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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:27 PM Original message |
Is Obama the next McGovern? The superdelegates surely must be looking at these numbers... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. You're wrong. |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. It's a bloody post from another site! |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. It's not reality. That's why it's wrong. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Respectfully, If He's Wrong Say Why |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Argue with logic and reason? |
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Silent Tristero (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
84. One Small Point |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. How delightfully small-minded of you. And how disappointing. |
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merbex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Read this whole exchange and you are spot on...dealing with rabid partisans |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow, the Clinton talking points seems rather dense today |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hillary is doing her best to be the next Mondale. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Mondale and Ferraro all in one package |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. the way she moves the goalposts... more like W. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
75. It's not a bloody football game |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. McSame might be like Nixon in personality...but he's gonna get his ass beat by Obama |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Ordinarily yes, but Obama is the one candidate that will give McSame a fighting chance |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. And you think people are MORE willing to vote for Bush in a pantsuit? |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Only the "netroots" thinks she is like Bush |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. I think the netroots are more in tune with the people, frankly |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. The netroots hate Clinton, revere Jeremiah Wright. I rest my case |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Not true ... I don't think Wright is "revered" |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. If your argument made sense the SD would be going toward Obama's opponent. But they aren't. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Have you read DU today? |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
83. The "Big State" argument is among the most BOGUS ever |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. Do you really think that it is a good idea to use "numbers" around SDs to promote Hillary |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Great graphic. Blows that whole "Clinton is the Underdog" right out of the water! |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. He certainly has a better chance of winning the GE then hillary does. |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. lol |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. If your line of thinking |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. You can't necessarily extrapolate primary election results to the general election. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
45. Yes but the question is whether he can connect with these voters |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
72. Do you think "Reagan Democrats" will choose Hillary over McCain? |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. I addressed the poll issue in the OP |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #77 |
89. I'm not buying the McGovern argument |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Obama needs Latinos to offset what he will lose with whites |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. there's more Dems than GOPS, thanks to Obama |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. Except he's not the next McGovern..... he might be the next FDR, though.... |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. If they are looking at those numbers, why no flood of super delegates for Hillary? |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. They have many other factors to consider |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. nope. not even close. |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yeah. You're going to have to reduce your diatribes if you want people to bother reading them. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. She just cut Obama's popular vote lead almost in half yesterday... |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
70. Were making progress. You've at least acknowledged that she is behind. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Only idiots would compare 2008 PRIMARY stats to 1972 GENERAL ELECTION stats |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. lol John Judis is an idiot? What are your political credentials? |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. Clinton is FAR MORE like McGovern than Obama is. And yes, he's an idiot for making that comparison. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. In what ways? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. If He's An Idiot I Wish I Had His Body Of Work |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. correct; O has nowhere to go but down, and in the crucial states that could cost dems the GE. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. Too liberal!! Too Liberal!! |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. How many electoral votes did McGovern win? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. So? |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Thanks to McGovern we had four more years of rethugs and the Watergate debacle |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Thanks to the conservative Democrats who voted for Nixon. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. We can't win without them. Do Obamites want to win or get a rush? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. So you say. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. How many Democrats have trounced rethugs since 1964? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Which indicates that the party has lost course by becoming more moderate. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. Is that concern crawl out from that bridge? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. It's A Well Thought Out Essay |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. It is hard to say |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. What Would Have Happened If The Dems Nominated Huey Long Or Norman Thomas In 1932? |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. 2008 is no where near the crisis of 1932 |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
37. Nothing here says that Hillary is a better GE candidate. She could be worse. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. They Are Both Flawed And More Than Capable Of Snatching Defeat Out Of The Jaws Of Victory |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. The article isn't about Clinton, except by implication |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Hillary always has the highest negatives. n/t |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Yes, yet she runs as well as Obama right now |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
85. How does she "run as well" as Obama if she is behind? |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. I am talking about GE polling |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
53. Excellent, well-reasoned article. Thanks. |
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Chalco (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
56. This was Buchanan's point on Morning Joe today. nt |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
57. Jackson Dem's white folks post of the day NT |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. Obama also sucks with Latinos and Asians |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Yes we all know your |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Obama isn't losing these groups because he is a minority |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
58. Is Hillary the next Humphrey? |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Humphrey lost by 0.7%. McGovern lost by 23... |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
62. Obama is the presumptive nominee. Cut the crap. n/t |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. That disproves Judis' argument how? |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #67 |
82. Cut the crap NOW, thug! n/t |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. I agree, it would be crap if McSame won the presidency because we nominated Obama |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
69. I agree with that analysis |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
74. All I know is all the white Republicans I know like Obama and hate Hillary. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. You must have misread the OP and the data |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. You misread reality if you think Hillary is popular. I disagree w/ you on many counts- |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. You are in for a wild ride if you think the MSM and rethugs have given him a hard time so far... |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
76. Obama should be concerned. But so should Hillary |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Yes, but her coalition is larger in a GE so there are greater concerns about the more likely GE lose |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. I wouldnt assume that she can hold on to her working class base. They are easily lied to. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
88. This scares the heck out of me, coming from John Judis... |
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