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stopbush

(24,396 posts)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:12 PM Jun 2012

I Voted For Barack Obama Today In The CA Primary

It marked the third time that I have had the privilege of voting for this outstanding person: two CA primaries and one presidential election.

Decided to vote "Yes" on Prop 29 which increases cigarette taxes by $1 a pack.

BTW - Orly Taitz was listed as a candidate for US Senator.

I voted for Feinstein...again. CA's new primary system pits the top two vote getters in the primary against each other in the general, regardless of party affiliation, so Feinstein could conceivably run against a fellow D in November (unlikely).

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I Voted For Barack Obama Today In The CA Primary (Original Post) stopbush Jun 2012 OP
My family and I sent in our mail-in ballots last Friday BlueCaliDem Jun 2012 #1
go Orly! Enrique Jun 2012 #2
I'm about to do the same thing. calimary Jun 2012 #3
Me too abelenkpe Jun 2012 #4
THANK YOU!!!!! i love you i love obama, i love everything Obama!!!! love0bama-4ever Jun 2012 #5
It will be interesting to see how my new redistrcited area votes Johonny Jun 2012 #6
Feinstein conceivably might find herself in a GE campaign against a Peace and coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #7
That Obama guy is a longshot at best. onehandle Jun 2012 #8

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
1. My family and I sent in our mail-in ballots last Friday
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:14 PM
Jun 2012

and we voted for President Barack Obama and Mike Strimling (D and a Progressive) in the primaries.

calimary

(81,350 posts)
3. I'm about to do the same thing.
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:22 PM
Jun 2012

And regarding Prop 29, what confirmed my choice for how I'm gonna vote on that (YES) was looking at all that fine print at the end of the commercials - and sure enough, there it was - those key two words: "Phillip Morris." And of course a couple of fancy-ass innocuous "citizen" groups that are just fronts for more CONservative anti-tax people. And every so often you see the Howard Jarvis people in there, too. Well, if they oppose it, I'm absolutely voting FOR it. It actually helps, sometimes, to see republi-CON recommendations for voting choices, to know how NOT to vote.

abelenkpe

(9,933 posts)
4. Me too
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:30 PM
Jun 2012

Voted yes on 29 too.

When I moved here from VA back in 1990 I was shocked at how much more cigarettes cost. So shocked I quit. Cold Turkey. Thank you CA! Who knows, maybe it will encourage more to do the same?

love0bama-4ever

(65 posts)
5. THANK YOU!!!!! i love you i love obama, i love everything Obama!!!!
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:50 PM
Jun 2012

Obama is a HUNK in each and every way, politically and personally.!

Johonny

(20,856 posts)
6. It will be interesting to see how my new redistrcited area votes
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 02:11 PM
Jun 2012

I think the results are going to be a much more depressing conservative district.

 

coalition_unwilling

(14,180 posts)
7. Feinstein conceivably might find herself in a GE campaign against a Peace and
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 02:16 PM
Jun 2012

Freedom candidate. (Unlikely but it would be great for the state of CA if such were to transpire, imo

I get to vote for Maxine Waters (woot-woot) as my Rep!. What a change, having moved from Jane Harman's (Ugh!) district. (I was re-dsitricted from Karen Bass to Maxine Waters.)

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