The Dems probably had some impact on the GOP primary, so I enjoy seeing them scream about PA. I believe Operation Chaos had some effect. But what the NJ paper says is verified by the AP:
one in 10 voting Tuesday had changed their party registration since the start of 2008 so they would be eligible to vote in the Democratic race. The contest was open only to registered Democrats. About half the party-switchers had been registered Republicans, while the rest had been unaffiliated with either party or were voting for the first time in Pennsylvania. Most of those new Democrats were mobilized to come out for Obama, and they were nearly one-fifth of Obama's supporters. Even the former Republicans favored Obama over Clinton, largely invalidating rumors that Republicans would vote strategically in the Democratic primary in support of Clinton, hoping she would be easier to defeat in November.
Click here for full article. I cannot explain it, except to say that maybe those Republican switchovers dislike Clinton that much. Or maybe they didn't receive the memo. (I vaguely remember GOP voters being told to vote Obama to upset a Hillary victory early on.)
It's fun to watch the Dem party implode. But, if any Dem blames Operation Chaos for Hillary's win, you can point to these poll numbers.
One must bear in mind that an OC soldier would also be willing to tell an exit-poller a bald-faced lie regarding his or her vote.
I know I would...chaos is chaos.
With the exit polls on how people voted being widly off and wrong, why should we believe the exit polls that say republican crossovers voted for Obama?