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Grown2Hate (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:35 PM Original message |
As a fairly neutral voter, please explain this math to me... |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hillary's only hope is to win enough of the popular vote in Penn., as well as Mich. and Fla., |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oregon will be next Obama landslide nt |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. At the very LEAST it will be close. No chance of a landslide for Hillary. The Pac NW is Obama countr |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. I'm guessing 65% for Obama |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I hope so! Portland and Eugene |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I'm not even talking about Portland and Eugene |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. GOregon GObama! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. You're welcome! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. The hell with your questions, where did that name come from? |
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Grown2Hate (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. You mean my screenname? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Up until now...the only one that was ever obsessed with "the math" |
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Grown2Hate (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Well, I wasn't talking about "the math", or any such thing... |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. "I'm compared to Karl Rove for wanting to have a better understanding of how the process works?" |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
47. The FL and MI delegates aren't included in the current count at all |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Which method should decide the winner? You have to count SOMETHING? |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Check out |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Clintons are going to put us all through hell |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. How does that answer the question? |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Our problem is we understand all too well |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Another Obama child acting petulant |
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Grown2Hate (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Settle down, you two! |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Mmmmm, beer. |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. I sincerely hope they will do so, since it will bepointed out |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'll just add that if MI & FL are revoted, the number needed to win will also increase |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Doesn't look like a revote will happen in Florida.... |
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Grown2Hate (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. AH, that could be it! |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Still a simple majority - just of a larger number (including supers) |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. I can explain it easily. You're adding numbers that aren't there. |
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Grown2Hate (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Well, mine wasn't so much a math ARGUMENT as it was |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Neither candidate can win without superdelegates. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I don't think it's the Obama supporters who are making tortured math arguments |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. The RULE is 2025 delegates -- not who has the most delegates. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. I am perfectly aware of both rules |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. See #34 which you musta responded to without reading. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I read post 34? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
45. In other words, Hillary can win if enough delegates switch to her... |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. According to this talking head on MSNBC, Chuck Todd |
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Grown2Hate (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. Ok, I'm crashing out now. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Good night |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. Why would you give Oregon to Hillary? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. That's what I was wondering.. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Of the 22 counties in 4 states bordering Oregon |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. My oregon prediction |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Posted upthread: |
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Grown2Hate (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
48. Well, I was just giving her leads in the blue states... |
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happymisery (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
31. It's ok to be an Obama supporter |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
36. When Reagan Narrowly Lost the Nomination to Ford in 1976 |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
38. Hill gets huge increase in popular vote from PA, FL+MI revotes |
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