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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-09-08 12:14 PM
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We should just let blue states have primaries.
Why let ALL democrats have a say on the nominee? Why open up our process to like minded independents? We should close ourselves into a bubble of futility and close mindedness. Swing states don't count, NY and CA should make 90% of the decision.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-09-08 12:15 PM
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1. Let's not and say we did
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-09-08 12:15 PM
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2. Actually lets just let Ohio decide our candidate?
it would be cheaper and its the only important large state because it was lost in 2004.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-09-08 12:17 PM
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3. Lanny Davis agrees with you.. here he is on LKL, March 7..
Davis: And, if I could correct the record on what I heard before here, Larry, the facts are -- I have a great deal of respect for Senator Obama. He inspires a lot of young people and he's a great candidate. But he's not ready to be president, according to the voters of every major state, in the exit polls and in the hard data that are not disputable.

In Ohio, more than 60 percent of the voters thought that Senator Clinton was ready to be commander-in-chief. Only 30 percent thought that Senator Obama. That's a fact, Larry.

On the stewardship of the economy, in a landslide victory in the bellwether state of Ohio, more than two-thirds of the voters thought that Hillary Clinton was a better steward of the economy, as compared to about one third to Obama.

KING: Then --

DAVIS: That's the issue he's got to address. All the attacks that -- it's really ironic to hear kitchen sink used by my good old friend, David Wilhelm. We see Senator Obama, immediately out of Ohio, rather than addressing whether he's ready to be commander-in-chief and can take care of the economy, which is why he lost by a landslide in that important state, he starts attacking Hillary Clinton on tax returns, for goodness sakes, when, for 20 years, the Clintons' financial information has been fully disclosed. And as governor...

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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-09-08 12:19 PM
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4. Awww, Are You Getting Scared She Might End Up Winning? Awwww Too Bad, So Sad.
And I love how some on the Obama side have the arrogance and nerve to use the 'Democrats' argument, when the reality shows that more democrats support Hillary than Obama. So who you kiddin with the whole 'let democrats decide' garbage. You mean let democrats, independents, and republicans decide, as long as they decide your guy.
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-09-08 12:21 PM
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5. She has no chance of winning, Whay I'm "scared" of is her suppoters complete lack of logic
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-09-08 12:35 PM
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6. She Has Plenty Chance Of Winning. You Better Start Accepting That.
You might not wanna live in reality, but your denial and refusal to exist in such does not change the fact that as it stands right now, if a few things fall into place, she absolutely has a shot at winning. Deal with it. :hi:
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-09-08 12:43 PM
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7. I keep forgetting math and commonsense don't exsist in Hillaryland.
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-09-08 12:59 PM
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8. Wrong. You Are Uneducated To The Process And Either Are Forgetting, Or Are Ignorant To, The Reality
that pledged delegates are not the only thing that matters, when one candidate cannot cross the threshold of delegates needed to secure the nomination. Since mathematically NEITHER of them can cross that threshold, other factors come into play, as they're DESIGNED to. The sooner you educate yourself to the political reality, the sooner we can stop these waste of time subthreads. Wake up.
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