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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 06:43 PM Original message |
Slate Magazine: With revotes unlikely in Florida and Michigan, Hillary Clinton's hope is fading. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. it is a super delegate race for both Obama and for Clinton |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It is a SuperD race for Hillary to have even the slightest hope of catching |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. The ONLY plausible way she could claim the nomination is by winning the popular vote... |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. i agree that she needs to win the pop vote in order to win the SD's... |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. FL and MI aren't off the table - but a counting Mich/FL popular vote loss would end it |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. True. They'll go with the winner. That's Obama. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. That is the spread Obama won Virginia by - 64% Obama to 36% Clinton |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Just a little *kickety-kick* to let the truth sink in... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. So that's why hilary's smearing 24/7.. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yep - exactly right. And the Republicans are eating it up with a spoon. They love every minute of it |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Yeah, what a gift they have in hilary...there'll |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. she's trying to get McCain elected, so she can try again in 2012 |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. "68"? Isn't mccain like 70? |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 02:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. If she fails in '12, she'll run in '16, and '20 and '24, and......until she gets her 'turn'!!! |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. NYT says the same thing. "Clinton Facing Narrower Path to Nomination" |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Wow - just followed your link and read the whole story. She and her boosters are really grasping at |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Obama's shown he can take rightwing attacks - from her, and McLame. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here's the problem (as I see it, so take it however your want) |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. You may indeed be technically correct, but I see a "unity ticket" a very tough sell to EITHER side |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I think it would be hard to sell in DU |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. As a practical matter, you may well be right. We'll just have to see. Right now, it's difficult to |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. It's not a tough one - Obama's winning, so he gets the top slot. |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. I think the expression is "unity ticket" |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I am a real rookie is some ways. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. If by "unity" you mean Obama/Clinton. that's a monumentally bad idea |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
34. You can't have a unity ticket after a kitchen sink has been thrown. |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ain't gonna happen. n/t |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. What's that? |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. Hillary is campaigning for 2012 |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I think you are quite right: I have come (somewhat sadly) to the same conclusion over time. But this |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. Good. She doesn't get to cheat her way out of defeat. |
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casus belli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. I just hope she doesn't try to characterize it as a stolen election. n/t |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. It's already being stolen from the true Democrats thanks to Repukes and "Independents" voting |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm not sure that winning is even her "hope" anymore. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
35. Well that is Obama's strategy, to block revotes if at all possible |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. That is straight from Hillaryhub. Obama is fine with a revote that |
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