country,” I began to “love the hell out of” rich, white people just as much as Wright does. How could so many people not understand that white people have caused all the world’s problems? As Wright pointed out to his congregation, the Bible says it’s so. I’m not sure what verse actually says that, but I’m now betting that rich, white people are responsible for my...

Some 50 delegates were reportedly poised to unite behind Barack Obama if he had won by even 1 point in Texas. He lost the popular vote by 100,000 ballots, and now we learn that 100,000 Republicans voted for Hillary Clinton, probably not because of some change in party allegiance but because they thought she would be the easier candidate to beat. This kind of strategic voting often backfires (think Ralph Nader). The Texas crossovers are winners. By helping to prolong the Democratic race, they can claim credit for weakening the eventual nominee, whoever it turns out to be. Obama has...