{"id":2961,"date":"2008-02-12T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-12T10:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/02\/potomac-vs-chesapeake.html"},"modified":"2008-02-12T10:56:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-12T10:56:00","slug":"potomac-vs-chesapeake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/02\/potomac-vs-chesapeake\/","title":{"rendered":"Potomac vs. Chesapeake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Virginia, The District and Maryland all having primaries on the same Tuesday, I have heard a few different ways to describe this event. Some media outlets are calling it &#8220;Potomac Primary&#8221; after the river that separates the two states and the District while other outlets are calling it the &#8220;Chesapeake Primary&#8221; after the bay that both states, but not the District, share.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a very informal survey of what media outlets are calling the day:<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\"><\/p>\n<tr><\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Potomac Primary<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Sun<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Times-Dispatch<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Post-Gazette<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">WTTG<br \/>USA Today<br \/>Post-Gazette<br \/>CNN<br \/>FOX News<br \/>Reuters<br \/>The Times<br \/>NPR<br \/>CBS News<br \/>NBC News<br \/>Agence France-Presse<\/span><\/td>\n<p><\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\"><b>Chesapeake Primary<\/b><br \/><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">WTOP<br \/>WUSA<br \/>WJLA<br \/><\/span><\/td>\n<p><\/tr>\n<p><\/table>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t even close, it just may seem that way because of broadcast using Chesapeake. According to Google News (at 7:30 p.m. last night), <a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&#038;safe=off&#038;rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS176US226&#038;q=%22Chesapeake+Primary%22&#038;oe=UTF-8&#038;um=1&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;sa=N&#038;tab=wn&#038;oi=property_suggestions&#038;resnum=0&#038;ct=property-revision&#038;cd=1\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Chesapeake Primary<\/span><\/a> has &#8220;about 310&#8221; results, while a search for &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?sourceid=navclient-ff&#038;rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS176US226&#038;um=1&#038;tab=wn&#038;hl=en&#038;q=%22Potomac+primary%22&#038;btnG=Search+News&#038;aq=t\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Potomac Primary<\/span><\/a>&#8221; returns &#8220;about 695.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Neither the <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Associated Press<\/span> or <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The (Annapolis) Capital<\/span> seem to be using either term.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/PotomacPrimary\" rel=\"tag\">Potomac Primary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/ChesapeakePrimary\" rel=\"tag\">Chesapeake Primary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/politics\" rel=\"tag\">politics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Virginia\" rel=\"tag\">Virginia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/dc\" rel=\"tag\">D.C.<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Maryland\" rel=\"tag\">Maryland<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Virginia, The District and Maryland all having primaries on the same Tuesday, I have heard a few different ways to describe this event. 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